EXPECTATIONS MUST BE : BASED ON GOD’S WORD NOT ON WISHFUL THINKING NOT ON PREDICTING RESULTS OF YOUR EFFORTS NOT ON HEARTFELT DESIRES FOR THE OTHER PERSON ….OTHERWISE, OUR LIFE WILL BE FILLED WITH HUGE DISAPPOINTMENTS, ONE RIGHT AFTER THE OTHER. BUT, IF OUR EXPECTATIONS ARE BIBLICAL, WE CAN APPROACH EACH DAY WITH JOY, PEACE, AND THE EXPECTATION THAT GOD
Read moreDID YOU EVER HEAR SOMEONE ACCUSE A CHILD OF BEING A STRONG-WILLED CHILD ? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN ? CAN BEING A STRONG-WILLED PERSON POSSIBLY BE A GOOD THING ? YES. WE NEED TO BE STRONG-WILLED WHEN IT COMES TO THE THINGS OF GOD. WE NEED TO STAND OUR GROUND AND BE FAITHFUL, REGARDLESS WHAT OTHERS THINK, SAY,
Read moreCAN WE FEEL GOOD WHEN WE ARE WRONG ? YES. MANY PEOPLE DECEIVE THEMSELVES INTO THINKING THAT THEY ARE GOING TO HEAVEN. THEIR REASONING IS THAT THEY HAVEN’T DONE ANYTHING WORTHY OF HELL, AND THEY HAVE SOME GOOD WORKS TO BACK THAT UP. KEY: OUR JUDGMENT OF RIGHT AND WRONG MUST BE BASED ON GOD’S WORD, NOT OUR OWN FEELINGS.
Read moreRESTORE – God has the power to do it in all types of things THE PROBLEM WITH THE LEGAL SYSTEM TODAY IS THAT GENERALLY, PEOPLE ARE NOT MADE TO RESTORE WHAT THEY HAVE STOLEN OR BROKEN IN A CRIMINAL ACT. 1. RESTORING THE MATERIAL THINGS. A. GOD’S LAW REQUIRES THAT THINGS INJURED OR TAKEN SHOULD BE RESTORED. Exodus
Read moreMAN HAS THIS ASPECT OF TOGETHERNESS AND UNITY–MANKIND IS UNIFIED IN TOGETHER DISOBEYING GOD. Psalms 14:3 They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one. 1. DOING THINGS TOGETHER COUNTS TO GOD. A. THE ACTIONS OF GENERATIONS ARE PUT TOGETHER WHEN GOD JUDGES A NATION. Isaiah 65:7
Read moreARE WE LOCKED INTO UNDERSTANDING ONLY OUR PRESENT EXISTENCE ? WHEN ASTRONAUTS ARE PLANNING TRIPS TO OTHER PLANETS TO STUDY THE ENVIRONMENT VERY CAREFULLY, HOW IMPORTANT IS IT TO KNOW THE CONDITIONS THEY WILL FACE ? Without knowing their surroundings, they could leave a space craft, and walk onto a planet where there are gasses that could penetrate their suits.
Read morePsalms 86:15 But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth. 1. GOD’S PATIENCE HAS A PURPOSE. A. GOD IS WAITING FOR US TO CHANGE. Romans 2:3-4 And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt
Read moreListen online Download audio At least once each day when I pray, I thank the Lord for giving me another day to serve Him. This week, He stopped me after I said this and asked, “Do you realize how valuable that gift of one day really is ?” I could not go on praying for the wonder of
Read morePSALM CHAPTER 63 ~~ Personally Knowing God ~~ 1. THE CONCEPT OF PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE. “MY GOD.” A. KNOWLEDGE ABOUT GOD IS NOT ENOUGH. —JACOB. GEN 28:21. —NEBUCHANEZZAR. DANIEL 4:25,32, 4:34-37. —THOSE WHO KNEW ABOUT MESSIAH. ACTS 19:3-6. —PHARISEES. JOHN 8:19. B. IT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PRIORITY. “SEEKING EARLY” —OT—DEUT. 4:29. —NT—HEB. 11:6. —PRIORITY OF THE GODLY. ISAIAH 26:9.
Read morePSALM CHAPTER 62 ~~ WAITING FOR THE LORD ~~ 1. THE PRIORITY: ON THE PERSON OF GOD. V. 1. A. NOT THE THINGS. Psalm 27:8, Psalm 56:9, 1 John 5:20. B. NOT THE BLESSINGS. John 6:26, Matt. 6:33. 2. THE PRIORITY: OF WAITING. V. 1. [Several Hebrew words translated as “waiting.” This Hebrew word for ‘waiting’=“silent repose,
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