Romans 6:11 – Be ALIVE TO GOD, alert to Him, through Jesus Christ our Lord!
God’s plan for each of us is that we should trust Him completely. We cannot know what the future will hold, but God does. As a result we can put our trust in Him. As we put our trust in Him, we develop a trust lifestyle. A ‘trusting in God lifestyle’ is a daily and ongoing trust in…
BELIEVING GOD BRINGS RESULTS! As we trust God and believe, even though we may be facing impossible, unlikely or changeless situations, God is still in control. He is able to do the impossible, perform the unlikely, change the situations that never seem to change and make dreams reality. Imagine if Joseph had given up somewhere…
BELIEVING GOD WHEN IT SEEMS UNLIKELY! This is perhaps the most difficult aspect to handle. It is one thing to trust and believe in God when things seem impossible because in the impossible you know you need an outright miracle. Trusting when things seem unlikely may imply that there is something you need to do.…
GOD’S PLAN FOR OUR MOTIVATION! 1 Thessalonians 2:4 Our purpose is to please God, not people. He is the one who examines the motives of our hearts. (Living Translation) This should be our motivation: 1. To please God! 1 Thessalonians 2:4 Our purpose is to please God, not people. 2. To love God! Deuteronomy 6:5…
Hope is such an important component of our lives. Without hope we can despair and give up. We need to keep our hope alive, no matter what we may be facing and no matter what the world may be facing. Jeremiah 17:7 But blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord and has made the Lord…
Key number 1: We need to keep focused on God. We must not allow things that hold us back to become our focus. Hebrews 12:2 Keep your eyes on Jesus, our leader and instructor. Key number 2: It is time to trust God. Trust Him completely. Trust His forgiveness and His love for us. Rise above the…
The fact that God is mighty means that God is powerful and has the power to meet your need or challenge. Psalm 68:34 Power belongs to God! His majesty shines down on Israel; his strength is mighty in the heavens. Jeremiah 10:6 No one is like you, O LORD; you are great, and your name…
The story of Hannah and the birth of Samuel remains one of the most remarkable stories in the Bible. How a barren woman could call on God and in the process one of the greatest characters in the Old Testament is born. Samuel grew up to become the last of Israel’s judges, he became Israel first…
If we trust God, then our attitudes can flow out of this relationship of trust. Negative or bad attitudes often emerge when we are threatened or feel injustice or a sense of insecurity. If we are going to trust in people and institutions, we will be let down and then bad attitudes can take hold.…
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…