Moses brothers criticized him. Saul didn't accept David's calling. Joseph was despised by his brothers. Not even Jesus own people accepted Him. Don't expect everyone to be with you. But God called you, just keep walking. God's favor is better than men.
Elitism has no place in Godโs kingdom.
Adam was a gardener,
Ruth was a field laborer,
Nehemiah was a cupbearer,
David was a shepherd,
Joseph was a carpenter,
Mary was a mother,
Peter was a fisherman,
Paul was a tentmaker.
God uses many ordinary people to advance His kingdom!
Satan doesn't care much about unbelievers. He's already blinded them. They're in his captivity.
The devil spends his time attacking the church: creating divisions, distractions, and often standing behind the pulpit.
Be on guard against his schemes, brothers and sisters.
Christians who don't evangelize are missing out on one of the most exciting spiritual adventures that the Lord has set aside for us.
Few things are more amazing than hitting the streets with the body of Christ to share the gospel and see the Spirit move!
โTrust in him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us.โ Psalm 62:8
Trust and pray.
Not, pray and cross your fingers.
Sometimes, I find myself weeping over how great my sins are.
And almost every time, shortly after, I start crying tears of joy, because I remind myself that because of the cross, Jesus still loves me in spite of my infinite faults.
My dad was run out of his church after 12 yrs of faithful ministry over masks. He and mom were seen around town without masks and accused of not loving their neighbors. The arguments evangelical elites make in their ivory towers have real world consequences in the local church.
Christ with me,
Christ before me,
Christ behind me,
Christ in me,
Christ over me,
Christ to right of me,
Christ to left of me,
Christ in lying down,
Christ in sitting,
Christ in rising up.
Patrick of Ireland
โโWould it not be better to go back to Egypt?โ And they said, โLet us choose a leader and go back to Egypt.โโ Numbers 14:3โ4
If you are wavering between the promised land and the pleasures of Egypt, remember God goes with you in one direction not the other.
If it werenโt for the blood of Jesus, my actions in the last hour alone would be enough to send me straight to Hell. Thank you for living and dying for me, Jesus! I have no hope outside of you!
Characteristics of false teacher:
1. They are man-pleasers.
2. They avoid weighty theology.
3. They minimize the gospel.
4. They build earthly kingdoms.
5. They willfully twist Scripture.
6. They feed the emotions.
7. They compromise truth.
โWhen you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field right up to its edge, nor shall you gather the gleanings after your harvest. You shall leave them for the poor and for the sojourner: I am the Lord your God.โ Leviticus 23:22
Among other strategic mercies.