And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the Lord, the priests in their vestments came forward with trumpets, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, with symbols, to praise the Lord, according to the directions of David King of Israel. And they sang responsively, praising and giving thanks to the Lord, “for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever toward Israel.” And all the people shouted with a great shout when they praised the Lord, becasue the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid.” Ezra 3:10-11 Have you ever had to build something from the ground up? All the work that goes…
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Singing Your Thanksgiving
Then on that day David first appointed that Thanksgiving be sung to the Lord by Asaph and his brothers. “Oh give thanks to the Lord; call upon His name; make known his deeds among the people. Sing to him, sing praises to him; tell of all his wonderous works. 1 Chronicles. 16: 7-9 You may want to read all the vers up to verse 36 of this chapter. This song of thanksgiving and praise show what to thank God for. David wrote this to praise and give thanks to God. He wanted to celebrate Gdo’s mercy and wonderful acts for Israel. This is a beautiful song that can help us…
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Complaining Hearts
And the people complained in the hearing of the Lord about their misfortunes, and when the Lord heard it his anger was kindled, and the fire of the Lord burned among them and consumed some outlying parts of the camp. Numbers 11:1 Do you grumble? Do you complain? We, humans, are complainers. When we don’t like something, we grumble and complain about it! Do you catch yourself doing that? Pay attention this week and see how often you do complain and what your grumbling about. When we are complaining we are not having gratitude. In fact, we have a terrible attitude. Complaining and grumbling show us and others where our…
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Give Thanks In All Circumstances
Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. 1 Thessalonians 5:18 Is it easy for you to give thanks in all situations? Is it hard for you to give thanks in all situations? What does this mean exactly? Are we to give thanks in just the good circumstances or also the bad circumstances?? What does the circumstance mean? It means an event or condition connected with what is happening or has happened. It is easy to thank God for all circumstances when life is going good. It is easy to show gratitude to God and others when we have a roof over…
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Gratitude
Oh, give thanks to the Lord! Call upon His name; Make known His deeds among the peoples! Sing to Him, sing psalms to Him; Talk of all His wondrous works! Glory in His holy name; Let the hearts of those rejoice who seek the Lord! Seek the Lord and His strength; Seek His face evermore! He is the Lord our God; his judgments are in all the earth. He remembers his covenant forever, the word that he commanded, for a thousand generations, the covenant that he made with Abraham, his sworn promise to Isaac, which he confirmed to Jacob as a statute, to Israel as an everlasting covenant,…
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God’s Clothed Him
That night the Lord said to him, “Take your father’s bull, and the second bull seven years old, and pull down the altar of Baal that your father has, and cut down the Asherah that is beside it and build an altar to the Lord your God on the top of the stronghold here, with stones laid in due order. Then take the second bull and offer it as a burnt offering with the wood of the Asherah that you shall cut down.” So Gideon took ten men of his servants and did as the Lord had told him. But because he was too afraid of his family and the…
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Hope of God’s Plan
I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring: he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel. Genesis 3:15 Do you see the hope in this verse? Does it give you hope? This verse is the first hope of God’s plan to defeat the evil and restore his relationship with people. This verse predicts the full victory of God over Satan. Amen!! Verse 15 is a prophecy of a spiritual conflict between the woman’s offspring (Jesus) and Satan’s evil forces. God made a promise that Christ would be born from a woman. he would be bruised by his unjust death on the cross.…
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Abominable Practice Not To Practice
When you come into the land that the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not learn to follow the abominable practicesof those nations. There shall not be found among you anyone who burns his son or his daughter as an offering, anyonehwo practices divination or tells fortunes or interprets omens, or a sorcerer or a charmer or a medium, or a necromanceror one who inquires of the dead, for whoever does these things is an abomination to the Lord, and because of these abominations the Lord your God is driving themout before you. Deuteronomy 18:9-12 These verses is a list of occult magic practices that were common…
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The Evil Spirit In Saul
Now the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, “and a harmful spirit of the Lord tormented him. 1 Samuel 16:14 Do you think this is harsh? Saul rebelled against God’s plans and purposes. Since he did this, he opened himself up to demonic influence. In 1 Samuel 15: 23 says, “For rebellion is as the sin of divination, and presumption isas iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, he has also rejected you form being king.” God is in complete control. Evil spirits can only operate as God allows. He can even use them to fulfill his purposes. In 1 Samuel 18:10 says, “the…
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Sorcery: Part One
For rebellion is as the sin of divination, and presumption is as iniquity adn idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, he has also rejected you from being King. 1 Samuel 15:23 Do you dabble in fortune telling, tarot cards, horoscopes, and etc? The sin of “divinaiton” is seeking to manipulate (control for personal gain) events, people, or the future by consulting the spirits of the dead. In Leviticus 19: 26, it says, “You shall not eat any flesh with the blood in it. You shall not interpret omens, or tell fortunes.” Verse 31, says, ” Do not turn to mediums or necromancers; do not seek…