*1.* “Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you. And as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them.” *2* “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” *3* “Show hospitality to one another…
Yes, you can be good to someone next to you. Yes, you have to be good to that fellow next to you! Why? God is taking you where you can’t go on your own. New levels of a blessed life, influence, and new opportunities are coming. He knows how to thank you. He knows how to open the windows of heaven. You can’t be good to somebody without God being good back to you. That’s just the way God is….
If there is no accommodation of secret, there is no way to show evidence of whatever happened behind the screen. Thank God for available rewards. Here it is: “So that your deeds of charity may be in secret; and your Father Who sees in secret will reward you openly.” (Matthew 6:4, AMPC). Friend, often, when we give ourselves to serve others, nobody sees it or even thanks us. But God sees everything. He’s keeping the records. Jesus says, “What you…
*1.* “God is setting the record straight: As for the king still sitting on David’s throne and all the people left in Jerusalem who didn’t go into exile with you, they’re facing bad times.” *2* “God-of-the-Angel-Armies says, ‘Watch this! Catastrophe is on the way: war, hunger, disease! They’re a barrel of rotten apples.” *3* “I’ll rid the country of them through war and hunger and disease. The whole world is going to hold its nose at the smell, shut its…
When you cultivate the habit of persistent prayers, God will surely keep the record straight! When your prayers go thus: “Father, thank You that You keep the records straight, you’ve seen every unfairness I’ve experienced and how it has impacted my life. Thank You that You know how to pay me back. I believe that what the enemy has meant for my harm is setting me up for new levels. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.” Indeed, God sees what’s unfair in…
Yes, God see all the hardship and unfairness in your life. Here it is: “If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, you would surely have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen my hardship…” (Genesis 31:42, NIV). For twenty years, Jacob worked for his father-in-law, Laban, bringing Laban a tremendous increase in his flocks. For fourteen of those years, he worked to earn Laban’s daughters as…
*1.* “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.” *2* “But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.” *3* “I do not ask that you…
Yes, eternal dividends: “for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body.” (1 Corinthians 6:20, BLB). Even our bodies are not our own! Yes, we cannot do with them as we want and please God. If we sow to the flesh, we will reap corruption. But if we sow to the Spirit, we will reap eternal dividends. That’s it!!!
Yes, set apart unto God. “Holy” means to be set apart unto God. Another word for holy is “sanctified” and also “sacred”. “Holy” means that because God has set us aside for Himself, our lives and all we are and do are to be set apart for Him. Here it is: “For God saved us and called us to live a holy life. He did this, not because we deserved it, but because that was his plan from before the…
*1.* “And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.” *2* “But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.” *3* “Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart. *4* “And God is able to make all grace…