Ecc 11:4 He who observes the wind will not sow, and he who regards the clouds will not reap. Ecc 11:6 In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening do not withhold your hand; for you do not know which will prosper, either this or that, or whether both alike will be good….
GOD’S APPROVAL IS NOT BASED ON YOUR PERFORMANCE.
Rom 8:29 For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. Rom 8:30 Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified. The concept of…
FULLY KNOWN, FULLY LOVED
Isa 43:1 But now, thus says the LORD, who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine. 1Jo 4:19 We love Him because He first loved us. ” To be loved but not known is…
THE CLOUD IS FORMING.
1Ki 18:42-44 And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; then he bowed down on the ground, and put his face between his knees, and said to his servant, “Go up now, look toward the sea.” So he went up and looked, and said, “There is nothing.” And seven times he said, “Go again.”Then…
GOD HELP’S US NOT JUST START, BUT FINISH THINGS
Ezr 6:15 Now the temple was finished on the third day of the month of Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius. Nebuchadnezzar had burned down the temple in the fifth month 586 BC ( 2Ki 25:11). It was about 23 years after Cyrus had issued a decree allowing…
GREAT SHAKING PRECEDES GREAT FAVOUR
1Pe 5:10 But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you. Many times a great shaking precedes great favor. Great difficulty precedes great promotion. Great opposition precedes great influence ( @joelOsteen) Apostle Peter was affirming…
THE POWER OF FAITHFULNESS IN SMALL THINGS.
Luk 16:10 “He who is faithful in what is least is faithful also in much; and he who is unjust in what is least is unjust also in much. One of the lessons Jesus taught from the parable of the shrewd manager is proper use of resources. Every believer is a steward of both spiritual…
DO NOT LET YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD GO STALE.
1Sa 15:35 Until the day Samuel died, he did not go to see Saul again, though Samuel mourned for him. And the Lord was grieved that he had made Saul king over Israel. The Lord wanted to punish the Amalekites because they waylaid the children of Israel as they came up from Egypt. So Samuel…
THE RACE IS NOT FOR THE SWIFT.
Ecc 9:11 I returned and saw under the sun that–The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to men of understanding, nor favor to men of skill; but time and chance happen to them all. When we compare ourselves with others, we are…
MAINTAINING THE MOMENTUM OF SUCCESS.
Jos 15:13-15 Now to Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a portion among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, namely, Kirjath Arba, which is Hebron (Arba was the father of Anak).Caleb drove out the three sons of Anak from there: Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of…