“You rulers make decisions based on bribes; you priests teach God’s laws only for a price; you prophets won’t prophesy unless you are paid. Yet all of you claim to depend on the Lord. ‘No harm can come to us,’ you say, ‘for the Lord is here among us.’” Micah 3:11 (NLT) Sometimes people have … Read more
2 Timothy 3:1-5 (NLT): 1. But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. 2. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedientto their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3. without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good,4. treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God—5. having a form … Read more
“Do not remember the former things, or ponder the things of the past. Listen carefully, I am about to do a new thing, Now it will spring forth; Will you not be aware of it? I will even put a road in the wilderness, Rivers in the desert.”Isaiah 43:18-19 (AMP) One of my many faults … Read more
“But Daniel was determined not to defile himself by eating the food and wine given to them by the king. He asked the chief of staff for permission not to eat these unacceptable foods.”Daniel 1:8 (NLT) Determination will always be a plus when we decide to change our habits. Like Pastor Dan reminded us on … Read more
A glimpse is a moment in time when there are signs of what is coming. Usually, these glimpses come through the Holy Spirit or through words of the prophetic. It’s a brief look at what God is doing in the midst of the evil that is going on. What are we doing and are we … Read more
“All this you have done and I kept silent, so you thought that I was just like you, sanctioning evil. But now I will bring you to my courtroom and spell out clearly my charges before you.” Psalms 50:21 (TPT) In scripture, God sometimes keeps silent when humans have done evil. “So, you thought that … Read more
For here is what the Lord has spoken to me: “Because you loved me, delighted in me, and have been loyal to my name, I will greatly protect you. I will answer your cry for help every time you pray, and you will feel my presence in your time of trouble. I will deliver you … Read more
A change of heart becomes evident as we confess with our mouth but also commit to doing something to change our sinful behavior. “Then Naaman and his entire party went back to find the man of God. They stood before him, and Naaman said, “Now I know that there is no God in all the … Read more
But David kept thinking to himself, “Someday Saul is going to get me. The best thing I can do is escape to the Philistines. Then Saul will stop hunting for me in Israelite territory, and I will finally be safe.” 1 Samuel 27:1 NLT You might remember that this is the same guy who fought … Read more
