Archive for May 2021
S99P3 – Timely salvation: when hope has gone
Jn. 11:11-15 After he had said this, he went on to tell them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I am going there to wake him up.” His disciples replied, “Lord, if he sleeps, he will get better.” Jesus had been speaking of his death, but his disciples thought he meant natural sleep. So…
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https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-mm4a4-104e9f9 Purpose is critical for a fruitful and satisfying existence. We have general purposes as Christians, to worship God and glorify him, to teach the Gospel message. We also have specific purposes, the amazing things He has planned for each one of us to complete during these lives. Our existence here should be exciting, compelling…
Read MoreS99P2 – Timely salvation: the greater miracle
Dan. 3:19-21 Then Nebuchadnezzar was furious with Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, and his attitude toward them changed. He ordered the furnace heated seven times hotter than usual and commanded some of the strongest soldiers in his army to tie up Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego and throw them into the blazing furnace. So these men, wearing…
Read MoreS99P1 – Timely salvation: the purposeful delay
Exo. 11:1 Now the Lord had said to Moses, “I will bring one more plague on Pharaoh and on Egypt. After that, he will let you go from here, and when he does, he will drive you out completely.” Exactly five chapters before this verse (6:1), the Lord told Moses that his hand would cause…
Read MoreS98P7 – Yesterday’s corrective prophecy for today: a bright future
Mal. 4:1-2 “Surely the day is coming; it will burn like a furnace. All the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble, and the day that is coming will set them on fire,” says the Lord Almighty. “Not a root or a branch will be left to them. But for you who revere my name,…
Read MoreS98P6 – Yesterday’s corrective prophecy for today: a remnant secure
Mal. 3:16-18 Then those who feared the Lord talked with each other, and the Lord listened and heard. A scroll of remembrance was written in his presence concerning those who feared the Lord and honored his name. “On the day when I act,” says the Lord Almighty, “they will be my treasured possession. I will…
Read MoreS98P5 – Yesterday’s corrective prophecy for today: unparalleled faithfulness
Mal. 3:6-7a “I the Lord do not change. So you, the descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed. Ever since the time of your ancestors you have turned away from my decrees and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you,” says the Lord Almighty. The child had become a problem…
Read MoreS98P4 – Yesterday’s corrective prophecy for today: the Lord will not be mocked
Mal. 2:17 You have wearied the Lord with your words. “How have we wearied him?” you ask. By saying, “All who do evil are good in the eyes of the Lord, and he is pleased with them,” or “Where is the God of justice?” Everyone I knew seemed to really like this new evangelist when…
Read MoreS98P3 – Yesterday’s corrective prophecy for today: on godly marriage
Mal. 2:15-16 Has not the one God made you? You belong to him in body and spirit. And what does the one God seek? Godly offspring. So be on your guard, and do not be unfaithful to the wife of your youth. “The man who hates and divorces his wife,” says the Lord, the God…
Read MoreBon appetit!
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-fgh4p-104488a What God makes available through his word and his Spirit is necessary food for us. Our hunger and thirst for the choice food and drink of this world should pale in comparison to the hunger and thirst we feel for God and his righteousness. If not, it is certainly time to reassess our spiritual…
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