HOW TO STRIP OFF OUR EGO Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves. (Philippians 2:3 NLT) Egoism is known as the attitude of he who shows an excessive self-love and is solely occupied with that which is for their own benefit and interest without thinking…
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO LIVE 15 MORE YEARS FOR? “Go back to Hezekiah and tell him, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of your ancestor David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears. I will add fifteen years to your life” (Isaiah 38:5 NLT) God had told King Hezekiah to…
MANIFESTATIONS OF “ME” But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha, the man of God, said to himself, “My master should not have let this Aramean get away without accepting any of his gifts. As surely as the Lord lives, I will chase after him and get something from him.” (2 Kings 5:20 NLT) There is a part inside…
INSTINCT David had said to his troops, “Whoever is first to attack the Jebusites will become the commander of my armies!” And Joab, the son of David’s sister Zeruiah, was first to attack, so he became the commander of David’s armies. (1 Chronicles 11:6 NLT) Instinct helps us not lose good opportunities. Joab acted out…
HIS DYNASTY CAME TO AN END … o Saul and his three sons died there together, bringing his dynasty to an end. (1 Chronicles 10:6 NLT) Why couldn’t Saul leave a successful family legacy, if God had said that they would reign forever? Why did his dynasty suddenly come to an end? What had happened…
SU DINASTÍA LLEGÓ A SU FIN Así que Saúl y sus tres hijos murieron allí juntos, y su dinastía llegó a su fin. (1 Crónicas 10:6 NTV) ¿Por qué Saúl no pudo dejar un legado familiar de éxito, si Dios había dicho que reinarían para siempre? ¿Por qué terminó repentinamente su dinastía? ¿Qué había pasado…
CONFIDENCE OR INSECURITY? …David and Samuel the seer had appointed their ancestors because they were reliable men. (1 Chronicles 9:22 NLT) I remember some talks I would have as a child, when people would mention a family that lived around the corner and everyone knew them as a bad family. I would hear expressions like,…
FAR FROM IDOLS, CLOSE TO GOD “O Israel, stay away from idols! I am the one who answers your prayers and cares for you. I am like a tree that is always green; all your fruit comes from me.” (Hosea 14:8 NLT) I will write a paraphrase of this verse applying it to modern life….
TRANSFORMATION BEGINS IN THE HEART They are always thinking about how much it costs. “Eat and drink,” they say, but they don’t mean it. (Proverbs 23:7 NLT) A genuine transformation begins in the heart. We need to open our hearts so that the Holy Spirit can transform us. We can continue to see miracles, but if…
TRANSFORMATION IS A PROCESS So all of us who have had that veil removed can see and reflect the glory of the Lord. And the Lord—who is the Spirit—makes us more and more like him as we are changed into his glorious image. (2 Corinthians 3:18 NLT) Just like Mary conceived the Holy Spirit and…