POWER AND RANKS WILL ONE DAY BE BURIED Your might and power were buried with you. The sound of the harp in your palace has ceased Now maggots are your sheet, and worms your blanket.’ (Isaiah 14:11 NLT) We shouldn’t put our trust in the power we sometimes have, because it is temporary and one day…
FINALLY THE PEOPLE WILL SEEK GOD Then at last the people will look to their Creator and turn their eyes to the Holy One of Israel. (Isaiah 17:7 NLT) Even though this is a verse that speaks to the people of Israel, I also want to apply a principle to our present situation. I pray…
IN A RESET, THE ROOT SPROUTS ONCE AGAIN Out of the stump, will grow a shoot… yes, a new Branch bearing fruit from the old root. (Isaiah 11:1-2 NLT) In this time of reset, many good things will sprout in our lives because the root of Jesus is in our hearts. In this time of…
IT WILL NOT LAST FOREVER Nevertheless, that time of darkness and despair will not go on forever… (Isaiah 9:1a NLT) This pandemic will not last forever. Better times are coming. The violence on the streets will not last forever. Times of peace are coming. Social distancing will not last forever. We will once again congregate…
LET’S NOT THINK LIKE EVERYONE The Lord has given me a strong warning not to think like everyone else does.(Isaiah 8:11 NLT) We should be a different voice. We shouldn’t think like negative and pessimistic people, because then we will get emotionally and mentally sick. People who are emotionally sick turn peaceful marches into disturbances, theft, and…
THE MAN WHO FOUND STRENGTH II David was now in great danger because all his men were very bitter about losing their sons and daughters, and they began to talk of stoning him. But David found strength in the Lord his God.(1 Samuel 30:6a NLT) Yesterday we spoke about how David’s friends wanted to stone him because…
THE MAN FOUND STRENGTH …But David found strength in the Lord his God.(1 Samuel 30:6 NLT) Sometimes we don’t realize it, but this pandemic affected us all one way or another. Unconsciously, our stress levels and emotions were altered and even if the virus did not reach our home, tension rose because of the news, social distancing,…
WHAT MORE COULD I HAVE DONE? What more could I have done for my vineyard that I have not already done? When I expected sweet grapes, why did my vineyard give me bitter grapes? (Isaiah 5:4 NLT) Don’t feel responsible for those who don’t want to have success. Have you ever been disappointed and asked…
WHAT PART IS NOT CLEAR? Manasseh even made a carved image of Asherah and set it up in the Temple, the very place where the Lord had told David and his son Solomon: “My name will be honored forever in this Temple… (2 Kings 21:7 NLT) “My name will be honored forever in this temple.” What part…
LET’S NOT FORGET GOD AFTER HE HELPS US …I have heard your prayer and seen your tears. I will heal you, and three days from now you will get out of bed and go to the Temple of the Lord. (2 Kings 20:5 NLT) I would say that this verse speaks to us in a modern…