1Th 2:4 But as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, even so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God who tests our hearts. Do we seek God’s approval in all our undertakings? Whom do we seek to impress the most? People or God? What has been and still…
PRESSING ON PAST YOUR ” GIVE UP POINT”
Job 2:9 Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold to your integrity? Curse God and die!” Job 2:12 And when they raised their eyes from afar, and did not recognize him, they lifted their voices and wept; and each one tore his robe and sprinkled dust on his head toward heaven. Job’s…
TRUSTING GOD WHEN LIFE KNOCKS YOU DOWN.
Psa 145:14 The LORD upholds all who fall, And raises up all those who are bowed down. The Hebrew term samak ( uphold) talks of God’s sustenance and support for his people. This is in regard to those who find themselves at the “rock bottom”. The Psalmist emphasizes God’s faithful provision. He is the one…
THERE IS HOPE FOR THE LIVING.
Ecc 9:4 But for him who is joined to all the living there is hope, for a living dog is better than a dead lion. Life is a precious thing, and in it’s humblest form, it is superior to death. A living dog keeps better watch than a dead lion and is of more service…
EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE NOT SEEN HIM.
1Pe 1:8 whom having not seen you love. Though now you do not see Him, yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory, 1Pe 1:9 receiving the end of your faith–the salvation of your souls. This Epistle was addressed to ” strangers scattered abroad”. In view of the above, it is evident…
ELIMINATING THE NONE ESSENTIALS.
Heb 12:1 Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, We fancy and cheer our athletes as they compete in different races….
BLESSINGS THROUGH THE WORK OF OUR HANDS.
Deu 28:12 “The LORD will open to you His good treasure, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand. You shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow. This was a special proclamation made by Moses to the Israelites before…
A NEW THRESHING SLEDGE
Isa 41:15 “Behold, I will make you into a new threshing sledge with sharp teeth; you shall thresh the mountains and beat them small, and make the hills like chaff. Isa 41:16 You shall winnow them, the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them; you shall rejoice in the LORD, and…
HE HONORS THOSE WHO HONOR HIM.
1Sa 2:30 “Therefore the LORD God of Israel says: ‘I said indeed that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever’; but now the LORD says: ‘Far be it from Me; for those who honor Me I will honor, and those who despise Me shall be lightly esteemed. God had…
BUT WHILE MEN SLEPT.
Mat 13:25 “but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way. Mat 13:26 “But when the grain had sprouted and produced a crop, then the tares also appeared. There are two types of sleep; physical sleep and spiritual sleep. Every normal person must engage in physical sleep…