“Jonah, however, set out in the opposite direction in order to get away from the Lord. He went to Joppa, where he found a ship about to go to Spain. He paid his fare and went aboard with the crew to sail to Spain, where he would be away from the Lord.” Jonah 1:3 ... Continue Reading →
Here I am
Then I heard the Lord say, “Whom shall I send? Who will be our messenger?” I answered, “I will go! Send me!” Isaiah 6:8 I remember being in a school of ministry class where they asked "who I was called to." They were looking for a nation that we felt like we were called to... Continue Reading →
Taking for Granted
“None of them will have to teach a neighbor to know the Lord, because all will know me, from the least to the greatest. I will forgive their sins and I will no longer remember their wrongs. I, the Lord, have spoken.” The Lord provides the sun for light by day, the moon and the... Continue Reading →
Internal Messages
“All the world knows that anyone, whether man or woman, who goes into the king’s inner court without his summons is doomed to die unless the king holds out his gold scepter; and the king has not called for me to come to him in more than a month.” So Hathach gave Esther’s message to... Continue Reading →
Service not Status
“We who are strong in the faith ought to help the weak to carry their burdens. We should not please ourselves. Instead, we should all please other believers for their own good, in order to build them up in the faith.” Romans 15:1-2 I worked in the corporate world and watched people so things... Continue Reading →
When You Question God and Know Your Not Enough
“Then the Lord's angel came to the village of Ophrah and sat under the oak tree that belonged to Joash, a man of the clan of Abiezer. His son Gideon was threshing some wheat secretly in a wine press, so that the Midianites would not see him. The Lord's angel appeared to him there and... Continue Reading →
Get Rid of It
“So get rid of every filthy habit and all wicked conduct. Submit to God and accept the word that he plants in your hearts, which is able to save you.” James 1:21 Only the Word of God, written and engraved on our hearts can begin to save us from ourselves. Jesus paid the complete... Continue Reading →
Capacity
“There is nothing in us that allows us to claim that we are capable of doing this work. The capacity we have comes from God;” 2 Corinthians 3:5 This is certainly how I feel in this stage of my life. I have no ability to claim at all. I know without God I don’t... Continue Reading →
Called Vessel
“I was made a servant of the gospel by God's special gift, which he gave me through the working of his power.” Ephesians 3:7 We all have a call of God in our life. He has called us all to be a servant of the gospel, to share the good news. As I read... Continue Reading →
Prophesy
The things I predicted have now come true. Now I will tell you of new things even before they begin to happen. Isaiah 42:9 The Old Testament points to Jesus. Isaiah points out all the things God said would happen did, and that he would be given new things to prophesy about. I have sat... Continue Reading →
