If you fully obey the Lord your God and carefully follow all His commands I give you today, the Lord your God will set you high above the nations on earth. All these blessings will come upon you and accompany you if you obey the Lord your God. (Deuteronomy 28:1-14 NIV) Blessed for Obedience: We will be blessed in the city and in the country. Fruit of our womb, crops of our land, and young of our livestock will be blessed. Our basket and kneading troughs will be blessed. We are blessed going in and when we come out. Our […]
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Good Deeds Spurred On by…What is good?
Our people must learn to devote themselves to doing what is good, in order that they may provide for daily necessities and not live unproductive lives. (Titus 3:14 NIV) What are good deeds? Proverbs 19:17…He who is kind to the poor lends to the Lord, and He will reward him for what he has done. There’s an abundance of scriptures instructing us to minister to the poor. The church has been ordained, not the government, to take up the cause of the poor. We need this thought dissected. Narrow down each state, to each county, down to each community. Churches step […]
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Lessons Learned Through Refinement For Our Good
…being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. (Philippians 1:6 NIV) Three Life Lessons This week, David and I have been celebrating our 20th wedding anniversary. April 2, 1994, I walked down the isle an idealistic individual. Without a shadow of doubt, we both knew we were God’s chosen for each other. We moved to his hometown, hoped to set foot into a ministry of some sort together and live happily ever after. Those thoughts ended about two weeks after we settled into […]
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Territory Enlarges When Praying…The Jabez Prayer
Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, “Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain.” And God granted his request. (1 Chronicles 4:10 NIV) Prayer Raise your hand if you’ve prayed this prayer. Bruce Wilkinson’s book on The Prayer of Jabez was published in 2000. I remember many of us praying this prayer. One mother identified her enlarged territory Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital. Not long after she began praying her daughter was diagnosed with cancer. Praise God! She […]
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Simple Plan of Salvation: How Do We Respond?
And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. (Acts 2:21 NIV) Jesus Simple. Call on the name of Jesus, believe He is the son of God, died on the cross-rose three days later, and confess He is Lord of our lives. We will be saved. This simple plan to salvation is for everyone…all nationalities from as far east is to the west as far North is to the South. Jesus died for each and everyone. From the toughest tyrant leader to the most innocently deceived, a Savior is needed. Persecution This past weekend, Maryam Rostampour […]
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