The Lord will perfect that which concerns me… – Psalms 138:8, AMP Every now and then, God blesses us with extraordinary moments of insight into His plan for our lives. He lifts us up out of the belly of the fray where all we can see are the swords and shields flailing around us. He… Continue reading God is working on you. Just hang in there.
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Don’t come down from your great work.
I am doing a great work and cannot come down. – Nehemiah 6:3, AMP Russ Warner, CEO of ContentWatch, was quoted in a July 2012 Forbes.com article titled Employees Really Do Waste Time at Work. Warner cited a 2012 Salary.com survey on the matter of wasted work time, and this is what he had to say:… Continue reading Don’t come down from your great work.
Believe it or not, tough times are good for you.
Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Like these good figs, so will I regard the captives of Judah whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their good. – Jeremiah 24:5, AMP In Jeremiah 24:5 we find one of the most shocking statements in all of… Continue reading Believe it or not, tough times are good for you.
Don’t be foolish enough to think your sin only affects you.
Saul and the people spared Agag… – 1 Samuel 15:9, AMP In 1 Samuel 15, God instructed Saul to utterly destroy the Amalekite nation in return for their great sins against Him. Chapter 15 records that Saul only partially obeyed, saving alive King Agag and the best of the livestock. As a result of his… Continue reading Don’t be foolish enough to think your sin only affects you.
He that overcomes shall inherit all things.
He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. – Revelation 21:7, KJV One of the things I do in my “spare time” is teach real estate licensing classes. In one recent class, several of the students expressed concern about their ability to pass the… Continue reading He that overcomes shall inherit all things.
Use the very weapon that Satan is trying to snatch from you.
With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the Lord our God to help us, and to fight our battles… – 2 Chronicles 32:8, KJV It is our faith that unlocks the power of God in our lives, which is why Jesus tells us in Matthew 9:29 that “According to your faith… Continue reading Use the very weapon that Satan is trying to snatch from you.
When you reach your breaking point, God will be reaching out to you.
And Peter went out, and wept bitterly. – Luke 22:62 (King James Version) Everyone of us could break at any moment. The most important relational bond we can have is the bond we have with our Creator. Sweet that bond can be when it is unimpeded by sin, but we can easily break that bond… Continue reading When you reach your breaking point, God will be reaching out to you.
Relying on man isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
Because you relied on the king of Syria and not on the Lord your God… – 2 Chronicles 16:7, Amplified Bible The book of 2 Chronicles records that King Asa of Judah fought only one war in the first thirty-five years of his forty-one year reign. In that war, Asa faced an army of Ethiopians… Continue reading Relying on man isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
Don’t fret the exercise of faith. It draws us closer together.
When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay. – John 9:6, KJV In John 9, Jesus restored sight to a man born blind from birth. For years I was puzzled as to why Jesus chose… Continue reading Don’t fret the exercise of faith. It draws us closer together.
God wants to be your refuge when the storm hits.
On May 20, 2013, an EF5 tornado cut a 20-mile path of destruction in and around Moore, Oklahoma, a southern suburb of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The EF5 category is the strongest category of tornadoes measured. This particular twister was approximately 1.3 miles wide and possessed winds between 200 and 210 miles per hour. The day… Continue reading God wants to be your refuge when the storm hits.