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…
LIFE IN ALL IT’S FULLNESS
Joh 10:10The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. A childhood story is told of a scorpion and a frog. The scorpion asked the frog to carry him across the river. The reluctant frog, fearing the death-dealing sting, tried…
SPIRITUAL MIRAGE
Mark 8:24-25 [24]And he looked up and said, I see people, but [they look] like trees, walking. [25]Then He put His hands on his eyes again; and the man looked intently [that is, fixed his eyes on definite objects], and he was restored and saw everything distinctly [even what was at a distance]. A mirage…
STRENGTHEN THYSELF
1 Kings 20:22 (KJV) And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said unto him, Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest: for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee. It is after a hard fought battle that one is likely to…
SILENCING EVERY NEGATIVE VOICE
Isaiah 54:17 No weapon formed against you shall prosper,And every tongue which rises against you in judgment You shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, And their righteousness is from Me,” Says the Lord. One of the devil’s strategy used to discourage and water down the zeal of serving God…