In the Christian life God is the leader of our lives, our families, and our churches. God sets the direction; He establishes the priorities, He provides the resources. We are the managers. We take what He gives us and do with it as He directs.
As soon as God spoke,Job recognized that he should not have challenged Gods wisdom. God’s questions humbled Job and reminded him that his own wisdom did not begin to compare with God’s.
The greatest truth in all Scripture is this: God is love.Understanding this in its full dimensions will set you free to enjoy all that is yours as a Christian.But you must accept that God loves you.God love you, not because you deserve His love, but because His nature is love.
God takes ..pleasure in worthy sacrifices. God would only accept the best ..It was an affront to almighty God to offer Him ….imperfect. ..God asked us to lay down our lives on His altar as a living sacrifice. Relentlessly pursue holiness so your offering to God is unblemished
One of the hardest areas in which to trust God is in the matter of justice. We want justice to prevail especially if we are the victim. When someone offends us, our responsibility is to respond in forgiveness. God takes the responsibility to see that justice is done.
It is Satans practice to convince people that what God calls good is actually evil and what God declares evil is, actually good. Despite the absurdity of Satans logic, he continues to deceive people into doubting what God has clearly said.
Only God knows the potential of each believer. We only see outward appearances and behavior, whereas God looks at the heart. Look to see where God is working in their lives, then join Him.
The glory of the Lord is His presence. When God occupies a place, His glory is unmistakably evident. The NT teaches that our lives are temples because Christ abides in us. We must thoroughly prepare ourselves so that God will choose to reveal His presence in our lives.
Prayer does not give you spiritual power. Prayer aligns your life with God so that He chooses to demonstrate His power through you. If God has not responded to what you are praying, you may need to adjust your praying to align with Gods agenda.
Our Mastercommands us to “go”. We need permission to stay! Jesus never excused thosewho struggled to follow Him. Hemade clear that to follow Him meant He set the direction and theywere to follow.Success where we are can be our greatest hindranceto going where Jesuswants us to be
He will give you victory in the midst of your failure. Jesus often gets our undivided attention when you fail. If you have recently experienced failure, you may be on the brink of receiving a profound revelation from God!
If you base your view of God’s love on your circumstances you will become confused. God promised that you would never be separated from His love, He did not say you would never face hardship, persecution, poverty or danger. If you doubt….consider the life of Jesus.
There is no room for misers in Gods kingdom. When we struggle in giving what we have to others, we have forgotten where we received our possessions. We easily assume a sense of ownership of our possessions, as if they were things we earned ourselves….give freely and joyfully
At times people will not respond to the message God speaks through you. Don’t become discouraged…if Jesus spent His time with the spiritually needy, you can expect Him to ask you to do the same.
In our zeal to please God and advance His kingdom we Christians often take on responsibilities that God never intended for us to have. One of the great challenges of the Christian life is determining what God does ‘not’ want us to do.
Paul cautioned in the final day of judgement every Christian will give an account of his or her actions. This expectation terrified Paul and motivated him to strive to please God in everything he did.
If you concentrate on your opponents you will be sidetracked from God’s activity. Don’t base your decisions on what people are doing. They cannot prevent you from carrying out Gods will.
Humble yourself. Rather than striving for recognition and influential positions, seek to put others first. Cultivate humility, for it does not come naturally. One of the many paradoxes of the Christian life is when God sees your genuine humility, He exalts you.
A fool makes unwise choices with his time. W/ every new opportunity that comes along the fool chases off in a different direction, not questioning whether that is the best choice. ..it is not evil pursuits that rob your time. Rather, the tempt is to sacrifice …best for good.