The ways of the world consist of human effort leading to the broad road of destruction. God’s kingdom consists of obedience leading to narrow road of life. The currency of the world is money, but for God’s kingdom, it’s obedience to God.
We wonder why people don’t obey God’s word after hearing it. Certain things must be in place for people to be doers of the word. For disciples to receive God’s word, they must consider His holiness, experience forgiveness of sin, trust God’s protection and presence and reject faith in humankind and their strategies. Consider God’s HolinessIn…
It’s easy to take God for granted and diminish His attributes. We forget His great works in saving us. We diminish His honor and glory. We overlook how God transforms people. We disregard His presence in our lives. We fail to acknowledge His miracles of provision. To counteract apathy in your relationship with God, study…
A Fuller Seminary survey of 1050 Reformed and Evangelical pastors in 2005-06 showed only 26% of pastors regularly had personal devotions and felt they were adequately fed spirituality. We get the idea that the model of success is to make something happen with programs and work hard to make people happy. Henri Nouwen said the…
Coming into God’s presence with thanksgiving empowers you to speak of God’s reign so you remember His righteous judgment and experience His power to defeat spiritual enemies. Otherwise, a hardened heart prevents entering into God’s rest that leads to forgetting His righteous judgment and power to overcome the world, flesh and devil. Enter Into…
Have any of you played dominoes? One domino starts a chain reaction knocking down all the others lined up next to each other. God has His own set of dominoes. When Israel left Egypt, they experienced God’s presence after the Egyptian army was defeated at the Red Sea. Beginning with presence, the following dominoes were…
God has provided wonderful promises and covenant. On the other hand, we face challenging experiences in the world. They are at odds with one another. God’s love and faithfulness are encouraging, but the mocking of enemies is discouraging. Our challenge is allowing His love and faithfulness rule as we walk in God’s presence on a…