IT WILL NOT LAST FOREVER Nevertheless, that time of darkness and despair will not go on forever… (Isaiah 9:1a NLT) This pandemic will not last forever. Better times are coming. The violence on the streets will not last forever. Times of peace are coming. Social distancing will not last forever. We will once again congregate…
LET’S NOT THINK LIKE EVERYONE The Lord has given me a strong warning not to think like everyone else does.(Isaiah 8:11 NLT) We should be a different voice. We shouldn’t think like negative and pessimistic people, because then we will get emotionally and mentally sick. People who are emotionally sick turn peaceful marches into disturbances, theft, and…
THE MAN WHO FOUND STRENGTH II David was now in great danger because all his men were very bitter about losing their sons and daughters, and they began to talk of stoning him. But David found strength in the Lord his God.(1 Samuel 30:6a NLT) Yesterday we spoke about how David’s friends wanted to stone him because…
THE MAN FOUND STRENGTH …But David found strength in the Lord his God.(1 Samuel 30:6 NLT) Sometimes we don’t realize it, but this pandemic affected us all one way or another. Unconsciously, our stress levels and emotions were altered and even if the virus did not reach our home, tension rose because of the news, social distancing,…
WHAT MORE COULD I HAVE DONE? What more could I have done for my vineyard that I have not already done? When I expected sweet grapes, why did my vineyard give me bitter grapes? (Isaiah 5:4 NLT) Don’t feel responsible for those who don’t want to have success. Have you ever been disappointed and asked…
WHAT PART IS NOT CLEAR? Manasseh even made a carved image of Asherah and set it up in the Temple, the very place where the Lord had told David and his son Solomon: “My name will be honored forever in this Temple… (2 Kings 21:7 NLT) “My name will be honored forever in this temple.” What part…
LET’S NOT FORGET GOD AFTER HE HELPS US …I have heard your prayer and seen your tears. I will heal you, and three days from now you will get out of bed and go to the Temple of the Lord. (2 Kings 20:5 NLT) I would say that this verse speaks to us in a modern…
AGAIN AND AGAIN Again and again the Lord had sent his prophets and seers to warn both Israel and Judah: “Turn from all your evil ways. Obey my commandsand decrees…” (2 Kings 17:13-15 NLT) 1.- God warns us again and again. We continue to deal with riots, protests and violence in different cities. How difficult it is…
FROM SMALL PLACES EMERGE GREAT LEADERS “But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah,out of you will come for meone who will be ruler over Israel,whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.” (Micah 5:2 NIV) From a small village named Bethlehem came Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world. Your origin does not…
LET’S NOT LOOSEN UP IN PRAYER Because Covid is going away Then Jehoahaz prayed for the Lord’s help, and the Lord heard his prayer, for he could see how severely the king of Aram was oppressing Israel. (2 Kings 13:4 NLT) Prayer is the most necessary thing in these critical times. In this verse we…
