2023 June
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Seekers of God
“God looks down from heaven on the sons of men to see if there are any who understand, any who seek God.” Psalm 53:2 Are you a man or woman who is a seeker of God? The Lord delights in seeing those children of His who truly understand the meaning of life and why there
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Hearing God
“My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me” (John 10:27). I have discovered a pattern in the way God speaks to me when I’m faced with major decisions. I will spend a great deal of time seeking direction from Him and asking Him to speak to me regarding a decision.
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Listening To The Father’s Heart
Son, some of my children are misguidedly expecting me to take money from the unrighteous and drop it into their laps. It is true, there is going to be a great transference of wealth on the earth in order for my purposes to be completed. However, this will happen because of the faithful stewardship of
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Desert Training
“O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you, my body longs for you, in a dry and weary land where there is no water” (Ps. 63:1). The desert holds a special place in God’s Word. The Scriptures portray the desert as a place of inspiration and exaltation –
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Listening To The Father’s Heart
Son, I see self-righteousness and prideful judgment in the hearts of my sons and daughters. It seems that adultery has become the unpardonable sin among my people, and the one justification for unforgiveness to divorce their mate. I have never encouraged this. If they could see the depth of sin that I see in my
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Settling Disputes
“Casting the lot settles disputes and keeps strong opponents apart.” Proverbs 18:18 We prayed about it. We discussed it. My friend had one desire; I had a different one. “Okay, let’s settle the issue the way the early Church settled matters when an agreement could not be achieved. Let’s flip a coin.” “You must be
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Pleasing to the Lord
“Prepare it with oil on a griddle; bring it well-mixed and present the grain offering broken in pieces as an aroma pleasing to the Lord.” Leviticus 6:21 There is a requirement to be blessed at a deeper spiritual level by God. Christ requires it of each of His servants. He required it of Paul when
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Josiah, God’s Leader
“Neither before nor after Josiah was there a king like him who turned to the LORD as he did – with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his strength, in accordance with all the Law of Moses” (2 Kings 23:25). What type of person does God raise up when a
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Listening To The Father’s Heart
Son, I work through weak things. A seed must die before it can yield new growth. “For you see your calling, my son, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called. But I choose the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and
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Shedding Former Things
“But after the men were healed, God told Joshua, ‘today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you’” (Josh 5:9). God is calling thousands of people out of Egypt, out of their old lives of bondage. He’s calling them to become new people, living out His plan for their lives in the Promised
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Our Counselor
“But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.” John 14:26 I was driving down the interstate feeling discouraged from an appointment I had just had. A former employee’s company was seeking to displace
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Listening To The Father’s Heart
Son, I realize waiting for the fulfillment of your hopes and dreams is difficult. Especially when you have doubts about whether I am going to come through for you. The only assurance you have is that I work all things together for good in your life (Rom 8:28). You truly would have lost heart a
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Listening To The Father’s Heart
Son, what people view as insignificant, I view as very insignificant. When I told my prophet Samuel to find David and anoint him as my next king, both Samuel and David’s own father determined that the boy was not king material. In fact, he was so insignificant in the eyes of his father that he
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Baptism at the Red Sea
“We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life” (Rom 6:4). When Moses led the people of Israel out of Egypt, he took them to the edge of the Red
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Remaining Vertical With God
“When they hurled their insults at Him, He did not retaliate; when He suffered, He made no threats. Instead, He entrusted Himself to Him who judges justly.” 1 Peter 2:23 Have you ever been wrongfully accused? Oh, the need to defend and justify becomes so great. “What will people think if they believe these things
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My God Shall Provide
“And my God will meet all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:19 Have you ever gone through a time of complete dependence on God for your material needs? Perhaps you lost a job and could not generate income on your own. Perhaps you got sick and could not work.
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Coming Out of Egypt
“But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were entrusted. You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness” (Rom. 6:17-18). Becoming a new person in Christ is part of a life-long journey that begins
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Listening To The Father’s Heart
Son, so many of my sons and daughters struggle to live in victory over besetting habits and sins. They thought these would go away when their new birth took place. My son Paul also struggled to make sense of this when he confessed: “For the good that I will to do, I do not do;
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Listening To The Father’s Heart
Son, sometimes I seem to give ridiculous instructions to my sons and daughters. My purpose? I want to know if their intellect and self-assurance is stronger than their obedience. I told Joshua, a skilled military leader, to walk around Jericho 7 times while blowing a trumpet. I told Naaman, a powerful nobleman, to go wash
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Three Things
“I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and his incomparably great power for us who believe” (Eph 1:18-19). Paul’s letter to the Ephesians exhorts believers to experience
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Living an Obedience-Based Life
“They trusted in Him and defied the king’s command and were willing to give up their lives rather than serve or worship any god except their own God.” – Daniel 3:28b Have you ever known someone who lived an outcome-based Christian experience? This means that their decisions are made based on the positive or negative
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Listening To The Father’s Heart
Son, I want to remind you that I am a Father who leads you in your practical day to day life. I gave Jacob a way to fund his family business so he could leave the employment of his uncle Laban. I gave Noah plans for the ark so he could prepare for the great
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Divine Appointments
“I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.” – Matthew 10:16 “Os is now taking over this division. He will be managing all of these activities from now on. You should know that he has a different management philosophy than what you may
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Shattered Dreams
“Then Elimelech, Naomi’s husband, died; and she was left, and her two sons. Now they took wives of the women of Moab: the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth. And they dwelt there about ten years. Then both Mahlon and Chilion also died; so the woman survived her
