Psa 84:1-2 How lovely is your dwelling place, Lord Almighty! My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God. When we visit friends or on vacation, we feel thrilled by ‘their’ places and all efforts are done to give us “a home…
NOBODY IS BETTER THAN ANYBODY
Phi 2:3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, I am sure that we have all have come across someone that has an “ I am better than everyone else, especially you ” mentality. This kind of attitude occurs at multiple points throughout life. It is…
GETTING TO THE PEAK
2Sa 5:4 David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years. 2Sa 5:5 In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah. Leadership is not an inherent trait, but rather a skill developed with time….
BEGIN TO POSSESS IT.
Deu 2:24 ” ‘Rise, take your journey, and cross over the River Arnon. Look, I have given into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land. Begin to possess it, and engage him in battle. River Arnon was on the boarder of Moab and the Amorites. Upon entering this area, the final…
INVOLVE GOD IN DECISION MAKING.
1Sa 23:1 Then they told David, saying, “Look, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and they are robbing the threshing floors.” 1Sa 23:2 Therefore David inquired of the LORD, saying, “Shall I go and attack these Philistines?” And the LORD said to David, “Go and attack the Philistines, and save Keilah.” Keilah was a fortified…
THE CONTAGIOUS SPIRIT OF COMPLAINING
Num14:1-2, 4 That night all the members of the community raised their voices and wept aloud. All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole assembly said to them, “If only we had died in Egypt! Or in this wilderness! And they said to each other, “We should choose a leader and go…
HIS OWN SPECIAL PEOPLE.
1Pe 2:9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; 1Pe 2:10 who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained…
NO HALF MEASURES IN LIFE.
Ecc 9:10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work or device or knowledge or wisdom in the grave where you are going. Solomon shows that he does not persuade men to live an idle and sensual life, but only enjoy their comforts in God’s fear and…
HEAVEN BEGINS RIGHT HERE.
Luk 11:2 So He said to them, “When you pray, say: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven. We occasionally sing this song that has this chorus: “And the time to be happy is now And the place to be…
LOVE BURIES THINGS OUT OF SIGHT.
1Pe 4:8 And above all things have fervent love for one another, for “love will cover a multitude of sins.” When it comes to matters of love( agape), we are not requested to love one another, neither is it a suggestion. This is a command . Mar 12:31 “And the second, like it, is this:…