Jdg 17:6 In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as they saw fit. At one time in Israel there was no installed king to steer the nation toward its God given promises .There was no control or direction at all. People did whatsoever they found fit; they installed home based prophets , Levite’s…
MAKE US GLAD FOR AS MANY DAYS AS YOU HAVE AFFLICTED US.
Psa 90:15 Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us, for as many years as we have seen trouble. The psalmist opens up a chapter explaining how painful it is to experience the wrath of the maker , consumed by His anger and terrified by His indignation. ” Our days pass…
WHEN THE LORD EXCEEDS YOUR EXPECTATIONS.
2Ki 7:8 And when these lepers came to the outskirts of the camp, can went into one tent and ate and drank, and carried from it silver and gold and clothing, and went and hid them; then they came back and entered another tent, and carried some from there also, and went and hid it….
NOT EVERYTHING LAWFUL IS BENEFICIAL
1Co 10:23 All things are lawful for me, but all things are not helpful; all things are lawful for me, but all things do not edify. “Everything is permissible for me” was a common saying among the Corinthian believers. This was a saying that was used to justify all sorts of forbidden activities like eating…
ARMOR FIT FOR YOU.
1Sa 17:39 And David fastened his sword to his armor, and he tried to walk, for he had not tested them. And David said to Saul, “I cannot walk with these, for I have not tested them.” So David took them off. David was preparing to go and face Goliath. Saul brought his own armor…
A SELF DESTRUCTIVE PILL
Pro 16:18-19 Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud. Pride is an emotion that can be both nurturing or poisonous. It’s okay to feel proud when you accomplish something great. Feeling…
OUT OF THE EATER, SOMETHING TO EAT
Jgd 14:13-14 If you can’t tell me the answer, you must give me thirty linen garments and thirty sets of clothes .” “Tell us your riddle,” they said. “Let’s hear it. ” He replied, “Out of the eater, something to eat; out of the strong, something sweet. ” For three days they could not give…
WHEN YOU STAND FOR GOD, YOU STAND OUT.
Dan 3:29 “Therefore I make a decree that any people, nation, or language which speaks anything amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made an ash heap; because there is no other God who can deliver like this.” Dan 3:30 The king promoted…
AUTHENTICALLY, UNIQUE YOU.
Psa 139:14-16 I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well. My frame was not hidden from You, When I was made in secret, And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And…
THE HEART HAS THE BROADCASTING RIGHTS.
Luk 6:45 A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of. As Jesus was expounding on people’s action and deeds ,he tackled the…