EVERY GROUP “Each group carried out its appointed duties in the house of the Lord according to the procedures established by their ancestor Aaron in obedience to the commands of the Lord, the God of Israel” (1 Chronicles 24:9 NLT). “Each group…” (1 Chronicles 24:19 NLT). First, this phrase tells us about organization. In other words, there…
HOW TO RELAX TODAY “The Lord is good, a strong refuge when trouble comes. He is close to those who trust in him” (Nahum 1:7 NLT). Difficulties will not disappear while we are in this world, there will always be problems and challenges to overcome day after day. The good news is that we do not have to…
WE CAN BE CARRIERS OF THE GOOD NEWS “The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon me, for the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to comfort the brokenhearted and to proclaim that captives will be released and prisoners will be freed” (Isaiah 61:1 NLT). God fills you with His Holy Spirit with an…
IT HAPPENED TO JEREMIAH AND IT CAN HAPPEN TO YOU “Now Pashhur son of Immer, the priest in charge of the Temple of the Lord, heard what Jeremiah was prophesying. So he arrested Jeremiah the prophet and had him whipped and put in stocks at the Benjamin Gate of the Lord’s Temple” (Jeremiah 20:1-2 NLT). I don’t know…
FIRE SHUT UP IN MY BONES “But if I say I’ll never mention the Lord or speak in his name, his word burns in my heart like a fire. It’s like a fire in my bones! I am worn out trying to hold it in! I can’t do it!” (Jeremiah 20:9 NLT). I don’t know what it’s like to…
I AM THAT PERSON You and I at Eagles CFC are the kind of person that is mentioned in the following verse: “The Lord will guide you continually, giving you water when you are dry and restoring your strength. You will be like a well-watered garden, like an ever-flowing spring” (Isaiah 58:11 NLT). The Lord will guide us and be…
THE STAKES… “Enlarge the place of your tent… lengthen your cords, strengthen your stakes” (Isaiah 54:2 NIV). The first thing we read in this passage is that God is encouraging us to be enlarged and to be stretched. Secondly, it talks about being strengthened in order to grow. When it comes to edifying a building,…
STRENGTHEN YOUR STAKES AND BE ENLARGED “Enlarge the place of your tent, stretch your tent curtains wide, do not hold back; lengthen your cords, strengthen your stakes” (Isaiah 54:2 NIV). Notice the words in this verse: “enlarge”, “stretch”, “lengthen”, and “strengthen”. The first thing we see in this passage is that God is encouraging us to be…
THE POWER OF PRAISE “Suddenly, there was a massive earthquake, and the prison was shaken to its foundations. All the doors immediately flew open, and the chains of every prisoner fell off!” (Acts 16:26 NLT). The Bible tells that when Paul and Silas were singing hymns and declaring how mighty God was that “suddenly, there…
HOW TO KNOW WHY I WAS BORN “… The Lord called me before my birth; from within the womb he called me by name” (Isaiah 49:1 NLT). You are not an accident on earth and neither am I. We were all born with a defined purpose, but we need to evaluate and check if we are operating and…
