Yet from the days of your fathers You have gone away from My ordinances And have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” Says the Lord of hosts. But you said, ‘In what way shall we return?’ Malachi 3:7 When we are seeking God, we must seek Him with our whole heart. We must then realize that repentance is not ony an option, but a requirement. In returning to the Lord means that we will forsake sin and obey what God he says. In the Old Testament, the nations of Israel and Judah repeatedly strayed from God. Each time this happened God would send a…
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Seeking Him
. Behold, You desire truth in the inward parts, And in the hidden part You will make me to know wisdom. Psalm 51:6 The enemy, Satan, is wanting us to have the struggle of being honest with God and ourselves. He wants to deceive us and for us to live in that deception. Jesus explains well who satan is. ” You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he…
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Opening Up In Truth
Jesus and the disciples came to Capernaum. And when he was in the house he asked them, “What were you discussing on the way?” But they kept silent, for on the way they had argued with one another about who was the greatest. Mark 9:33-34 Keeping silent is always the best way to handle the truth. We might think or attempt to hide things from God, but in reality We can’t hide anything from God. In Mark 9:33-34, this is what the disciples did. They stayed silent. Through their silence Jesus saw and heard their sinful, proud attitudes. Jesus gave them an opportunity to walk in the light with him. …
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Walking In The Light
This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us…
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Being Honest With God
.For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long . . . I acknowledge my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity. Psalm 32: 3, 5 How honest are you with God about your sin? Do you try and hide it? Deny our sin whether it is blaming others, or making excuses for ourselves comes naturally to us. We do not need to be taught this. When our triune God is living in us, we still fight the battle to be deceitful. God cannot bless us if we are unwilling to acknowledge the truth of our sin. Read 2 Samuel 11. …
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Seeking God
Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! and see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting! Psalm 139: 23-24 Revival is the work of God. He chooses the when and to whom He sends it too. However, there are ways that we can prepare for revival in our lives. We need to prepare our hearts for spiritual renewal just as Joshua told the Israelites to do. In Joshua 3:5, He said, “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you.” Are you exciting to have revival in your life? Here is a list…
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Do Not Be Anxious: Part 1
And he said to his disciples, ‘Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, nor about your body, what you will put on. For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing. Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds! Luke 12: 22-24 What do you fix your eyes on? Food, water, shelter, clothing, etc.? Instead, we must fix our attention on the kingdom of God and not food, water, shelter, clothes, ect. People can attain it not…
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Extraordinary Faith
While he was still speaking, there came from the ruler’s house some who said, “Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the Teacher any further?” But overhearing what they said, Jesus said, to the ruler of the synagogue, “Do not fear, only believe.” Mark 5:35-36 D you believe? What do you believe? Is your fee bigger than what you believe? Or is your belief bigger than you fear? These verses is about a synagogue ruler named Jairus. He was a man with authority over the place and process of worship. This rule came to Jesus in desperation because his daughter was dying. Jesus agreed to go with him to his house. …
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God’s Gift of Peace
For unto us a child is born, to us A son is given and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called wonderful Counselor, mighty God, everlasting father, Prince of peace. Isaiah 9:6 Do you have a nickname? Or special names you are called? Jesus has many names he was called. His first special name was called wonderful Counselor, mighty God, eternal father, Prince of peace. Does any of these names resonates with you? In all honesty, they all mean a lot to me. For today though I want to focus on the name prince of peace. Jesus is the prince of peace. When he was…
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Cast Your Cares
“Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken.” Psalms 55:22 How are you feeling today? Are you anxious or scared? Concerned? There are so many things happening in our world, we can become any of the emotions I mention above. One thing or maybe I should say person that can help us when we have these feelings is God. Whenever we are facing difficulties that is too much for us to handle on our own, God tells us to put the weight of our worries on him. God will carry us through and walk along side us through…