FOUR CONDITIONS FOR SEVEN BLESSINGS Part 1 “If only you would prepare your heart and lift up your hands to him in prayer! 14 Get rid of your sins, and leave all iniquity behind you.15 Then your face will brighten with innocence. You will be strong and free of fear.16 You will forget your misery;…
WHAT HAPPENS IN A SMALL GROUP? And he came and took her by the hand and lifted her up31 But Simon’s wife’s mother lay sick of a fever, and anon they tell him of her.30 and Andrew, with James and John. they entered into the house of SimonAnd forthwith, when they were coming out of…
CHARACTERISTICS OF TRUE LOVE If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn’t love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. If I had the gift of prophecy, and if I understood all of God’s secret plans and possessed all knowledge, and if I had…
BE MORE CONSTANT AND PATIENT Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles of any kind come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. (James 1:2-3 NLT) Problems are tests that reveal our attitudes and values. They highlight our…
WHAT IS SUCCESS? WHY DO I WANT SUCCESS? Then I observed that most people are motivated to success because they envy their neighbors. But this, too, is meaningless—like chasing the wind. (Ecclesiastes 4:4 NLT) There are many valid definitions of success, but mine is simply: “To continually fulfill God’s purpose for my life.” Purpose is…
BOTH RECEIVE SOMETHING FROM GOD For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit. (Ecclesiastes…
YOUR BEAUTIFUL FRIEND OF MINE You are altogether beautiful.. beautiful in every way. (Song of Solomon 4:7) This book of the Bible of Songs has two applications. The first is the relationship between a husband and his wife; but spiritually speaking, it refers to the relationship of Christ with his wife, the church. It tells…
PRAISE DECREASES STRESS And the singers sang loud… …they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy; the wives also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off. (Nehemiah 12:42-43 KJV) Seven words I found in this passage of the Bible, of…
BENEFITS OF BROKENNESS “So he returned home to his father. And while he was still a long way off, his father saw him coming. Filled with love and compassion, he ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him. (Luke 15:20 NLT). Brokenness and obedience takes us to a special place within God’s plans. When…
BROKENNESS The high and lofty one who lives in eternity, the Holy One, says this: “I live in the high and holy place with those whose spirits are contrite and humble. I restore the crushed spirit of the humble and revive the courage of those with repentant hearts. (Isaiah 57:15 NLT) Breaking is the method…
