STRENGTHEN YOUR STAKES AND BE ENLARGED “Enlarge the place of your tent, stretch your tent curtains wide, do not hold back; lengthen your cords, strengthen your stakes” (Isaiah 54:2 NIV). Notice the words in this verse: “enlarge”, “stretch”, “lengthen”, and “strengthen”. The first thing we see in this passage is that God is encouraging us to be…
THE POWER OF PRAISE “Suddenly, there was a massive earthquake, and the prison was shaken to its foundations. All the doors immediately flew open, and the chains of every prisoner fell off!” (Acts 16:26 NLT). The Bible tells that when Paul and Silas were singing hymns and declaring how mighty God was that “suddenly, there…
HOW TO KNOW WHY I WAS BORN “… The Lord called me before my birth; from within the womb he called me by name” (Isaiah 49:1 NLT). You are not an accident on earth and neither am I. We were all born with a defined purpose, but we need to evaluate and check if we are operating and…
5 THINGS GOD WANTS TO DO WITH YOU “Now go and say to my servant David, ‘This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies has declared: I took you from tending sheep in the pasture and selected you to be the leader of my people Israel. I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have…
RETURNING HOME “Then all the people returned to their homes, and David turned and went home to bless his own family” (1 Chronicles 16:43 NLT). There is a great need in our modern society to return home and give prominence to our family. Materialism and our fast-paced lifestyle has distanced us from our families and…
WHEN YOU GO THROUGH “When you go through deep waters, I will be with you. When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown. When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be burned up; the flames will not consume you” (Isaiah 43:2 NLT). Do you remember the tests you use to have at…
DEVELOP THE HABIT OF CONSULTING WITH GOD “… David asked God, “Should I go out to fight the Philistines? Will you hand them over to me?” The Lord replied, “Yes, go ahead. I will hand them over to you” (1 Chronicles 14:10 NLT). David was a very successful king because he was a leader who consulted with…
OVERCOME YOUR LIONS “… Another time, on a snowy day, he chased a lion down into a pit and killed it” (1 Chronicles 11:22 NLT). If you are like me and you have seen a lion up close, most likely it was at a zoo where the lion was in a cage behind bars,…
PUT GOD FIRST IN ALL YOU DO “The Ark of God remained there in Obed-edom’s house for three months, and the Lord blessed the household of Obed-edom and everything he owned” (1 Chronicles 13:14 NLT). Wherever you decide to put God first in your life, that is what will be prospered. Wherever you do not have…
MISTAKES THAT LEAD YOU TO FAIL “So Saul died because he was unfaithful to the Lord. He failed to obey the Lord’s command, and he even consulted a medium instead of asking the Lord for guidance. So the Lord killed him and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse” (1 Chronicles 10:13-14 NLT). Saul didn’t have to die at such…