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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Thanking God
He told the crowd to sit down on the ground. When he had taken the seven loaves and given thanks, he broke them and gave them to his disciples to distribute to the people, and they did so. They had a few small fish as well; he gave thanks for them also and told the disciples to distribute them. Mark 8:6-7 Thanking God for His provisions is so loving towards him. It acknowledging who he is as our Lord who takes care of us. Have you ever thought about why the people didn’t pack a meal? When I know I might not be home for a meal, I…
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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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Praises To Your Name
It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to your name, O Most High; to declare your steadfast love in the morning, and your faithfulness by night, to the harp, to the melody of the lyre. For you, O Lord, have made me glad by your work; at the works of your hands I sing for joy. Psalm 92:1-4 What is it about worship ? We come, we enter in, and we leave we leave with joy and peace!! Easy answer- God!! Isn’t he wonderful!! God deserves our praises. How awesome is it to wake up in the mornings and know God loves us. Then…
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Praise God On Behalf Of Others
Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on the day: “That the leaders took the lead in Israel, that the people offered themselves willingly, bless the Lord. Judges 5:1-2 Do you offer a song of praise to God on behalf of others? Deborah and Barak offered a song of praise to God for His mercy and righteous acts on behalf of Israel. Have you studied enough of the old testament to know that such songs were important ways of expressing gratitude to God. It helped to remind the people if how God had helped them. Even in the New Testament, believers were also instructed to praise God…
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Looking Back
But Lot’s wife, behind him, looked back, and she became a pillar of salt. Genesis 19:26 For context, please read verses 15 – 26 of Genesis 19. Have you ever looked back when told not too? As followers of Christ, we are to turn away from sin, evil, wicked ways. The city of Sodom was a wicked, wicked city. They were warned to turn from their wicked ways. However, they chose not too. The sin of Lot’s wife was she looked back. First of all, this family was commanded not to stop in the valley or to look back. This is what Mrs. Lot did. She disobeyed and looked back.…
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Jesus is God
Thomas answered him, “My Lord and My God!” John 20:28 Do you view Jesus as God or as a disciple? Do you know that Jesus is God? In both the Old Testament and the New Testament, the scriptures of God’s word, point and declare that Jesus is God. This is the foundation of the Christian faith and for Salvation. Without Jesus becoming man and maintaining the perfect life as a man. He could not have proved the perfect and permanent atonement for the sins fo the world. The deity of Jesus is found in the following points. God’s Word gives Jesus names and titles only reserved for God. The first…
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Jesus’ Father
But Jesus answered them, “My Father is working until now, and I am working.” This was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God. John 5:17- 18 Have you ever made such a bold statement in a culture that wont agree with you, and yet you speak bible truth? This is what Jesus did. He spoke truth and stated a statement that the the higher ups didn’t understand or like. Christ was being accused fo breaking the Sabbath day by healing a man and then…
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The Word
In the beginning, was the Word and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not anything made. IN him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness has not overcome it. John 1: 1-5 Who is the word? What is the good news of the word? John starts out his gospel with calling Jesus ‘the Word’. John is stating Jesus as the personal word of God through whom God spoke all things into existence. In Hebrews 1:1-3 God has spoken and…
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Knowing God the Father
See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 1 John 3:1 Are you a child of God? Do you see yourself believing that God is your father? The truth of the matter is God is our father. We are his children. This is one of the greatest revelations in the New Testament. As a child of God, we are chosen adopted through Jesus as his very own child. This happens when we asked Jesus to be our Lord and…