Joh 8:4,10-11 They said, “Teacher, this woman was caught in adultery, in the very act. When Jesus straightened up and saw no one except the woman, he said to her, “Woman, where are those accusers of yours? Has no one condemned you?” She said, “No one, Lord”. And Jesus said to her, “Neither do I…
Author: PCC Team
AGAIN I WILL BUILD YOU UP
Jer 31:3 The LORD has appeared of old to me, saying: “Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore with loving kindness I have drawn you. Jer 31:4 Again I will build you, and you shall be rebuilt, O virgin of Israel! You shall again be adorned with your tambourines, and shall go…
ABOVE AND BEYOND THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS.
Mat 5:41 “And whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two. In Jesus’ time , Israel was a Roman colony. According to Roman law, a Roman soldier could demand a resident of a colony to carry his military baggage as far as one mile. After that, the soldier was supposed to find…
COMPARISON BEGETS COMPETITION
Gal 6:4-5 (NCV) Each person should judge his own actions and not compare himself with others. Then he can be proud for what he himself has done. Each person must be responsible for himself. Rather than compare what we do with what others do, we should focus on what we personally are able to do….
ANTITHESIS OF DASHED HOPES
Prov 13:12 Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but the desire fulfilled is a tree of life. No one likes waiting. It feels good to get what we want. But when our expectations are delayed for a long time, we can experience disappointment and disillusionment. Hope deferred can look like many things ; an agonizing…
TOWERING DIVINE DISTINCTION
TOWERING DIVINE DISTINCTION Exo 11:7 No destructive plague will harm you .But not a dog will move its tongue against any of the children of Israel, against man or beast, so that you may know that the LORD makes a distinction between the Egyptians and Israel .’ Amidst this looming judgment, God declares that not…
DON’T TALK YOURSELF OUT OF THE SUPERNATURAL.
2 Kings 7:19, 20 Then that officer had answered the man of God, and said, “Now look, if the Lord would make windows in heaven, could such a thing be?”And he had said, “In fact, you shall see it with your eyes, but you shall not eat of it.”And so it happened to him, for…
FOCUS ON THE NEXT STEP MORE THAN ON THE OVERALL GOAL.
Exodus 23:30 Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you have increased, and you inherit the land. Joshua 7:2 Now Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth Aven, on the east side of Bethel, and spoke to them, saying, “Go up and spy out the country.”…
PRAISE HIM EVEN WHEN OUTNUMBERED .
2 Chr 20:21,22 And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed those who should sing to the Lord, and who should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army and were saying:“Praise the Lord, For His mercy endures forever.” Now when they began to sing and to praise, the…
IF YOU KEEP A LOT, YOU WILL LOSE A LOT.
Gen 13:1, 10 [1]And Abram went up from Egypt, he and his wife and all that he had, and Lot went with him, into the south of Canaan. [10]And Lot raised his eyes, and saw all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere, (this was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah),…