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A.S.K.

"Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you." ~ Matthew 7:7   REFERENCE: Matthew 7:7-11   God extends an invitation and a blank check to us in this verse. It is an invitation to come to God in prayers and supplication; it is a blank check because there are no restrictions to what we can pray for. The strength of the invitation to prayer is in the acronym, 'A.S.K.' 'A' for ask, 'S' for seek, and 'K' for knock. The acronym captures what God expects us to do in prayers...
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BE LIKE THE BIRDS

"Therefore, I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on…" – Matthew 6:25   REFERENCE: Matthew 6:25-34   It is important to God that you do not worry about the details of your life. Worry is detrimental to your general well-being, so Jesus repeated, "Do not worry" three times in these few verses. We live in an uncertain world where most of the things we respond to are other people's fault – their decisions or choices; hence, we are prone to anxiety...
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THE WELL OF SIRAH

"And when Joab had gone from David's presence, he sent messengers after Abner, who brought him back from the well of Sirah. But David did not know it." ~ II Samuel 3:26   REFERENCE: II Samuel 3:22-30   Joab heard that his archrival Abner, who killed his brother and was Saul's military chief, visited David to give him Israel's throne, and David let him go unhurt. Joab loathed this for two reasons: Abner killed his brother, and he sought revenge; also, his position as David's military chief could be threatened if David allied with Abner. So, he sent for Abner, whom...
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DAVID’S DIRTY DEED: DELEGATE WISELY

"It happened in the spring of the year, at the time when kings go out to battle, that David sent Joab and his servants with him, and all Israel... But David remained at Jerusalem." ~ II Samuel 11:1   REFERENCE:  II Samuel 11:1-15   It is usually said, "Don't send a boy to do a man's job." The saying described David's mistake when he sent Joab to fight the battle he should have led as a king. Most of Israel's decisive victories came when David led his men's charge (see II Samuel 10). God had trained his hands for war and his fingers...
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RULED BY LOVE

"But He turned and rebuked them and said, "You do not know what manner of spirit you are of." ~ Luke 9:55   REFERENCE: Luke 9:51-56   The walk of love is not for the faint-hearted. Love goes against everything our flesh (selfishness) wants; it restrains us from holding on to bitterness, revenging, gossiping, getting even, etc. It is easy to profess love, but walking the love talk is a different ballgame. As believers born of God, let us strive to be ruled by love in all our dealings and relationships. It is tough, but it is God. What does...
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TRUE SACRIFICE

TRUE SACRIFICE

“For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.” ~ Romans 5:6   REFERENCE: Romans 5:6-11 Happy Good Friday! That is what we say today, but it was not ‘happy’ over two thousand years ago when Roman soldiers nailed Jesus to a rugged wooden cross. It was a painful sight as the Son of God was hanging on the cross, almost naked, bloodied, and insulted by passersby. Was he hanged like a criminal for an offense He committed? NO! It was for an offense He did not commit. You and I committed the offense, but...
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GOD SEEKS A MAN

“So, I sought for a man among them who would make a wall, and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found no one.” ~ Ezekiel 22:30   REFERENCE: Ezekiel 22:27-31   Bad leaders governed Israel. Their example plunged the land into idolatry, oppression, robbery, corruption, murders, and extortion. Her religious leaders compromised God’s word and produced weak saints. The land was doomed to punishment; God wished it wasn’t, but He could do nothing about it because justice demanded it. Hence, He sought a man who would plead for mercy...
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A GENEROUS RELIGION

"Then Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, "One thing you lack: Go your way, sell whatever you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven." ~ Mark 10:17-22    REFERENCE: Mark 10:17-22   The world may not agree, but religion has significantly influenced man's engagement with his society. In most cases, it has tamed his propensity for evil and appetite for the forbidden. This is even more accurate with life in Christ Jesus; Jesus came to make us new men with the nature of God. Giving is the most prominent expression of God's...
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COMPLETE VICTORY

"He stripped all the spiritual tyrants in the universe of their sham authority at the Cross and marched them naked through the streets." ~ Colossians 2:15 (MSG)   REFERENCE: Colossians 2:11-15 (MSG)   The enemy of man, and especially believers, is the devil. He is the serpent of old that has hounded man from the Garden of Eden. He is responsible for many tears, pains, divorces, fears, failures, sicknesses, etc. Our fight is against him; for we wrestle not against flesh and blood but against principalities and power. When Jesus died on the cross, he gave us a complete victory. April is...
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BUT I SAY

“You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.” ~ Matthew 5:27-28   REFERENCE:  Matthew 5:21-22; 27-28; 31-35 & 43-44   God created the heavens and the earth with His spoken words. Genesis 1:3 says, “Then God said, “Let there be light…” verse 4 says, “And God saw the light….” The Almighty God shaped His world with words; He changed what was unpleasant to a beautiful sight with spoken words....
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