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Not Next Week or Next Month!

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  This is the day the LORD has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118:24, NKJV Not Next Week or Next Month Throughout his life, David had all kinds of reasons to live negative and discouraged—armies attacking, King Saul trying to kill him, people betraying him, his own son even trying to take the kingdom from him. But when he could have been complaining, he made the decision in the midst of all that adversity: “These troubles and bad breaks are not going to take my joy and cause me to live sour. The Lord made this day for me to rejoice and be glad in it. I’m not waiting until things improve—not next week or next month. I’m rejoicing today.” Anyone can be joyful when everything is going their way, when they’re getting good breaks. The test comes when people do you wrong, when life throws you a curve, when the medical report is not good. If you’re going to keep your joy, you can’t wait to see how you feel or if things are going your way. You have to be proactive and take ...
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Going, Going and Gone!

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  Going, Going, Gone! Scripture: Mark 13:31, NIV “ Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away. ” (Mark 13:31, NIV) This is an incredible statement! Everything is ultimately going to pass away. Our time, talents, and treasures will expire when we do. They will do us no good in eternity. We must use them while we are on this side of eternity. We are like the shopper who has won a contest and is allowed to buy as many groceries as she can within a short period of time. When the time expires, the shopping spree ends. However, according to the Bible, we know that the Word of God will never pass away and that the soul of each person is going to exist forever in either heaven or hell. The soul going to heaven will spend eternity based on how his time, talents, and treasures were spent on earth. This is why KingdomNomics is concerned with the brevity of life. The Bible comments extensively on life and how short it is. “ He remembered that they were but flesh, a pass...
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Mathew 21:1-27!

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  Introduction Matthew 21:1–27: Jesus enters Jerusalem, riding on a humble donkey, to the cheers of the crowd. Then he enters the Temple, drives out the moneychangers, and heals people. In so doing, he angers the religious leaders. Today’s reading concludes with Jesus cursing a fig tree, symbolizing God’s wrath against those who oppose his teachings. (see Jeremiah 8:12–13 in which a withered fig tree symbolizes God’s judgment.) Today’s Key Verse: Matthew 21:9b GNT [The crowds shouted]: “Praise to David’s Son! God bless him who comes in the name of the Lord! Praise be to God!” Read 21  As Jesus and his disciples approached Jerusalem, they came to Bethphage at the Mount of Olives. There Jesus sent two of the disciples on ahead  2  with these instructions: “Go to the village there ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied up with her colt beside her. Untie them and bring them to me.  3  And if anyone says anything, tell him, ‘The Master needs ...
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Hammer, Saw or Screwdriver?!

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  Hammer, Saw, or Screwdriver? Scripture: Ephesians 2:10, NCV “ God has made us what we are. In Christ Jesus, God made us to do good works, which God planned in advance for us to live our lives doing. ” (Ephesians 2:10, NCV) To be effective  CONVERTERLATORS , we need to know how we have been individually designed and the purpose for which we have been designed. There are all kinds of tools for building a house, including hammers, saws, and screwdrivers, just to name a few. Each one of these has been designed for a specific purpose. It is not effective to try to use a saw as a hammer or a screwdriver as a saw. First, we must realize that we are God’s workmanship. He has made us. “ Yet you, Lord, are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand. ” (Isaiah 64:8, NIV) “ He fashions their hearts individually; He considers all their works. ” (Psalm 33:15, NKJV) Our purpose for this world is to do good works—specific works that God planned for us ...
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John 17:1-26!

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  Introduction John 17:1–26: Today’s reading is a prayer often referred to as Jesus’s “High Priestly Prayer,” and it appears only in John’s Gospel. After Jesus’s final discourse with his disciples and before his betrayal and arrest, he addresses God in prayer. Jesus acknowledges that he has completed the work God sent him to do, and he intercedes on behalf of his disciples and all future believers. Today’s Key Verse: John 17:9 GNT [Jesus said:] “I pray for them. I do not pray for the world but for those you gave me, for they belong to you.” Read 17  After Jesus finished saying this, he looked up to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come. Give glory to your Son, so that the Son may give glory to you.  2  For you gave him authority over all people, so that he might give eternal life to all those you gave him.  3  And eternal life means to know you, the only true God, and to know Jesus Christ, whom you sent.  4  I have shown your glory on earth;...
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The Big Weapons of the Consumerlator!

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  The Big Weapon of the Consumerlator Scripture: Luke 16:11, NIV “ So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches? ” (Luke 16:11, NIV) The  CONSUMERLATOR  will use many weapons to blunt our efforts as effective  CONVERTERLATORS  of our time, talents, and treasures. One of the most effective weapons the CONSUMERLATOR uses is worldly wealth. Remember, the CONSUMERLATOR wants us to spend all of our time and efforts on earthly matters that are in the process of perishing. The person who buys strictly into what the world system has to offer is going to end up with nothing in eternity. The mature CONVERTERLATOR has made the great discovery: “ Then the Almighty will be your gold, the choicest silver for you. ” (Job 22:25, NIV) “Now acquaint yourself with Him, and be at peace; thereby good will come to you. ” (Job 22:21, NKJV) “ After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, ‘Do not be afra...
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Check Your Shoes!

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  Yet the LORD says, “During the forty years that I led you through the wilderness, your clothes did not wear out, nor did the sandals on your feet.” Deuteronomy 29:5, NIV Check Your Shoes Stuck in the wilderness for forty years because of their disobedience, the Israelites complained over and over that nothing good was happening and they hadn’t seen the miracle of entering into the abundance of the Promised Land. Yet their clothes and sandals never wore out. There were no grocery stores, yet they never missed a meal. They weren’t trained in warfare, yet they defeated armies. They didn’t realize they were in the middle of a miracle. God was sustaining them, protecting them, not letting enemies defeat them. Perhaps you’ve been praying and believing, but your child hasn’t turned around, your business hasn’t taken off, you’re still taking the treatment. God hasn’t delivered you from it, but He is taking you through a desert season, sustaining you right now, holding back what should de...
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