Month: June 2012

You may be chasing a lot of things but the most valuable thing you can get is Wisdom.

Read: Proverbs 8:11

11 For wisdom is far more valuable than rubies.
Nothing you desire can compare with it.

Samuel was a young boy and he could hear. Kids hear from God and we need to stop and listen to them.

Read: I Samuel 3:10

10 And the LORD came and called as before, “Samuel! Samuel!”

And Samuel replied, “Speak, your servant is listening.”

True friends stick with you when it’s good and when it’s bad. No one is perfect. Stand fast with your friend.

Read: Ruth 1:16

16 But Ruth replied, “Don’t ask me to leave you and turn back. Wherever you go, I will go; wherever you live, I will live. Your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.

Sometimes it is not about you. God may want you to speak up for others who can’t speak for themselves. Don’t miss this blessing.

Read: Ester 4:13-14

Mordecai sent this reply to Esther: “Don’t think for a moment that because you’re in the palace you will escape when all other Jews are killed. 14 If you keep quiet at a time like this, deliverance and relief for the Jews will arise from some other place, but you and your relatives will die. Who knows if perhaps you were made queen for just such a time as this?”

It is not a bad idea when you’re not sure to double check and be sure you’re doing what God wants.

Read: Judges 6:36-40

36 Then Gideon said to God, “If you are truly going to use me to rescue Israel as you promised, 37 prove it to me in this way. I will put a wool fleece on the threshing floor tonight. If the fleece is wet with dew in the morning but the ground is dry, then I will know that you are going to help me rescue Israel as you promised.” 38 And that is just what happened. When Gideon got up early the next morning, he squeezed the fleece and wrung out a whole bowlful of water.

39 Then Gideon said to God, “Please don’t be angry with me, but let me make one more request. Let me use the fleece for one more test. This time let the fleece remain dry while the ground around it is wet with dew.” 40 So that night God did as Gideon asked. The fleece was dry in the morning, but the ground was covered with dew.

Make no mistake about it. Women are capable, doing whatever task given to them to complete.

Read: Judges 4:9

9 “Very well,” she replied, “I will go with you. But you will receive no honor in this venture, for the LORD’s victory over Sisera will be at the hands of a woman.” So Deborah went with Barak to Kedesh.

Life can be less complicated if you do what God requires.

Read: Micah 6:6-8

6 What can we bring to the LORD?
What kind of offerings should we give him?
Should we bow before God
with offerings of yearling calves?
7 Should we offer him thousands of rams
and ten thousand rivers of olive oil?
Should we sacrifice our firstborn children
to pay for our sins?

8 No, O people, the LORD has told you what is good,
and this is what he requires of you:
to do what is right, to love mercy,
and to walk humbly with your God.

We must teach our children, our society and our friends about God. We are always only one generation away from faith or disbelief. Let’s teach FAITH.

Read: Judges 2:10

10 After that generation died, another generation grew up who did not acknowledge the LORD or remember the mighty things he had done for Israel.

Don’t faint when things look difficult and you fail to complete your task. You must know that God can bring you through anything.

Read: Judges 1:19

19 The LORD was with the people of Judah, and they took possession of the hill country. But they failed to drive out the people living in the plains, who had iron chariots.

Don’t let what you have and what you want put God second in your life. Always keep God in first place.

Read: Joshua 24:15

15 But if you refuse to serve the LORD, then choose today whom you will serve. Would you prefer the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates? Or will it be the gods of the Amorites in whose land you now live? But as for me and my family, we will serve the LORD.”