2Ki 4:6 When the vessels were all full, she said to her son, Bring me another vessel. And he said to her, There is not a one left. Then the oil stopped multiplying. One of the son’s of the prophet had died and left behind a widow and his two sons. In addition to this,…
LOOKING BEYOND OUR CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES.
Psa 27:13 I would have lost heart, unless I had believed That I would see the goodness of the LORD In the land of the living. Psa 27:14 Wait on the LORD; Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the LORD! We are confronted with circumstances some which…
PURPOSE IS A CHOICE.
Dan 1:8 But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s delicacies, nor with the wine which he drank; therefore he requested of the chief of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself. Daniel was among the princes who were taken into captivity in Babylon….
LIVE TO LEAVE A MARK
Acts 9:39 Peter went with them, and when he arrived he was taken upstairs to the room. All the widows stood around him, crying and showing him the robes and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was still with them. Dorcas, “the widow’s designer ” is dead. Her customers surrounded her holding evidence…
YOU ARE IN CHARGE OF GUARDING YOUR OWN HEART.
Pro 4:23 Above all else, guard your heart,for it is the well spring of life. Our heart’s condition depends on the things we allow in there. These things forms our thoughts and attitudes and ultimately shape our deepest part of our being. If the wrong things in our hearts goes unattended , they become deeply…
MAINTAIN YOUR COOL AT ALL TIMES.
Pro 14:17 A quick tempered man does foolish things, and a crafty man is hated. Pro 15:18 A hot – tempered man stirs up dissension, but a patient man calms a quarrel. If you keep your cool in difficult situation, you manage to remain calm. If you lose your cool, you get angry or upset.”…
SHOWERS OF BLESSINGS
Zech 10:1 Ask the LORD for rain in the time of the latter flashing clouds; He will give them showers of rain, Grass in the field for everyone. Prophet Zechariah is one of the Minor Prophets that was instrumental in organizing and inspiring the Jews to finish rebuilding the temple during Ezra’s time,after captivity. Ancient…
FAILURES ARE MEANT FOR LEARNING NOT LAMENTING
Jos 7:10-11 The Lord said to Joshua, “Stand up! What are you doing down on your face? Israel has sinned; they have violated my covenant, which I commanded them to keep. They have taken some of the devoted things; they have stolen, they have lied, they have put them with their own possessions. After spying…
FROM REJECTION TO ACCEPTANCE.
Jdg 11:7 So Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, “Did you not hate me, and expel me from my father’s house? Why have you come to me now when you are in distress?” Jdg 11:8 And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “That is why we have turned again to you now, that…
WHEN THE DEVIL REMINDS YOU OF YOUR PAST, REMIND HIM OF HIS FUTURE.
Rev 20:10 And the devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are. And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever. All of us have had some grey areas in our lives. Out of his machinations, sometimes we fail,we go…