1 Sam 3:1 The boy Samuel ministered before the Lord under Eli. In those days the word of the Lord was rare; there were not many visions. This was the beginning of a special time in the history of Israel. God was about to call Samuel to lead the nation of Israel. However,the preceding events…
RISE AGAIN
Pro 24:16 for a righteous man may fall seven times and rise again, but the wicked shall fall by calamity. Have you ever failed? Everything in life is hard before it becomes easy. When we are not willing to try because we are afraid of messing up again, that’s not proof that we are not…
EASY COME,EASY GO
Jer 17:11 Like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay are those who gain riches by unjust means. When their lives are half gone, their riches will desert them, and in the end they will prove to be fools. Truth be said, riches and wealth creation is a journey and not an overnight…
A RUN FOR EVERYONE IN DISTRESS.
1Sa 22:2 And everyone who was in distress, and everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was discontented, gathered around him and he became their leader. And about four hundred men were with him. David had just fled from King Saul, who sought to kill him. At this moment, he was not a king…
TURNING ON THE SWITCH OF FAITH
Habakkuk 2:2 The Just Live by Faith. Then the Lord answered me and said:“Write the vision. And make it plain on tablets, That he may run who reads it. Habakkuk 2:3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time; But at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries,…
LIKE A RUBBER BAND, WE MUST BECOME RESILIENT.
2 Co 4:7-10 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us. We are hard – pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed — always carrying…
YOU CARRY THE FLAVOR
Mat 5:13 “You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men. The Bible contains numerous references to salt. In various contexts, it is used metaphorically to signify permanence, loyalty,…
PAUSE IN OASIS, NOT IN THE DESERT
Exo2:15, 17 Now when Pharaoh heard about this matter, he tried to kill Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh to stay in the land of Midian. And he sat down by a well. and the shepherds came and drove them away. But Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock….
OBSTACLES ILLUMINATE NEW OPTIONS
1 Sam 13:22,14:13-14 So it came about on the day of battle that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people who were with Saul and Jonathan, but they were found with Saul and with his son Jonathan. And Jonathan climbed up on his hands and on his…
IF YOU GO OUT OF YOUR WAY FOR GOD, HE WILL GO OUT OF HIS WAY FOR YOU.
2 Ki 20:3 “Remember now, O Lord, I pray, how I have walked before You in truth and with a loyal heart, and have done what was good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly. 2Ki 20:5 “Return and tell Hezekiah the leader of My people, ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of David your…