Romans 6:11 – Be ALIVE TO GOD, alert to Him, through Jesus Christ our Lord!
Comfort for me is having exactly what I need when I need it! That is comfort. As a small child I would battle with sadness. It happened for no apparent reason. I would just become sad. My mother would be able to identify it when it happened. It was no good if people asked me…
I love this phrase: ‘who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble!’ As we receive comfort from God, we are in training so that we in turn and be a source of comfort to others. There are things that you have been through that qualify you to…
God is not too busy to listen to you. He is ready and able to give you His full attention. Jeremiah 18:1-2 Here is another message to Jeremiah from the Lord: Go down to the shop where clay pots and jars are made, and I will talk to you there. Like a good father who…
God is our Father. As with our earthly fathers, we should be able to communicate with ease. I have a two daughters. Many times it is just small talk, but I give them my full attention and listen intently. I will always ask them to tell me their secrets and they will usually tell me…
Hebrews 4:14 – 16 (Vs 16): So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it. Some things in life we complicate. It often seems that the simple things in life become so complicated that…
2 Timothy 3:1-5 There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— having a form…
1. STABILITY – United we stand, divided we fall! Mark 3:25 ‘A house divided against itself cannot stand!’ 2. PURPOSE – Single-minded versus double-minded. James 1:8 ‘Their loyalty is divided between God and the world, and they are unstable in everything they do.’ We should not be double minded! Our hearts must be fixed and we should…
A. Taking on a form of godliness – 2 Timothy 3:5 ‘having a form of godliness but denying its power!’ B. UNSTABLE – James 1:8 ‘A double minded man is unstable in all his ways!’ (Inconsistent) If you lead an inconsistent life, your heart is most likely divided. C. CHANGEABILITY – One moment we are flying a flag for the…
Ezekiel 11:19-21 I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh. Then they will follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. They will be my people, and I will be their God.…
Hosea 10:2 ‘Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty (guilty)!’ When we develop a divided focus it is always a heart issue. Notice this scripture did not say their ‘minds’ were divided or their ‘actions’ were divided! It says their HEARTS were divided! So it is a heart issue and that makes it personal…