1 Cor 16:5-8
5After I go through Macedonia, I will come to you—for I will be going through Macedonia. 6Perhaps I will stay with you awhile, or even spend the winter, so that you can help me on my journey, wherever I go. 7I do not want to see you now and make only a passing visit; I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord permits. 8But I will stay on at Ephesus until Pentecost, 9because a great door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many who oppose me.
This is just like new believers. You can not just pass them, but need to spend some time with them. You need to stay with them so that they are encouraged in the Lord.
Let me be able to do this for my new believers. I want to be able to stay with them so that they will be encouraged in the Lord.
Father, I thank you for this word that encourages me and challenges me to consolidate better. I pray that I not just pass by new believers, but encourage them and stay with them, walk with them through a new life in you. I thank you for this word and pray this in Jesus name.
Amen.
Monday, March 31, 2008
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Follow The Leader
Judges 8:28-25
28 Thus Midian was subdued before the Israelites and did not raise its head again. During Gideon's lifetime, the land enjoyed peace forty years.
29 Jerub-Baal son of Joash went back home to live. 30 He had seventy sons of his own, for he had many wives. 31 His concubine, who lived in Shechem, also bore him a son, whom he named Abimelech. 32 Gideon son of Joash died at a good old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
33 No sooner had Gideon died than the Israelites again prostituted themselves to the Baals. They set up Baal-Berith as their god and 34 did not remember the LORD their God, who had rescued them from the hands of all their enemies on every side. 35 They also failed to show kindness to the family of Jerub-Baal (that is, Gideon) for all the good things he had done for them.
The Israelites followed a man or leader that God appointed to lead over them. The problem that they faced is that, each time the leader passes away, they fall back to sin. As it shows in Judges, the human nature has a tendency to gravitate towards evil. The Israelites, without a leader to lead them to God, would start to follow the leaders of the Canaanites and other gods.
I thank God for Christ Jesus, because he is our leader in heaven. He is always with us and there to guide us. Because of Him and what He did on the cross, we can all have salvation. Let us not follow a human leader, because we are all imperfect, but let us follow God Himself, so that we can grow to become like Him.
Father, I thank you for this word Lord. I pray that we not be like the Israelites and follow earthly people, but to learn to follow you. Lord, I pray that I may follow you with all of my heart and mind and strength. Let me grow more in you. Let me follow your ways and what you want. I thank you for this word and I pray this in Jesus name.
Amen.
28 Thus Midian was subdued before the Israelites and did not raise its head again. During Gideon's lifetime, the land enjoyed peace forty years.
29 Jerub-Baal son of Joash went back home to live. 30 He had seventy sons of his own, for he had many wives. 31 His concubine, who lived in Shechem, also bore him a son, whom he named Abimelech. 32 Gideon son of Joash died at a good old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
33 No sooner had Gideon died than the Israelites again prostituted themselves to the Baals. They set up Baal-Berith as their god and 34 did not remember the LORD their God, who had rescued them from the hands of all their enemies on every side. 35 They also failed to show kindness to the family of Jerub-Baal (that is, Gideon) for all the good things he had done for them.
The Israelites followed a man or leader that God appointed to lead over them. The problem that they faced is that, each time the leader passes away, they fall back to sin. As it shows in Judges, the human nature has a tendency to gravitate towards evil. The Israelites, without a leader to lead them to God, would start to follow the leaders of the Canaanites and other gods.
I thank God for Christ Jesus, because he is our leader in heaven. He is always with us and there to guide us. Because of Him and what He did on the cross, we can all have salvation. Let us not follow a human leader, because we are all imperfect, but let us follow God Himself, so that we can grow to become like Him.
Father, I thank you for this word Lord. I pray that we not be like the Israelites and follow earthly people, but to learn to follow you. Lord, I pray that I may follow you with all of my heart and mind and strength. Let me grow more in you. Let me follow your ways and what you want. I thank you for this word and I pray this in Jesus name.
Amen.
Saturday, March 29, 2008
What Words Come From Your Tongue
Psalms 52:2-5
2 Your tongue plots destruction;
it is like a sharpened razor,
you who practice deceit.
3 You love evil rather than good,
falsehood rather than speaking the truth.
Selah
4 You love every harmful word,
O you deceitful tongue!
5 Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin:
He will snatch you up and tear you from your tent;
he will uproot you from the land of the living.
Selah
1 Cor 14:3-5
3But everyone who prophesies speaks to men for their strengthening, encouragement and comfort. 4He who speaks in a tongue edifies himself, but he who prophesies edifies the church. 5I would like every one of you to speak in tongues, but I would rather have you prophesy. He who prophesies is greater than one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets, so that the church may be edified.
The tongue and the words we speak is a very powerful thing. It can make or break people and the way that we all live. God's words is an example of how great our words can be. In Psalms, it shows how our words can be used to destroy, but on the other side, in Corinthians, it shows how our words are able to be used to edify the church and everyone we come to talk to.
I want my words that I speak to be edifying and not to be used to destroy. I want to how God's words in my life so that I may speak His truth. I don't want evil to come from my mouth deceit to take over, but to have the Spirit of the Lord fill me from the inside out.
Father, I thank you for your words because it is the ultimate words that can be used to move lives and change hearts. I pray that your Holy Spirit fill me with and use me. I pray that my mouth be a Holy anointing to others and to lift up the church. I know that you will be in all these things and I pray that your Spirit guide and move me. I thank you and give you all the glory in Jesus name.
Amen.
2 Your tongue plots destruction;
it is like a sharpened razor,
you who practice deceit.
3 You love evil rather than good,
falsehood rather than speaking the truth.
Selah
4 You love every harmful word,
O you deceitful tongue!
5 Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin:
He will snatch you up and tear you from your tent;
he will uproot you from the land of the living.
Selah
1 Cor 14:3-5
3But everyone who prophesies speaks to men for their strengthening, encouragement and comfort. 4He who speaks in a tongue edifies himself, but he who prophesies edifies the church. 5I would like every one of you to speak in tongues, but I would rather have you prophesy. He who prophesies is greater than one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets, so that the church may be edified.
The tongue and the words we speak is a very powerful thing. It can make or break people and the way that we all live. God's words is an example of how great our words can be. In Psalms, it shows how our words can be used to destroy, but on the other side, in Corinthians, it shows how our words are able to be used to edify the church and everyone we come to talk to.
I want my words that I speak to be edifying and not to be used to destroy. I want to how God's words in my life so that I may speak His truth. I don't want evil to come from my mouth deceit to take over, but to have the Spirit of the Lord fill me from the inside out.
Father, I thank you for your words because it is the ultimate words that can be used to move lives and change hearts. I pray that your Holy Spirit fill me with and use me. I pray that my mouth be a Holy anointing to others and to lift up the church. I know that you will be in all these things and I pray that your Spirit guide and move me. I thank you and give you all the glory in Jesus name.
Amen.
Friday, March 28, 2008
The Greatest Love
1 Cor 13:1-3
1If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.
God wants us all to love each other like how he has loved us, unconditionally. God is love and love is in all of us. God emphasizes love as an important aspect of our faith and relationship with Christ and others.
There is no comparison on how much love you can have. It shows here in God's words that the most important thing is love. We need to love one another as much as we should love the Lord our God. We need love in our lives and show love to others.
Love is the most important thing that one person can do. I know that we must love you, Lord, but also let me love one another. I know that it will be hard at times, but give me the strength to have a loving heart. Let me be like you. I pray that my heart be changed to love even the least of those. I thank you Lord and I pray this in Jesus name.
Amen.
1If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.
God wants us all to love each other like how he has loved us, unconditionally. God is love and love is in all of us. God emphasizes love as an important aspect of our faith and relationship with Christ and others.
There is no comparison on how much love you can have. It shows here in God's words that the most important thing is love. We need to love one another as much as we should love the Lord our God. We need love in our lives and show love to others.
Love is the most important thing that one person can do. I know that we must love you, Lord, but also let me love one another. I know that it will be hard at times, but give me the strength to have a loving heart. Let me be like you. I pray that my heart be changed to love even the least of those. I thank you Lord and I pray this in Jesus name.
Amen.
Thursday, March 27, 2008
The Next Generation
Judges 2:8-12
8 Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the age of a hundred and ten. 9 And they buried him in the land of his inheritance, at Timnath Heres in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.
10 After that whole generation had been gathered to their fathers, another generation grew up, who knew neither the LORD nor what he had done for Israel. 11 Then the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the LORD and served the Baals. 12 They forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of Egypt. They followed and worshiped various gods of the peoples around them. They provoked the LORD to anger
Here, a whole generation passes away and the next generation is lost without the Lord. They don't know of what the Lord has done for their family because the people that passed away did not teach their children the way of the Lord. They succumbed to the worldly ways that surrounded them.
This next generation of young people have a fire to serve the Lord and make a difference in this world. We can't neglect them or they will fall like how the Israelites did. They will fail to teach the next generation of how good the Lord is. We can't have the young people not know God. We need to continue to feed them and teach them the Word of God.
The Lord needs to be taught to all people. This generation that is coming can only be on fire for the Lord if they are taught His words. I want to pray that I may be part of that, that I will help share the good news of the Lord to this new generation. I know that you want me to be a blessing to these people and I pray that you may give me the wisdom and strength to do so. I thank you and pray this with your Holy and Glorious name.
Amen.
8 Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the age of a hundred and ten. 9 And they buried him in the land of his inheritance, at Timnath Heres in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.
10 After that whole generation had been gathered to their fathers, another generation grew up, who knew neither the LORD nor what he had done for Israel. 11 Then the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the LORD and served the Baals. 12 They forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of Egypt. They followed and worshiped various gods of the peoples around them. They provoked the LORD to anger
Here, a whole generation passes away and the next generation is lost without the Lord. They don't know of what the Lord has done for their family because the people that passed away did not teach their children the way of the Lord. They succumbed to the worldly ways that surrounded them.
This next generation of young people have a fire to serve the Lord and make a difference in this world. We can't neglect them or they will fall like how the Israelites did. They will fail to teach the next generation of how good the Lord is. We can't have the young people not know God. We need to continue to feed them and teach them the Word of God.
The Lord needs to be taught to all people. This generation that is coming can only be on fire for the Lord if they are taught His words. I want to pray that I may be part of that, that I will help share the good news of the Lord to this new generation. I know that you want me to be a blessing to these people and I pray that you may give me the wisdom and strength to do so. I thank you and pray this with your Holy and Glorious name.
Amen.
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