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Truth Tellers!

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Rehoboam rejected the advice the elders gave him and consulted the young men who had grown up with him and were serving him. 1 Kings 12:8 Truth Tellers In 1 Kings 12, King Solomon had died and his son Rehoboam was about to take the throne and rule over an unmatched kingdom of wealth and influence. When the people of Israel asked him to lighten their harsh labor and heavy taxes, he asked the elders who had served his father for advice. They said to do as the people asked, but Rehoboam rejected their counsel and turned to his young friends. They told him to do just the opposite and make it even harder on the people. These young men knew this is what Rehoboam wanted to hear. It fed his ego, made him feel more powerful, more in charge. But this bad advice caused the Israelites to rebel, tragically splitting the kingdom between Judah and Israel. Don’t make Rehoboam’s mistake. You need people who tell you what you need to hear, not what you want to hear. Don’t surround yourself with yes peop...
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Our Designer Has The Power!

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  Our Designer Has the Power! Scripture: Colossians 1:16 “…Visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. ” (Colossians 1:16) This passage Scripture helps us become familiar with the Word of God. We have been created for Jesus Christ. I want to know what he created me for, and what his purpose is for me. Only through the Word of God can we find the answers to these questions. He is the grand designer; everything has been created for his purposes. Faith and power are a big part of this equation: “… So that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God. ” (1 Corinthians 2:5) The power involved in creating everything, both visible and invisible, is incomprehensible. The powers human agencies exert are nothing compared to the power God. As we begin to comprehend the scope of this truth, we can see why Paul said, “ Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming fr...
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Don’t Take The Bait!

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  Avoiding a fight is a mark of honor; only fools insist on quarreling. Proverbs 20:3 Don’t Take the Bait It’s easy to get into conflict with others, to be offended and upset by what they say or do, and to want to pay people back. But you’re not supposed to engage in every conflict, and it’s not your job to straighten them out. Don’t fight battles that are not between you and your destiny. Most of the things we face are simply distractions. The best thing you can do is ignore it, don’t give it the time of day. Let God fight your battles. Let God be your vindicator. When something comes against you, you need to ask yourself, “Is this a battle worth fighting or is it simply a distraction?” You have to stay focused. Avoiding a fight, not taking the bait, not being drawn into the conflict takes your face being set. It takes discipline to say, “I’m not going to respond. I’m not going to sink down to their level and waste my time and energy. I have a destiny to fulfill.” Keep honoring Go...
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The Last Hour!

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  The Last Hour! Scripture: 1 John 2:18 “ Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come, by which we know that it is the last hour. ” (1 John 2:18) WOW! The last hour, from God’s perspective, is here! What does this say to you and me as  converterlators ? It tells me we must be busy doing the King’s business. We need to stay on mission, doing the works God has prepared for us. Many of our fellow believers have been swept aside by “mission drift.” According to this “last hour” passage, our loaf of time is getting short. We need to counter the false messages of the antichrists who cause many not to find the way, the truth, and the life revealed to us by Jesus Christ. It is critical we listen and obey what Peter said: “ Because of that experience, we have even greater confidence in the message proclaimed by the prophets. You must pay close attention to what they wrote, for their words are like a lamp...
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John 16:25-33!

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  Introduction John 16:25–33: Today’s reading concludes the “Farewell Discourse” which began with John 14 (see the reading from June 23). While Jesus tells the disciples that the world will make them suffer, he assures them that he has defeated the world and that God loves them. Today’s Key Verse: John 16:33b [Jesus said:] “Be brave. I have defeated the world!” Read 25  “I have used figures of speech to tell you these things. But the time will come when I will not use figures of speech, but will speak to you plainly about the Father.  26  When that day comes, you will ask him in my name; and I do not say that I will ask him on your behalf,  27  for the Father himself loves you. He loves you because you love me and have believed that I came from God.  28  I did come from the Father, and I came into the world; and now I am leaving the world and going to the Father.” 29  Then his disciples said to him, “Now you are speaking plainly, without usin...
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New Life!

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  New Life! Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:17 “ …Anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun! ” (2 Corinthians 5:17) This is what relationship is all about when we trust Jesus Christ as our personal Lord and Savior. Everything becomes new, and we are given a new lease on life. We discover that Christ himself is our inheritance, our treasure. As we  SOAK and SOW  in his living and powerful Word, and then FLOW with the Spirit, we are transformed. When we are down, he restores our soul and he leads us in the way we should go. He becomes the strength of our heart. With increasing confidence we develop a strong sense that “ The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of your hands. ” (Psalm 138:8) We experience the reality of this when we cast our burdens on the Lord. We discover this amazing truth: “He will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be ...
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John 16:16-24!

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  John 16:16–24: The disciples are unable to comprehend what Jesus tells them about his impending suffering and death. Jesus tells them that they will be sad for a while, but that their sadness will turn into gladness. Today’s Key Verse: John 16:22b [Jesus said to his disciples:] “Now you are sad, but I will see you again, and your hearts will be filled with gladness, the kind of gladness that no one can take away from you.” Read 16  “In a little while you will not see me any more, and then a little while later you will see me.” 17  Some of his disciples asked among themselves, “What does this mean? He tells us that in a little while we will not see him, and then a little while later we will see him; and he also says, ‘It is because I am going to the Father.’  18  What does this ‘a little while’ mean? We don't know what he is talking about!” 19  Jesus knew that they wanted to question him, so he said to them, “I said, ‘In a little while you will not see me,...
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