Esther 4:16 “Go, gather all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and fast for me; neither eat nor drink for three days, night or day. My maids and I will fast likewise. And so I will go to the king, which is against the law; and if I perish, I perish!” Risk taking is…
THE EVERLASTING COVENANT OF FRIENDSHIP
1Sa 18:3 And Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself. 1Sa 18:4 Jonathan took off the robe he was wearing and gave it to David, along with his tunic, and even his sword, his bow and his belt. John 15:15 No longer do I call you servants, for a servant…
CONSISTENT ABNORMAL BECOMES THE NORM
Isaiah 5:20 Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter. Professor Theodor Erismann, conducted an experiment by fitting his student with goggles that made everything appear upside down. Up was down, and down was up…
AND IT CAME TO PASS.
Gen 8:13 And it came to pass in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, that the waters were dried up from the earth; and Noah removed the covering of the ark and looked, and indeed the surface of the ground was dry. Noah entered the…
RESULTS WILL STOP INSULTS
Neh 6:15-16 So the wall was finished in the twenty-fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty-two days. And it came about when all our enemies heard of this, and all the nations that were around us saw these things, that they were much deflated in their own eyes, for they perceived that this work…
UNTIL YOU ACCOMPLISH, KEEP ON PUSHING
Jos 13:1 Now Joshua was old, advanced in years. And the LORD said to him: “You are old, advanced in years, and there remains very much land yet to be possessed. Every time you are hard pressed people will always tell you ” don’t give up”. Whenever you begin a task at whatever season of…
OBEDIENCE – YOUR WAY OUT OF A CURSE,NOT SACRIFICE
1Sa 15:22 So Samuel said: “Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, As in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, And to heed than the fat of rams. Deu 28:15 “But it shall come to pass, if you do not obey the voice of…
OPPORTUNITIES EXCEED LIMITATIONS AND THREATS
Luke 19:3-4 (KJV) And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press, because he was little of stature. And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way. Life may present limitations and threats that may seem insurmountable….
THE LIBERATING JOY OF FORGIVENESS.
Psa 32:1 Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, Whose sin is covered. Psa 32:2 Blessed is the man to whom the LORD does not impute iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no guile. Psa 32:5 I acknowledged my sin to You, And my iniquity I have not hidden. I said, “I will confess…
TRANSFORMERS,NOT CONFORMERS.
Rom 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. Rom 12:2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that…