COURAGE TO HOPE
It can be very tough to hold out hope for something that you have tried over and over again and it has failed over and over again. The shunammite woman felt the same way.
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
And when you have come in, you shall shut the door behind you and your sons; then pour it into all those vessels, and set aside the full ones.” So she went from him and shut the door behind her and her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured it out. 2…
GO BORROW VESSELS
what do you do if you do not have the resources to carry out that assignment on your own? How do you start that business without a bank loan or friend loan.
NEVER TOO LATE
It’s never too late for us to correct our ways. It’s never too late for us to go back to God, repent from our sins, and fix the mess that we have created.
IT’S NOT THE SAME
Sometimes you don’t feel different when things change. It’s like when a branch is cut off a tree, it takes a while for the leaves to change color.
FAITHFUL BUT FLAWED
Beloved, sometimes we see people’s flaws and we conclude that they do not deserve God’s calling and election. We assess their lives and find nothing deserving.
ASK AGAIN
Sometimes we’re in that season when God has called us to do something and we just need a little bit more information. We’re not saying God, we’re not going to do it. We’re not saying we don’t want to do it yet. We’ve accepted the call, we just need a little bit more clarity and information.
COMMON BUT USEFUL
Jael was a homemaker and any typical homemaker has some basic skills. They know how to take care of their home, put things in place, cater to their kids and, in this particular time, part of the homemaker’s responsibility was to set up the tent and take it down.
CONFIDENCE IN MAN
When we talk about dependence on man, we often think it is putting every single thing that we have, our whole hope, our whole focus on humans, but it’s not always like that. Sometimes it could mean that you are hoping on them in one area.
SINFUL BUT COURAGEOUS
In Jesus’ day, the Pharisees were like my church people; they were judgmental people who were more focused on upholding the laws of Moses than actually loving the people of God. They were very intentional about counting errors than leading people by example and teaching them the ways of God.