Our love for Jesus Christ needs to be first in place, not in time. Revelation 2:4 Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. First in Place, Not in Time Our love for Jesus Christ needs to be first in place, not in time. Often this verse is misunderstood to…
In their afflictions people will seek the Lord more than in their prosperity. We are often unrepentant when things go our way. Hosea 5:15 I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early. In Their Affliction In their afflictions…
We were not a people of God when we got saved. We were heathen. Hosea 2:23 And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they…
Soul prosperity beats worldly prosperity in the economy of God’s Kingdom any day of the week. 3 John 1:2 Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth. Soul Prosperity Soul prosperity beats worldly prosperity in the economy of God’s Kingdom any day of the…
A broken heart is the calling card to God. The Lord will never despise a broken and a contrite heart. Psalms 34:18 The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. Psalms 51:17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a…
Sudden destruction is going to be the fate of many. They have refused to obey when reproved. Proverbs 29:1 He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy. Sudden Destruction Sudden destruction is going to be the fate of many. They have refused to obey when reproved. Because…
You need to let Jesus write your story of life. Hebrews 12:2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. Let Jesus Write Your Story…
Whatever you ask of God that is according to the will of God, we know God will hear us. 1 John 5:14-15 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask,…
As Christians we are commanded not to love the world or anything in it. 1 John 2:15-17 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the…
Honoring your wife is important for a Christian man if he wants to have his prayers answered. 1 Peter 3:7 Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.…
The Word of God is a clean way. It has a cleansing effect in a young man or woman’s life if you listen to it. Psalms 119:9 Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word. A Clean Way The Word of God is a clean way. It…
When the Lord saves us, he takes our deceitful heart that is desperately wicked and replaces it with a new heart. Ezekiel 36:26-27 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will…
Lord, please do not forsake me completely! There are many times in our lives where the Lord has every right to just bail on us. Psalms 119:8 I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly. Do Not Forsake Me Lord, please do not forsake me completely! There are many times in our lives…
I’ll be gone when the trumpet sounds. The John Marshall Family used to sing a song that they wrote called I’ll Be Gone, Gone, Gone that my kids were singing today. 1 Corinthians 15:52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead…