THE DESIRE OF ANY PASTOR My desire is for the people in our church to have a relationship with God beyond only what I teach on Sundays. … I will put my laws in their minds, and I will write them on their hearts.I will be their God, and they will be my people. And they will not…
MY GENEROSITY PRODUCES BLESSINGS TO MY FUTURE GENERATIONS In addition, we might even say that these Levites—the ones who collect the tithe—paid a tithe to Melchizedek when their ancestor Abraham paid a tithe to him. (Hebrews 7:9 NLT) The Levites were something like Abraham’s “great-grandkids.” (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Levi). Abraham started GIVING the tithe to…
DULLNESS AND INDIFFERENCE FAITH, PERSEVERANCE, AND INHERITANCE Let us look at the words in the following verse: “foolish, indifferent, faith, perseverance and inheritance”. Then you will not become spiritually dull and indifferent. Instead, you will follow the example of those who are going to inherit God’s promises because of their faith and endurance. (Hebrews 6:12…
WHEN THE LEADER HAS INTIMACY WITH GOD Then Moses and Aaron went into the Tabernacle, and when they came back out, they blessed the people again, and the glory of the Lord appeared to the whole community. (Leviticus 9:23 NLT) This is one of the greatest privileges that we leaders in the church have, being…
WARN EACH OTHER You must warn each other every day, while it is still “today,” so that none of you will be deceived by sin and hardened against God. (Hebrews 3:13 NLT) Warning speaks of exhorting each other, staying alert to any threat. Refers to making someone aware of an issue. Nowadays we will find…
EAT LESS FAT “You must never eat any fat or blood. This is a permanent law for you, and it must be observed from generation to generation, wherever you live.”. (Leviticus 3:17 NLT) God is so wise! He already knew how to prevent high cholesterol and diseases associated with excess fat before doctors recommended it…
TWO THINGS THAT SEPARATE ME FROM GOD AND TWO THAT BRING ME CLOSER Be careful then, dear brothers and sisters. Make sure that your own hearts are not evil and unbelieving, turning you away from the living God. (Hebrews 3:12 NLT) A few keys in this verse are: Be careful then, dear brothers and sisters….
DON’T LET OUR INCENSE ARISE Our ego and pride shouldn’t be “lifted”. There is a certain “incense” that isn’t for us, but only for God. the table and all its utensils, the lampstand and its utensils, and the altar of incense; But as for the incense which you shall make, you shall not make any…
TEACH OTHERS Part 2 And the LORD has given both him and Oholiab, … the ability to teach their skills to others. (Exodus 35:34 NLT) Yesterday we shared that one of the most difficult things is to teach others to do something as good as we do it; but, it’s a great blessing when we…
TEACH OTHERS Part 1 One of the most difficult things is to teach others to do something as good as we do it. And the LORD has given both him and Oholiab, … the ability to teach their skills to others.(Exodus 35:34 NLT) In life I have observed people who are really good at something…