Spiritually battle through prayer and hearing God’s word to do His will. Follow God and renew your thinking in Christ to prevent worldliness and idols. Learn from the bad fruit of Israel’s history when they did not follow the Lord. These spiritual disciplines equip you to do God’s mission and discover your unique inheritance. Then…
Would it not be the height of folly if Tasmania were to resolve to cut the supply of power from that mountain lake and to substitute handpower? Would not the factories soon close down, and the incipient harvest of prosperity suddenly wither? Yet it often seems as though the modern Church were in danger of…
Maintaining the status quo and not believing God to defeat “giants” in the land lead to dying in the wilderness without experiencing His mission in the world. God chooses a particular mission for every believer in the world. He desires every person walk in that mission. Fathers and leaders have responsibility to equip their physical and…
Because leaders of this world have particular agendas, people are offered payments or kickbacks to comply with them. God has a different plan for believers. Communication that adopts Biblical values furthers God’s purposes on earth. When Balak, king of Moah, saw what Israel did to the Amorites, he feared them. Balak asked Balaam to curse Israel…
The preceding chapters in Numbers 17-19 show the first step toward community transformation begins with yourself. Pray for more passionate love for Christ personally and among other believers in your community. Follow God’s leading so you embrace His calling for your life. Give generously to your local church and kingdom projects. Spend regular time in confessing sin. Encourage others to…
I want passionate feelings to characterize my relationship with the Lord Jesus. Of course, I want to be perfectly obedient to the Lord, but I want the obedience to spring out of a passionate love for him. I want to obey Jesus not simply out of discipline of duty, or because of some reward or…
Vince Lombardi wrote, “Football is like life – it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.” Beware of the consequences of rebelling against delegated authority. Korah, Dathan, Abriram and On with 250 renowned leaders assembled together against Moses and Aaron and said all the congregation were holy. They asked why Moses and Aaron…
Four great obstacles in your life is grumbling, unbelief, self-confidence and sin. Numbers 14-15 gives us cures for these four obstacles. The cure for grumbling is focusing on the possibilities that God provides. The cure for unbelief is fully following God. The cure for self-confidence is surrendering to God. The cure for sin is remembering…
“Perhaps if there were more of that intense distress for souls that leads to tears, we should more frequently see the results we desire. Sometimes it may be that while we are complaining of the hardness of the hearts of those we are seeking to benefit, the hardness of our own hearts and our feeble…
“We are too busy to pray, and so we are too busy to have power. We have a great deal of activity, but we accomplish little; many services but few conversions; much machinery but few results.” (R.A. Torrey) In Numbers 7-10, we learn that prayerful leaders shape discipleship to change lives. Moses set up, anointed…
Thomas Merton wrote, “Man is not at peace with his fellow man because he is not at peace with himself; he is not at peace with himself, because he is not at peace with God.” Peace comes as men pray, live pure lives, help and encourage others, confess and not hide from sin, bless and…
Most believers want to enjoy the fun things of the Christian life like socials, sports, Sun. morning services and committees rather than roll up their sleeves and fight the spiritual battle in a world that is going mad. Numbers 1-3 explains the components necessary for spiritual warfare to build God’s kingdom on earth. The Lord…