Rule or be ruled. You and I have been commanded to rule certain people and things in our lives. If we don’t rule these people and things, they will rule us. God rules over everything. Ps 103:19, The Lord hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth...
Prayer is Your Voice of Faith Luke 18:1-8 The Lord tries to encourage us “always to pray, and not to faint”. “Faint” means to decline or fail in strength, lose courage or spirit, to weaken. If I could encourage you to pray more, I know that it would change your...
In the song of Moses, Deut 32:4-5 says, “He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he. They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a...
Unity is the state of being one. God is three persons and yet he is one [1 Jn 5:7]. Unity is a thing undivided in itself, but separate from every other thing. Ps 122:3, “Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together.” When Jesus returns, Jerusalem will...
In Eph 6:11-18 we see the whole armor of God. Currently, we are studying each piece of this armor. Last week we studied the helmet of salvation. Tonight we will study the breastplate of righteousness, Eph 6:14. The whole armor of God is given to us to stand against...
You Need To Be There! Jn.20:19-20 & 24 When Jesus came Thomas was not there! (verse 24) Thomas knew to be there (Matt.28:7-10 & 16 – eleven went!) Everyone else was there (Judas was dead, acceptable excuse) Jesus had told them that he would be there When you know that...
The Lord: Ponders our heart Prov 21:2 – Ponder is to view with deliberation. “Every way of a man is right in his own eyes.” A man looks at his way and says, “I’m doing the right thing.” Yet the Lord doesn’t look at what he’s doing but why he’s...
In Eph 6:11-18 we read about the whole armor of God. In the next few weeks, we are going to study each piece of this armor. Tonight we will study the helmet of salvation, Eph 6:17. The whole armor of God is given to us to stand against the...
Recently, I heard Joel Haynes preach on this text and apply the characteristics of these three animals and the king to Jesus Christ. He emphasized that these four are comely “in going.” I had missed that in my reading of this text. Thinking about this text, I also see similarities...
1 Pet 4:17 says, “For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God.” The Lord is the judge. He brings everything into judgment. And he expects us to judge according to his justice. If a thing is right we are supposed to do it. If...
