Archive for February, 2009
Focus Fully on God
Isaiah 40:31 “But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.”
We get in a hurry when we don’t wait on the Lord. We jump ahead and do rash things. We [...]
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The Preparation Process
Psalm 103:11 “For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.”
How does a servant of God cope when the bottom drops out? I have found a great from two truths”
1. Nothing touches me that has not passed through the handoff my heavenly Father [...]
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Held in Highest Regard
Deuteronomy 6:10-13 “And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not, Then beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee forth out of [...]
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Mark Your Meeting Place
Psalm 130:6 “My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.”
To meet regularly with God, you need a place. The house in which I was reared was very small and there were five siblings running around everywhere. My mom’s place [...]
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Perspective and Preferences
Romans 14:19 “Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
Disagreements are inevitable. There will always be opposing viewpoints and a variety of perspectives on most subjects. Tastes differ as well as preferences. That is why we have vanilla and chocolate and strawberry ice cream, [...]
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God Reigns Over All
Proverbs 20:24 “Man’s goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?”
Stop and think for a moment about the word sovereignty. There’s a small word nestled in the heart of it, the word reign: sov-reign-ty….
Sovereignty means all-wise, all-knowing God reigns beyond our comprehension to bring about a plan beyond [...]
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God Reigns Over All
Proverbs 20:24 “Man’s goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?”
Stop and think for a moment about the word sovereignty. There’s a small word nestled in the heart of it, the word reign: sov-reign-ty….
Sovereignty means all-wise, all-knowing God reigns beyond our comprehension to bring about a plan beyond [...]
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Somebody Needs What You Can Give
Matthew 5:46-47 “For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?”
Numbers are significant to God.
The number “9″ signifies “gifts,” and “fruit.” 1 Corinthians 12:7-11 states [...]
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Loving God’s People
Hebrews 10:24-25 “And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.”
It goes without saying that often in life we feel alone. [...]
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Focus First On God
Psalm 7:17 “I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.”
There is a mystery, an aura about the living God that is designed to force us to trust Him, even when we cannot figure Him out (which is most of the time)….
The [...]
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