About Obeying God

John 15:10-11  

10 If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and remain in his love.

11 I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.

Luke 6:47-48 

47 I will show you what he is like who comes to me and hears my words and puts them into practice.

48 He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock. When a flood came, the torrent struck that house but could not shake it, because it was well built.

1 John 2:3-5  

3 We know that we have come to know him if we obey his commands.

4 The man who says, “I know him,” but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

5 But if anyone obeys his word, God's love is truly made complete in him. This is how we know we are in him:

About Praying To God

Mark 11:24-25  

24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

25 And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.’”

2 Chronicles 7:14  

If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.

Psalms 34:15-16  

15 The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their cry;

16 the face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to cut off the memory of them from the earth.

God’s Verse for God’s People

Internal Strife

By Billy Graham

Pride goes before destruction and haughtiness before a fall.

–Proverbs 16:18 (TLB)

David, king of ancient Israel, found himself in the midst of a confused national situation. His kingdom was torn by internal strife. Slave hated master; master hated slave. People blamed the government, and government blamed the people. David looked about him and saw that every man thought himself perfect. Each individual placed blame upon other individuals. David knew that if sinful pride continued to increase, his nation would collapse spiritually. 

He knew that economic depression, moral disintegration, or military defeat inevitably follow spiritual decline.

So David turned to God, and it was revealed to him by the Spirit of God that the spiritual tide of his nation could rise no higher than the spiritual level of his own heart. So he fell on his knees in utter humility and prayed, “Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me, and know my thoughts: and see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting” (Psalm 139:23, 24).

Prayer for the Day:

Lord, deliver me from the sin of pride, and fill me with continuing humility as I go about the tasks before me this day.

Names, Titles, and Offices of the Trinity.

God of Hebrews

Exodus 5:3 

Then they said, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Now let us take a

Three-day journey into the desert to offer sacrifices to the LORD our God or he may strike us with plagues or with the sword.”

Exodus 7:16 

Then say to him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to say to you: Let my people go, so that they may worship me in the desert. But until now you have not listened.

Jealous

Exodus 34:14 

Do not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.

God of the Spirits of all flesh

Numbers 16:22 

But Moses and Aaron fell facedown and cried out, “O God, God of the spirits of all mankind, will you be angry with the entire assembly when only one man sins?”

Numbers 27:16 

“May the LORD, the God of the spirits of all mankind, appoint a man over this community

The God of gods

Deuteronomy 10:17 

For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality and accepts no bribes.

The living God

Joshua 3:10 

This is how you will know that the living God is among you and that he will certainly drive out before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites and Jebusites.

God’s Verse for God’s people

Is Jesus Lord?

Luke 6:46

“Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say?

It Is Finished

John 19:30

When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.” With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.

Hebrews 7:27

Unlike the other high priests, he does not need to offer sacrifices day after day, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. He sacrificed for their sins once for all when he offered himself.

Services of Life

The promise of life

2 Timothy 1:1  

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, according to the promise of life that is in Christ Jesus,

The hope of life

Titus 3:7

 So that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life.

The Grace of life

1 Peter 3:7  

Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers.

The water of life

Revelation 22:1  

Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb

Revelation 22:17  

The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let him who hears say, “Come!” Whoever is thirsty, let him come; and whoever wishes, let him take the free gift of the water of life.

Spiritual Life

 “Human life comes from human parents, but spiritual life comes from the Spirit.” John 3:6

Spiritual life comes from the Spirit! Your parents may have given you genes, but God gives you grace. Your parents may be responsible for your body, but God has taken charge of your soul. You may get your looks from your mother, but you get eternity from your Father, your heavenly Father. – Max Lucado

Forgive…

            During this week I will:

•          Consider about the many times that God has forgiven you.

•          Seek forgiveness from someone you have hurt.

•          Forgive some who has hurt you.

•          Ask God to forgive your sins and commit your life to Him. Accept Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior.

•          This week I will forgive someone who makes me upset, angry and miserable. Now I know that this will bring peace to my heart.

•          Think about better ways to resolve problems at home and at work.

•          Tell your family members you love them. Spend time with them, share love and memories, play and pray.

Friends,

God loves you the way you are, but He refuses to leave you that way.

                         He wants you to be just like JESUS.

God’s Verse for God’s people

He's Risen. So What?

Hebrews 7:22-25

22 Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.

23 Now there have been many of those priests, since death prevented them from continuing in office;

24 but because Jesus lives forever, he has a permanent priesthood.

25 Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.

Holy Instruction

Colossians 3:15-17

Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.

16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.

17 And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

God’s Verse for God’s people

Bear One Another

Philippians 3:12-14

12 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.

13 Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,

14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

Beautiful Feet?

Romans 10:14-15

14 How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them?

15 And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”