God wants something for you. 11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. 12 Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. 13 You will seek [...]
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What God Wants for You
Posted in assurance, blessings, God, tagged blessing, power, relationship, theology on May 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Promote the Positive
Posted in blessings, perception, power on January 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Look at how Norman Vincent Peale breaks down some common challenges for people. Positive thinking is powerful. It has both blessings and benefits. The power of positivity can carry you through some unbelievable storms. Don’t think that bad things don’t happen to good people. We all encounter various challenges day by day. the difference is [...]
Leading the Lost
Posted in assurance, blessings, Christianity, encouragement, follow, freedom, Jesus, lost, Operation Reach Out, outreach, street ministry, The Great Commission, wisdom, witnesses, tagged blessing, calling, Christ, church, discipleship, faith, help, Jesus, ministry, outreach on November 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives his life for the sheep.- John 10:11 (NCV) Lost people need help finding their way. They end in the wrong places because they don’t know how to find their own way. They need someone who can help them find their way step by step and day [...]
Dreamers Dream
Posted in blessings, business, change, growth, vision, visualize on November 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.”- Max de Pree God gave you a vision. (They don’t call them “dreams” any more, I guess. I still get mine through dreams.) Others go so far as to say that they have had a revelation from God. I will not indulge an [...]
Reverent Abandon
Posted in activities, blessings, choices, expectations, tagged blessing, calling, change, discipleship, faith, relationship, sacrifice on November 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“We need to abandon everything that isn’t of God.”- Brother Lawrence But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. – Mt. 6:33 ( KJV) We need to abandon some things. Some things just are not good for us. They do not advance the kingdom [...]
Perfect Sacrifice
Posted in blessings, forgiveness, gospel, Jesus, lost, messiah, offering, redemption, sacrifice, salvation, suffering, tagged Christ, gospel, grace, Jesus, love, mercy, offering, power, redemption, restoration, sacrifice, salvation, theology on November 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
18 For you know that you were redeemed from your empty way of life inherited from the fathers, not with perishable things like silver or gold, 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without defect or blemish. – 1 Peter 1:18-19 (HCSB) The Law of Moses calls for the best or [...]
Gaining by Giving
Posted in blessings, business, donors, giving, nonprofit, stewardship, street ministry on October 22, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Give, and it will be given to you… – Luke 6:38 (NASB) You may not be getting much because you are not giving much. It may simply boil down to a simple survey of two major things: What you have done What you haven’t done Unfinished business is simply that; it is unfinished and incomplete. [...]
Paid in Full
Posted in assurance, blessings, Christianity, deliverance, heaven, Jesus, love, messiah, redemption, sacrifice, salvation, tagged Calvary, Christ, faith, gospel, grace, Jesus, love, power, redemption, salvation, theology, work on October 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.- Romans 5:19 (NIV) For God’s will was for us to be made holy by the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ, once for all [...]
Seeing the Significance in the Insignificant
Posted in blessings, business, nonprofit, perception, volunteers on September 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The words of Amos, who was among the sheepbreeders of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.- Amos 1:1 (NKJV) The Book of Amos unveils the burden laid upon Amos, [...]
Productive and Prosperous
Posted in blessings, daily, fruit, productivity, wisdom, Word on August 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.- Psalm 1:3 (ESV) As believers, we are expected to be both productive and prosperous. We are to produce fruit and prosper. The same can be [...]
