Archive for March 2023
S176P8 – His pleasure in His people: each member at work
1 Cor. 12:15-19 If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I am not of the body,” is it therefore not of the body? And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I am not of the body,” is it therefore not of the body? If the whole…
Read MoreThe opportunities faith creates
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-nmm86-13b4506 Some of us wait too long for the Lord to gives us clear confirmation after clear confirmation before taking that step. Faith just might require us to move much sooner than that. Let us pray for a change in us, that we would create opportunities to serve and honor God instead of waiting for…
Read MoreS176P7 – His pleasure in His people: truly living in his presence
2 Cor. 5:6-11 So we are always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord. For we walk by faith, not by sight. We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord. Therefore, we make…
Read MoreS176P6 – His pleasure in His people: commandment keepers
1 Jn. 3:18-23 My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth. And by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before Him. For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.…
Read MoreS176P5 – His pleasure in His people: praying the heart of God
1Kgs. 3:7-10 “Now, O LORD my God, You have made Your servant king instead of my father David, but I am a little child; I do not know how to go out or come in. And Your servant is in the midst of Your people whom You have chosen, a great people, too numerous to…
Read MoreS176P4 – His pleasure in His people: the generous steward
Mt. 12:41-44 Now Jesus sat opposite the treasury and saw how the people put money into the treasury. And many who were rich put in much. Then one poor widow came and threw in two mites, which make a quadrans. So He called His disciples to Himself and said to them, “Assuredly, I say to…
Read MoreS176P3 – His pleasure in His people: fearing the Lord
Psa. 147:7-11 Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praises on the harp to our God, who covers the heavens with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the mountains. He gives to the beast its food, and to the young ravens that cry. He does not delight in…
Read MoreS176P2 – His pleasure in His people: those who walk by faith
Heb. 11:5-6 By faith Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death, “and was not found, because God had taken him”; for before he was taken he had this testimony, that he pleased God. But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that…
Read MoreS176P1 – His pleasure in His people: good citizens
Rom. 13:1-7 Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God. Therefore, whoever resists the authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will bring judgment on themselves. For rulers are not a terror to good…
Read MoreAwait God’s abundance now
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-3hwdb-13aacff There is an abundant life awaiting us on that Day, but we also have an abundant life to live now. Regardless of what you see or how you feel, regardless of how long you have been waiting for prayers to be answered and life to change, press in and learn to live in God’s…
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