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Listening To The Father’s Heart
Son, there is always a time limit to obedience. Long ago I sent 12 spies into the land of Israel to enter the Promised Land that I was preparing for them. However, 10 of those spies shrunk back from fear. I was angry with those sons and brought a judgment of death upon them for
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No Manna Stores
Then the Lord said to Moses, “I will rain down bread from heaven for you. The people are to go out each day and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test them and see whether they will follow My instructions.” – Exodus 16:4 When God took the nation of Israel through
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Using Jerry Springer to Preach Christ
“On hearing this, Jesus said, ‘It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. But go and learn what this means: “I desire mercy, not sacrifice.” For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners’” (Matt 9:12-13). Linda Rios Brook is a businesswoman who desires to impact the culture with
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Equipped for the Workplace
May the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, equip you with everything good for doing His will, and may He work in us what is pleasing to Him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for
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Perseverance for Success
“And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope” (Rom. 5:2-4). Perseverance is the key to every great accomplishment because nothing of lasting value has ever been achieved without it. Industrialist
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Listening To The Father’s Heart
Son, sometimes faith requires you to act to demonstrate your belief in the future promises. Such was the case when I instructed my son Jeremiah to purchase land while the Babylonian invasion and captivity was taking place. I asked him to do this as a prophetic sign of my covenant promise to the nation that
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Labor Alone Will Not Satisfy
“All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the soul is not satisfied” (Eccl. 6:7 NKJV). How would you feel about yourself if your job was removed from you tomorrow? Let’s imagine that your income wouldn’t change, just what you did everyday. One of the schemes that Satan uses in the life
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Disappointments
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life. – Proverbs 13:12 Life is filled with disappointments. Many of God’s greatest servants experienced deep disappointment in their journeys of faithfulness to God. Joseph, after spending years as a slave and in jail for crimes that he did not commit,
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Listening To The Father’s Heart
Son, knowledge without experience builds a life without passion and conviction. It is when you teach from life experience that you teach with authority. My son lived a life in communion with me which resulted in a life of experience, not just intellectual belief. My son Paul made it clear that a life in me
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Belief or Unbelief
“…Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.” – Romans 4:3 You can be a believer yet act as though there is no God. Whenever you fret over life circumstances, you immediately demonstrate unbelief. Whenever you move out of fear or anxiety, you believe a lie about God’s nature. Each day your
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Learn from God’s Creation
“For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities – his eternal power and divine nature – have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse” (Rom 1:19-20). Have you ever had someone say, “I don’t see any evidence of God. How can a person believe
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Listening To The Father’s Heart
Son, the only way to dispel darkness and despair is to experience my glory. My light can overwhelm the darkness of despair in your life. The circumstance may not change, but your view of it will. You will live above the threatening clouds and storms that seek to drown your spirit. My Son truly came
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Listening To The Father’s Heart
Son, from the beginning I created my sons and daughters to glorify me through their work. The enemy tried to secularize labor and make my sons and daughters feel like spiritual second class citizens. However, I placed in every one of my children a gift designed to serve the needs of all my sons and
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The Purpose of Elevation
And the Lord said to Joshua, “This day I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. (Josh 3:7-8). Joshua had been a faithful number two man under Moses for 40 years. Can you imagine serving
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The Marketplace Psalm
“LORD, who may dwell in your sanctuary? Who may live on your holy hill?” (Ps 15:1). In February 2001 Sales and Marketing magazine did a survey and found that among those surveyed: 58% cheat on expense reports 50% work a second job on company time 36% rush closed deals through accounting before they were really
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Listening To The Father’s Heart
Son, there are consequences to giving fear a place in your life. When I told Moses to send 12 spies into Canaan, it was not to determine whether they could take the land. That had already been settled. I wanted them to go to prepare them for what they were going to receive and to
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The Spirit of Competition
“I in them and You in Me. May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that You sent Me and have loved them even as You have loved Me.” – John 17:23 A story is told about F.B. Meyer, the great Bible teacher and pastor who lived a century ago. He
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Avoid the Escape Mentality
“Praise be to the LORD my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle” (Ps 144:1). One of the best-selling American books of all time is a fiction series that focuses on the end times called Left Behind. It deals with the rapture of Christians from the earth before the final end-times
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Listening To The Father’s Heart
Life in my kingdom can feel like a contradiction. My son Paul was able to rejoice in the midst of many horrible and life-threatening situations. Listen to his words, son, and seek to emulate his perspective on contradictory circumstances of life. Look beyond this life and see my grace to carry you through your darkest
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Special Callings
“Nevertheless, each one should retain the place in life that the Lord assigned to him and to which God has called him.” 1 Corinthians 7:17a – 1 Thessalonians 5:24 Each of us is called to relationship with God through Jesus Christ. We are called by Him, to Him, and for Him. Once we enter that
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Insecure Leadership
“When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had learned from the Magi” (Matt 2:16-17). Any leader who is not secure in
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Listening To The Father’s Heart
Son, my desire is to reveal my power and glory through each of my sons and daughters. Adversity is actually the atmosphere and forerunner to a miracle. Do you remember Moses pinned against the Red Sea? The Egyptians were on their way to kill my people. There was absolutely no way out. “Then Moses stretched
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Living Forward, Understanding Backward
“The one who calls you is faithful and He will do it.” – 1 Thessalonians 5:24 When I was in my 20’s, I participated in a wilderness-training course in a desert and mountain area. For our “final exam,” we were blindfolded, placed in the back of a pickup truck, and taken to a remote area.
