Category Archives: Walking with God
Profit, No Loss
Rom.8:28 “And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.” [with emphasis].
God does not cause everything to happen to us, but God says He will cause everything happening to work for our good. I want to challenge you to take a particular area of your life that you think is problematic, Read the rest of this entry
Big Picture
Dan.3:26 Then Nebuchadnezzar came as close as he could to the door of the flaming furnace and shouted: “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come out! Come here!” So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego stepped out of the fire.
Gen.50: 19 (NKJV) “Joseph said to them, “Do not be afraid, for am I in the place of God? 20 But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good…”. This was the same Joseph that was hated by his brothers. They Read the rest of this entry
Master’s Plan
Mark 14:36 “Abba, Father,” he cried out, “everything is possible for you. Please take this cup of suffering away from me. Yet I want your will to be done, not mine.”
Does life always turn out good for people that remain faithful to God? In this story of Daniel and his friends, it turned out good. Some people would say, what about the disciples of Jesus? Even though they died horrible Read the rest of this entry
Word Not World!
Rom.12:2 “Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.”
Babylon had and still has two main objectives; the first is to change your identity and the second is to change your worldview. The Babylon system of thinking was forced upon Daniel and his friends in much the same way our Read the rest of this entry
Essentials IV
Gen.26:1 “And there was a famine in the land… 12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the Lord blessed him. 13 And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great” (KJV)
In those days, when there is famine in the land, there is no water and no irrigation system. They depend solely on rain. Read the rest of this entry
Essentials III
1Cor.9:26 “Therefore I do not run like someone running aimlessly; I do not fight like a boxer beating the air” (NIV)
When people do not understand or discern who controls time, they make decisions based on what they see. But when you know, and you understand who controls time, Read the rest of this entry
Stand!
Isa. 40:8 (NIV) “The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever.”
We spend a lot of energy trying to avoid challenges but we actually should be thanking God for them. Challenges and adversity help us to develop endurance and endurance is a powerful weapon to have in your character arsenal. Read the rest of this entry
Most Crucial
Jer.29: 11 “For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.”
The world tends to focus on people’s reputation but character is who you are when nobody is watching. Many people are so bothered about what people think, say, and perceive about them. Read the rest of this entry
At The Roots
1 Cor.2:10 [MSG] “The Spirit, not content to flit around on the surface, dives into the depths of God, and brings out what God planned all along.”
“On the days of prayer meetings, mother was very different. Everything was attended to with urgency. I had become accustomed to it and I understood why. Jesus must be priority.
Cheap Candy
Prov. 18:7 (MSG) “Fools are undone by their big mouths; their souls are crushed by their words. 8 Listening to gossip is like eating cheap candy; do you really want junk like that in your belly?”
You have to make sure that gossip has no place in your life. I strongly believe that not everyone that goes around gossiping is evil; some are, but most of them are just idle and ignorant.
