“You have obeyed me, and so you and your descendants will be a blessing to all nations on earth.” Genesis 22:18 (Contemporary English Version) This chapter illustrates how obedience is an important key to unlock the blessing of God. The Lord had told Abraham to go and sacrifice his only son. Abraham had [...]
1 Chronicles 16:11 (The Message) “Study God and his strength, seek his presence day and night;” David was a man that knew God. After the ark had come back to Jerusalem, David gave this psalm to Asaph. When we get down to verse 11 other versions say, “Seek God and His strength…” The Message paraphrased it [...]
After a long period of silence (400 years), God spoke through a man named John the Baptist, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!” (Matthew 3:1 NKJV). After that many years God’s first message was: REPENT! They had lived for 400 years of silence from God, no dreams, vision or prophecy. Their way [...]
I’m pretty sure you have had people in your life that didn’t think much of you. Maybe made you feel like a nobody. It can be very hard to go through life thinking and feeling like a nobody. People commit suicide because of that. I came across a verse that lifted me up and gave [...]
“…But please, not what I want. What do you want?” – Luke 22:42 (The Message) It’s so amazing to me that Jesus, the Son of God would ever pray this kind of prayer. I mean, He is God. Yet, Jesus teaches us an important lesson on surrendering our will to the will of the [...]
