PRAISE DECREASES STRESS And the singers sang loud… …they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy; the wives also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off. (Nehemiah 12:42-43 KJV) Seven words I found in this passage of the Bible, of…
BENEFITS OF BROKENNESS “So he returned home to his father. And while he was still a long way off, his father saw him coming. Filled with love and compassion, he ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him. (Luke 15:20 NLT). Brokenness and obedience takes us to a special place within God’s plans. When…
BROKENNESS The high and lofty one who lives in eternity, the Holy One, says this: “I live in the high and holy place with those whose spirits are contrite and humble. I restore the crushed spirit of the humble and revive the courage of those with repentant hearts. (Isaiah 57:15 NLT) Breaking is the method…
WHEN THEY MAKE FUN OF YOU, LEAVE IT TO GOD Then I prayed, “Hear us, our God, for we are being mocked. May their scoffing fall back on their own heads and may they themselves become captives in a foreign land! (Nehemiah 4:4 NLT) There will always be people who will make fun of you…
EVERYTHING ACCORDING TO GOD’S LAW … We will follow the advice given by you and by the others who respect the commands of our God. Let it be done according to the Law of God. (Ezra 10:3b NLT) We shouldn’t follow just anyone’s advice, rather follow the recommendations of those who follow God’s law. Let’s…
DEFINED PURPOSE This was because Ezra had determined to study and obey the Law of the Lord and to teach those decrees and regulations to the people of Israel. (Ezra 7:10 NLT) Ezra had clearly decided what to do with his life. Many people go through this life wasting their time. They never achieve anything…
GET AWAY, DON’T HINDER! God’s order to the hindrances in your life is: Stay away from there! Do not disturb the construction of the Temple of God. Let it be rebuilt… (Ezra 6:6-7 NLT) There will always be some enemy who will want to hinder what you are doing for God. There will be evil…
THREE THINGS ABOUT THE TEMPLE’S OFFERINGS When they arrived at the Temple of the Lord in Jerusalem, some of the family leaders made voluntary offerings toward the rebuilding of God’s Temple on its original site. (Ezra 2:68 NLT) According to their ability they gave to the treasury for this work…. (Ezra 2:68-69 NIV) 1.- Offerings have a…
HOW DO WE BECOME IMPORTANT? Mordecai the Jew became the prime minister, with authority next to that of King Xerxes himself. He was very great among the Jews, who held him in high esteem, because he continued to work for the good of his people and to speak up for the welfare of all their…
HOW TO OVERCOME TEMPTATION PART II So humble yourselves before God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. (James 4:7 NLT) We have been learning about what temptation means: the impulse to do something, especially a bad thing or something that can bring grave consequences to our lives. Yesterday we learned 2 things…