Happy New Year! New Years Resolution - Trust in God
Happy New Year to each and everyone of you! I pray that this year brings positive changes, spiritual maturity and growth, knowledge and understanding in the things of the Lord, blessings beyond measure and so much more!
Every year that approaches, you will find that this is the time people want to make drastic changes in their lives. They have a bunch of goals and dreams they want to accomplish each year. But how many of us follow through with our goals? How many of us actually are successful in accomplishing these goals? Statistics show that we rarely accomplish all of these goals however we accomplish a few or some of them.
This new year, 2014, I urge you to make resolutions concerning your relationship with the Lord. I urge you to
To obey is better than sacrifice 1 Samuel 15:22
Thought-provoking Thursday
But Samuel replied: "Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the voice of the LORD? To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams. 1Samuel 15:22
Samuel spoke those words to Saul after God had given him specific instructions to wipe out the Amalekites and everything that belong to them. What Saul did instead was spare the life of King Agag and he kept the best of the best for himself and the people. God rejected Saul as king from that point on and although Saul wanted Samuel to go worship with him, God had already rejected him.
It's interesting that King Saul was rejected immediately after not following God's orders. Saul's heart was not in the right place. As king, he was more concerned with hearkening to the voices of the people instead of the voice of the Lord. By pleasing the people, he in turn disobeyed God.
In life, serving God and living according to His word must
But Samuel replied: "Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the voice of the LORD? To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams. 1Samuel 15:22
Samuel spoke those words to Saul after God had given him specific instructions to wipe out the Amalekites and everything that belong to them. What Saul did instead was spare the life of King Agag and he kept the best of the best for himself and the people. God rejected Saul as king from that point on and although Saul wanted Samuel to go worship with him, God had already rejected him.
It's interesting that King Saul was rejected immediately after not following God's orders. Saul's heart was not in the right place. As king, he was more concerned with hearkening to the voices of the people instead of the voice of the Lord. By pleasing the people, he in turn disobeyed God.
In life, serving God and living according to His word must
Motivational Monday - Let the past go, look toward your future. Psalms 103:12
Motivational Monday
The past is the past, let's leave it there! As much as we would like to leave our past behind, the devil will always find a way to remind us of it. If it was up to him, we would be wallowing in our own self pity, depressed and hopeless. But God. God has redeemed us of our sins and has cleansed us of our sins and past mistakes once we accepted Him as our Lord. There is none of us who has not made mistakes in the past. Although some may be more detrimental than others, mistakes are still mistakes.
God does not look on our sins and use them against us. Only the devil does. In Psalms 103:12, it states, "As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us." Can we fathom the distance from the east to the west? Or try to fathom the multitude of sin God has removed from us in order to make us brand new, cleanse us and to become the people He has called us to be?
Let's walk into our destiny. Don't look behind, look forward because your future is more promising than what the Lord has in store for the devil. Be encouraged.
If this has motivated or inspired you, share this with a friend. God bless you!
The past is the past, let's leave it there! As much as we would like to leave our past behind, the devil will always find a way to remind us of it. If it was up to him, we would be wallowing in our own self pity, depressed and hopeless. But God. God has redeemed us of our sins and has cleansed us of our sins and past mistakes once we accepted Him as our Lord. There is none of us who has not made mistakes in the past. Although some may be more detrimental than others, mistakes are still mistakes.
God does not look on our sins and use them against us. Only the devil does. In Psalms 103:12, it states, "As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us." Can we fathom the distance from the east to the west? Or try to fathom the multitude of sin God has removed from us in order to make us brand new, cleanse us and to become the people He has called us to be?
Let's walk into our destiny. Don't look behind, look forward because your future is more promising than what the Lord has in store for the devil. Be encouraged.
If this has motivated or inspired you, share this with a friend. God bless you!
Be strong and of good courage... Deuteronomy 31:16
Motivational Monday!
“Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them; for the Lord your God, He is the One who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you.” Deuteronomy 31:6
The words of God will live forever and ever. What He said to His people then, He is saying to us now, if we would just follow Him.
“Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them; for the Lord your God, He is the One who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you.” Deuteronomy 31:6
The words of God will live forever and ever. What He said to His people then, He is saying to us now, if we would just follow Him.
These words are repeated over and over when He was speaking to the Israelites because they needed encouragement, they needed to know that God was with them regardless of
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