…Do not I fill heaven and earth? says the Lord. – Jeremiah 23:24, Amplified Bible (AMP) Have you ever had thoughts like these? My friends hate me. My family has turned against me. Those whom I have authority over ignore me. Everyone treats me like I was an alien (from a far, unfamiliar country). God… Continue reading Seek God and you shall find Him.
Category: Belief
Is your living sacrifice the best it can be?
But cursed is the [cheating] deceiver who has a male in his flock and vows to offer it, yet sacrifices to the [sovereign] Lord a blemished or diseased thing! For I am a great King, says the Lord of hosts, and My name is terrible and to be [reverently] feared among the nations. – Malachi… Continue reading Is your living sacrifice the best it can be?
Who has control over God’s work in your life?
Behold…the just shall live by his faith. – Habakkuk 2:4, KJV Many people miss the fact that God’s people of the Old Testament, just like God’s people of the New Testament, were to live their lives by faith. Merriam Webster’s Dictionary defines “faith” as “strong belief or trust in someone or something.”* So, it follows,… Continue reading Who has control over God’s work in your life?
God didn’t make everyone to meditate in the same way.
…you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may…make your way prosperous, and then you shall deal wisely and have good success…- Joshua 1:8, Amplified Bible, AMP According to Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary,* the word “meditation” has the following meanings: to engage in contemplation or reflection to engage in mental exercise (as concentration on one’s… Continue reading God didn’t make everyone to meditate in the same way.
Don’t be like the folks that Ezekiel preached to.
And they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as My people, and they hear the words you say, but they will not do them; for with their mouths they show much love, but their hearts go after and are set on their [idolatrous greed for] gain. – Ezekiel 33:31, Amplified Bible (AMP)… Continue reading Don’t be like the folks that Ezekiel preached to.
Let God be your Superman.
…I am the Almighty God… – Genesis 17:1, Amplified Bible (AMP) I recently watched a short documentary about the making of Man of Steel, the 2013 blockbuster movie about the DC Comics character, Superman. During the documentary, one of the producers of the film likened the character of Superman to a melding of the Old… Continue reading Let God be your Superman.
Where do you get your energy?
So then, any of you who does not forsake (renounce, surrender claim to, give up, say good-bye to) all that he has cannot be My disciple. – Luke 14:33, Amplified Bible (AMP). I was involved in a discussion not long ago where there were differing opinions about what makes someone an “extrovert” or an “introvert.”… Continue reading Where do you get your energy?
It makes sense to obey a guy who’s been dead for over 200 years.
…Jonadab son of Rechab shall never fail [to have] a man [descendant] to stand before Me. – Jeremiah 35:19, Amplified Bible (AMP) You’ve been given a path in life to walk, and you know that the path is of God’s choosing. You are certain of the call. You follow it. But then something unsettling happens.… Continue reading It makes sense to obey a guy who’s been dead for over 200 years.
God knows how to take care of His own.
…And who knows but that you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this and for this very occasion? – Esther 4:14, Amplified Bible (AMP) A missionary family in the country of Panama recently received a questionnaire from the Panamanian immigration office. After filling out and returning the questionnaire, the family received… Continue reading God knows how to take care of His own.
When your life is a nightmare, remember that God is always with you.
Cursed be the day on which I was born! Let not the day on which my mother bore me be blessed! – Jeremiah 20:14, Amplified Bible (AMP) It can happen to any child of God. You’re living a holy life, you’re serving The Lord, and you’re doing everything you know to be right. Then, disaster… Continue reading When your life is a nightmare, remember that God is always with you.