Repent of your sins and turn to God, for the Kingdom of Heaven is near. Matthew 3:2 Where are you at today with repenting? Are you more willing today to be humble and repent or are you still fighting letting go of your sin? Let’s take time to investigate our own heart. Prayerfully and honestly answer the following question. Have I ever experience the repentance that characterize genuine salvation? Does sin in my life bother me? What is my attitude say about my sin, am I ready to forsake sin with what God has shown me? Am I willing to call my wrongaction “sin” or call them other things such…
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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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Worship God
O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth. Psalm 8:1 Do you seek God’s presence? Do you call out His name? God’s name is majestic and worthy of our praise. When we acknowledge God’s name, we recognize who He is. When we call on His name it indicates that we are seeking His presence. Praising His name is praising Him. God’s names in scripture can be a call to worship for you. Do you struggle with worshipping and praising God? There are some ways that we can worship God. God’s names direct your attention to Him, who He is, and what He does. Praise God…
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God Pursuing You
The Lord appeared to us in the past saying: ‘ I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with loving-kindness.’ Jeremiah 31:3 God always is the first to pursue a love relationship with each of us. He comes to us and takes the initiative so we can experience him. This is what he did with Adam and Eve. He fellowshipped with them and them with Him. He came to Noah, Abraham, Moses, etc. We do not seek God on our own initiative. Romans 3:10-12 says, “as it is written, “THERE IS NONE RIGHTEOUS, NOT EVEN ONE; THERE IS NONE WHO UNDERSTANDS, THERE IS NONE WHO SEEKS FOR GOD; ALL…
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God Takes The Initiative
It is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose. Philippians 2:13 Are you willing to allow God to work in your life for his good purposes? God takes the initiative. God reveals himself and his activity when he goes to us. This is an invitation to join God and adjust our life to Him. In the Bible, when God encountered the people, they were never the same. They made major adjustments in their lives to be obedient to Him. That is true of today also. When we encounter God and obey, we will never be the same. God is the Pacesetter. We…
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Eagerly Seek God
God, you are my God; I eagerly seek you. I thirst for you; my body thirstsfor you in a land that is dry, desolate, and without water. Psalms 63:1 Isn’t this just a wonderful verse describing how we should be and respond to God. Do you equally seek God daily? Do you thirst for him? Have you ever felt faint, weakness, when you are dry, desolate, and not in his presence? I get giddy to spend time with God. I eagerly seek him. I’m grateful that I get to hear his voice. I am grateful that I get to sit right in the very presence of God. Eagerly means used…
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Receiving The Holy Spirit
“How much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!” Luke 11: 9-10, 13 Are you a Christ follower? A believer? A christian? God has promised the gift of baptism of the Holy Spirit to you. God wants you to receive His gift. You don’t have to and it’s not forced upon you. It’s a gift you have to ask for. First of all, do you want the Holy Spirit? All you have to do is pray and ask for the gift. After you ask, keep praying until you receive it. Sometimes it will happen all at once, and sometimes you have to wait, and…
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God Gives More Grace To The Humble
But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble. Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw near to God, and he will draw to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double minded. James 4:6-8. God opposes the proud; however, he gives more grace to the humble. Being humble can be a hard struggle. I don’t know about you, but I do not want God to oppose me. I, personally, want more of His grace. Grace is God’s unearned and undeserved favor, mercy, kindness, consideration, help and spiritual empowerment. This…
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Truely Seeking God
if my people who are called y my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn form their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land. 1 Chronicles 7:14 When we are God’s children, we are called by His name. We are dedicated to God. being a child of god, we must humble ourselves before God. We must realize that we have failures and inabilities. We will have to repent of our sins. We must renew our commitment to follow in the ways of God. His plans, desires, and purposes. Humbling ourselves means to recognize how we need God’s…