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Avoid Strife
July 17th
Luke 12:58 'When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.'
LUKE 12:56-59
Jesus had just spoken about relationships before He gave this parable of delivering ourselves from the judge. The warning is clear that we should do everything within our power to avoid strife (Rom. 12:18). However, the consequences of failing to settle the differences are more than just physical prison or punishment.
Strife can produce spiritual and emotional prisons. James 3:16 says, 'where envying and...
HOW IS YOUR PRAYER LIFE THESE DAYS? I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE BUT WE SOMETIMES FORGET THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS ABOUT OUR PRAYERS. I KNOW JESUS TELLS US IN MATTHEW 7:7 TO "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you." ALL OF OUR PRAYERS ARE ANSWERED IF WE JUST ASK ACCORDING TO GOD'S WILL. HOWEVER, IT IS NOT SO CUT AND DRY AS THIS VERSE MAKES IT OUT TO BE. THE VERSE IS TRUE BECAUSE JESUS SAID IT BUT IT IS NOT A BLANK CHECK TO JUST GET WHATEVER YOU WANT AS SOME PEOPLE THINK. THERE ARE THINGS WE HAVE TO DO.
No Excuses
July 16th
Luke 12:48 'But he that knew not, and did
LUKE 12:45-48
This verse is one of the clearest references in scripture about varying degrees of God's judgment according to the knowledge of the
THIS WEEKEND I SIGNED UP FOR A FREE ONLINE COURSE ON THE BOOK OF REVELATION TAUGHT BY JACOB BECK OF THE DALLAS THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY. I THOUGHT I WOULD TAKE IT BECAUSE REVELATION HAS ALWAYS BEEN HARD FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND SO I THOUGHT I COULD LEARN SOMETHING. THIS GOT ME THINKING ABOUT REVELATION SO I DECIDED TO START READING IT AGAIN. IN READING IT, I CAME ACROSS A VERY INTERESTING FEW VERSES IN CHAPTER 21 AND IF YOU REALLY WANT TO FEEL GOOD, JUST READ IT. VERSES 3 AND 4 READS AS FOLLOWS, "And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there...
Stewards Of God's Grace
July 15th
Luke 12:42 'And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his Lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season?'
LUKE 12:42
A steward is a person who has been entrusted with administering someone else's wealth or affairs. The possessions a steward controls are not his own and he does not have the freedom to do with them as he wishes. He is supposed to carry out the desires of the one who made him steward.
A banker is a steward. He has been entrusted with other people's money. He is free to invest that money wisely in a way that will benefit his depositors and stockholders, but would be sent to jail if...
Billboard Charting Artist Christine Storm Released The Project 'I Hear You' And The Devastating Story Behind The Song
By Devine Jamz Gospel Network , 2019-07-14
CHRISTINE STORM
An accomplished artist from Nevada, Storm sends us healing vibes with the new single ' I hear You ,' taken from her spiritual album "7." This meditative music provokes deeper thinking, inspires prayer, and encourages appreciation for the struggle.
What Storm has lived through makes her musical testimony so sweet like honey. Sure, she's
The Goodness Of God
July 14th
Luke 12:5 'But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.'
LUKE 12:4-5
Second Timothy 1:7 says, 'God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.' First John 4:18 says, 'There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.' These scriptures may look like they are contradictions to Jesus' statement here; however, they are not.
There are two kinds of fear. The American Heritage Dictionary defines fear as 'a feeling of alarm or disquiet caused by the...
Hypocrisy Is.....
July 13th
Luke 12:1 'In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.'
LUKE 12:1-3
This is the biblical definition of a hypocrite, 'someone whose words and heart (actions) don't agree.' A hypocrite may act the part of a Christian or talk like Christ, but he or she won't do both. Hypocrisy is defined by the dictionary as, 'The feigning of beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold or possess; insincerity' (American Heritage Dictionary). In the Greek, the word is 'hupokrisis' and means...