ArchiveJune 2012

Wonderful Works

Wonderful Works

How many are your works, Lord! In wisdom you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures. There is the sea, vast and spacious, teeming with creatures beyond number— living things both large and small. Psalm 104:24-25 Last week I was...

Ready to Preach

Ready to Preach

Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage —with great patience and careful instruction. 2 Timothy 4:2 Paul gave Timothy some final instructions that began with the importance of good doctrine. Notice...

Avenger

Avenger

Shall I leave their innocent blood unavenged? No, I will not. The Lord dwells in Zion! Joel 3:21 The prophet Joel foretold a time when God would gather all the nations to the valley of Jehoshaphat for judgment. The judgment was two-fold, the...

Estoy Contento!

Estoy Contento!

But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. 1 Timothy 6:6-8 People seem to have a inward desire to possess...

Obvious

Obvious

The sins of some are obvious, reaching the place of judgment ahead of them; the sins of others trail behind them. In the same way, good deeds are obvious, and even those that are not obvious cannot remain hidden forever. 1 Timothy 5:24-25 Sins and...

Consistency

Consistency

Watch your life and doctrine closely. Persevere in them, because if you do, you will save both yourself and your hearers. 1 Timothy 4:16 Timothy was instructed to give attention to not only the teaching of God’s Word, but to live by it. The...

Why Good Doctrine Matters

Why Good Doctrine Matters

The goal of this command is love, which comes from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith. 1 Timothy 1:5 The reason we correct false teaching and bad doctrine is to express the love of God. In our pure hearts and sincere faith, we...

Behave

Behave

Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. And pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains. Pray that I may proclaim it clearly, as I should. Be...

Game, Set, Match

Game, Set, Match

Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God...

Bring the Rain

Bring the Rain

The seventh time the servant reported, “A cloud as small as a man’s hand is rising from the sea.” 1 Kings 18:44 It had not rained for a long time. God withheld the rain as He did His blessings from Israel. Then Elijah defeated the false...

Seek and Find

Seek and Find

Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The Lord is with you when you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will forsake you. 2 Chronicles 15:1-2 King Asa enjoyed peace and security for a good part...

A Heart Fully Committed

A Heart Fully Committed

Asa did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as his father David had done. He expelled the male shrine prostitutes from the land and got rid of all the idols his ancestors had made. He even deposed his grandmother Maakah from her position as...

Fly United

Fly United

The young men who had grown up with him replied, “These people have said to you, ‘Your father put a heavy yoke on us, but make our yoke lighter.’ Now tell them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist. My father laid on you a heavy yoke;...

Super Lover

Super Lover

And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes...

Ready

Ready

And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people. Pray also for me, that whenever I speak, words may be given me so that I will...

A Better Day

A Better Day

A good name is better than fine perfume, and the day of death better than the day of birth. It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting, for death is the destiny of everyone; the living should take this to heart...

More love, more power.

More love, more power.

For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in...

Meaning

Meaning

“Meaningless! Meaningless!” says the Teacher. “Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.” Ecclesiastes 1:1 Solomon was the wisest man who has ever lived (with the exception of Jesus). He made astonishing observations. He governed with...

In Love

In Love

In love He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved. In Him we have redemption through His...

In God We Trust

In God We Trust

Those who trust in themselves are fools, but those who walk in wisdom are kept safe. Proverbs 28:26 What’s the difference between the fool and the wise? The wise made realizes in himself he doesn’t have all the answers. So, he seeks...

Reputation

Reputation

A good name is more desirable than great riches; to be esteemed is better than silver or gold. Rich and poor have this in common: The Lord is the Maker of them all. Proverbs 22:1-2 A reputation is valuable. Today we talk a lot about brands and the...

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