Category Archives: God
The Move
Acts 13:36 “For David, after he had served God’s will and purpose and counsel in his own generation, fell asleep [in death] and was buried among his forefathers…” (AMPC)
You have come to the place of flowing mercy, and you will receive mercy in the Name of Jesus. You have come to the place of flowing grace, and you will receive grace in the Name of Jesus. Grace everywhere! There will be no scarcity of grace in your life. Read the rest of this entry
Bethesda
John 5:1 “Afterward Jesus returned to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish holy days.”
Back up and look at the person of Jesus. Jesus is God. Jesus is Anointed. Jesus knows everything. He was the Christ, the Messiah. But Jesus will still return to Jerusalem for a Jewish holiday. Read the rest of this entry
Undeserved Grace
Acts 15:11 “We believe that we are all saved the same way, by the undeserved grace of the Lord Jesus.”
I am trusting God that in your life, everywhere you look, when you turn to the left and to the right, when you look ahead and behind, there will be grace everywhere. Read the rest of this entry
Hear. Accept. Produce.
Mark 4:20 “And the seed that fell on good soil represents those who hear and accept God’s word and produce a harvest of thirty, sixty, or even a hundred times as much as had been planted!” (emphasis added).
To engage with the Word that you hear, you need to make it Personal. Next, you need to be Practical. You cannot just say I want to be like Jesus. Read the rest of this entry
Growth Triggers
Matthew 6:33-34 “But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.” (NKJV)
Yesterday, I was telling you that after reading Mark 4:18-19, I said to the Lord, “Is there something wrong with wanting to have nice things?” In answering the question, God said to me, “Look at Me and how I designed the world. Read the rest of this entry
Distractions
Mark 4:18-19 “The seed that fell among the thorns represents others who hear God’s word, but all too quickly the message is crowded out by the worries of this life, the lure of wealth, and the desire for other things, so no fruit is produced.” (emphasis added).
The first distraction that jumps at us from the anchor scripture is worry—the worries of this life. The antidote to worry is prayer. Philippians 4:6 “Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything….” Read the rest of this entry
Root Deep
Ephesians 3:17 “And I pray that Christ will be more and more at home in your hearts, living within you as you trust in him. May your roots go down deep into the soil of God’s marvellous love.” (LB)
Our final thought from yesterday is that most of us want to flourish quickly, and painstakingly grow roots at the same time. But the challenge is that the two do not happen simultaneously, at least not at the same time and not at the beginning Read the rest of this entry
Shallowness
Mark 4:16-17 “Others, like seed sown on rocky places, hear the word and at once receive it with joy. But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.” (NIV)
The first growth trap that keeps people where they are in spite of all the power that is available to them is Familiarity. The second trap of growth is Shallowness. Read the rest of this entry
Now!
Hebrews 3:15 “But now is the time. Never forget the warning, “Today if you hear God’s voice speaking to you, do not harden your hearts against him…” (LB)
The third thing that causes and strengthens familiarity is Declaring Without Doing. The problem is we tend to blame the things we are familiar with as the hinderance to our personal growth. Read the rest of this entry
Get Busy
Romans 2:13 “Merely hearing God’s law is a waste of your time if you don’t do what he commands. Doing, not hearing, is what makes the difference with God.” (MSG)
I am sure you know people who always sit in the same seat in church. In fact, even ushers don’t want trouble, they just allow them. Why do we do that? We do that because we have become familiar. Read the rest of this entry
