Romans 6:11 – Be ALIVE TO GOD, alert to Him, through Jesus Christ our Lord!
Read 1 Kings 3:1-13 Often we allow what we think about ourselves to stop God’s purposes for us. The great Solomon of the Bible seemed to think he was inferior and ill-prepared for what God had planned for him. 1 Kings 3:7 ‘I am like a little child who doesn’t know his way around.’ He may have…
Many people long to be used by God. Yet many people find this aspect illusive. But God is ready to use you. Perhaps it starts when God calls us to increase in our effectiveness. Many times, before God uses us, we go through a process of stripping, when things seem to go anywhere but where…
Praising God should be our lifestyle of choice. We should ‘bless the Lord at all times’! Psalm 34:1 ‘I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth.’ We should praise and bless the Lord at ALL times. This includes the good times and the bad times. The times of…
God wants to come through for us. Mark 11:24 Listen to me! You can pray for anything, and if you believe, you have it; it’s yours! BELIEVE is a strange word – but I believe we must believe God in three areas: A. Believe in the CHARACTER of God. He is faithful and He does…
When we talk to God we can ask Him for those things that we may need. I am so glad that we can approach God in this way. Matthew 6:6 But when you pray, go away by yourself, all alone, and shut the door behind you and pray to your Father secretly, and your Father,…
The Bibles calls God the ‘Father of compassion!’ But what is compassion? Definition: Compassion – ‘The sympathetic consciousness of others’ distress together with a desire to alleviate it!’ This word ‘compassion’ comes from the Greek root word oiktirmos which includes aspects of pity, compassion, favor, grace and mercy and is translated in English as ‘compassion’! This word…
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…