Month: August 2011

There is hope for everyone.

Read: Ezekiel 18:21
21 But if wicked people turn away from all their sins and begin to obey my decrees and do what is just and right, they will surely live and not die.

God speaks to us in many ways through a person, an event, the written Word and even in dreams. Learn to listen to Him in new ways.

Read: Genesis 46:2
2 During the night God spoke to him in a vision. “Jacob! Jacob!” he called.
“Here I am,” Jacob replied.

There are many kings, presidents and other leaders but there is only one true God.

Read: Nehemiah 9:6
6 “You alone are the Lord. You made the skies and the heavens and all the stars. You made the earth and the seas and everything in them. You preserve them all, and the angels of heaven worship you.

It is your own actions that matter because your actions will determine what happens to you.

Read: Ezekiel 14:13-14
13 “Son of man, suppose the people of a country were to sin against me, and I lifted my fist to crush them, cutting off their food supply and sending a famine to destroy both people and animals. 14 Even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were there, their righteousness would save no one but themselves, says the Sovereign Lord.

Get busy doing something. If you wait until everything is perfect, you won’t get anything done.

Read Ecclesiastes 11:4 and 11:6
4 Farmers who wait for perfect weather never plant.
If they watch every cloud, they never harvest.
6 Plant your seed in the morning and keep busy all afternoon, for you don’t know if profit will come from one activity or another—or maybe both.

The devil tries to discourage us but we can survive setbacks if we stay focused and fulfill God’s purpose.

Read: Nehemiah 6:2-3

2 So Sanballat and Geshem sent a message asking me to meet them at one of the villages[a] in the plain of Ono.
But I realized they were plotting to harm me, 3 so I replied by sending this message to them: “I am engaged in a great work, so I can’t come. Why should I stop working to come and meet with you?”

If you want to be a good leader, you must put others before yourself.

Read: Matthew 20:26

26 But among you it will be different. Whoever wants to be a leader among you must be your servant,

You can be wise, work hard and get rewarded for it.

Read: Proverbs 12:14
14 Wise words bring many benefits,
and hard work brings rewards.

It is so smart to obey the one who created you.

Read: Psalms 119:75

73 You made me; you created me.
Now give me the sense to follow your commands.

Don’t run off in any direction not knowing what you want to do.

Read: Proverbs 23:12
12 Commit yourself to instruction;
listen carefully to words of knowledge.