Category Archives: Sacrifice
Seize the opportunity to help others.
Let Your ear now be attentive and Your eyes open to listen to the prayer of Your servant… – Nehemiah 1:6, AMP When Nehemiah learned of the distressful status of his people in Jerusalem, he mourned for them. But Nehemiah
The Enemy is real, and you’d better be ready for him.
…I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. – Ezekiel 28:16, KJV Not long ago I watched a movie where two protagonists were having a discussion about their archenemy. During the discussion, one
God would rather you not rebuild Jericho.
In his days, Hiel the Bethelite built Jericho… – 1 Kings 16:34, Amplified Bible Merriam-Webster.com defines the word “stronghold” as a “a fortified place” or “a place of security or survival.” (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stronghold) The word “fortification” is derived from the Latin
Don’t look behind you.
Jesus said to him, No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back [to the things behind] is fit for the kingdom of God. – Luke 9:62, Amplified Bible It is so easy to look back, and
Let God tell you what it takes to become exceptional.
If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his [own]… – Luke 14:26, Amplified Bible What does it take to become great at anything in life? Practice and focus. When we read the stories of champion athletes, outstanding musicians,
Don’t do what is right in your eyes. Do what’s right in God’s.
And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah. – Judges 17:1, KJV The book of Judges is replete with the phrase “every man did that which was right in his own eyes.” The man Micah of
You’d better count the cost before you do that.
But Jesus said to the woman, Your faith has saved you; go (enter) into peace [in freedom from all the distresses that are experienced as the result of sin]. – Luke 7:50, Amplified Bible I remember learning on the first
What goes around comes around.
For whatever a man sows, that and that only is what he will reap. – Galatians 6:7b, Amplified Bible Some years ago an older couple from the northern part of the country retired to sunny Florida. They moved into the
Be sure to remember today what God did for you – and why He did it.
But when Simon Peter saw this, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord. – Luke 5:8, Amplified Bible When God revealed Himself to Peter through the miracle of the
Give up that thing which God hates.
.…Achan…took some of the things devoted [for destruction]. And the anger of the Lord burned against Israel. – Joshua 7:1, Amplified Bible We all have something we love that God does not. At some point God will put His finger