And every day Mordecai paced in front of the court of the women’s quarters, to learn of Esther’s welfare and what was happening to her. - Esther 2:11 REFERENCE Esther 2:5-10 & 15-18 Some people’s purpose may never earn them fame or worldwide acclaim. They may never be celebrated or even make newspaper headlines, but they are most important in heaven’s equation, because they help to birth great people. Their divine call may simply be to make another person shine or to help their bosses or organizations to excel. The great evangelist, D.L. Moody was well-known, but according...
You will arise and have mercy on Zion; for the time to favor her, yes, the set time, has come. - Psalm 102:13 REFERENCE Psalm 102:13-16 Time is an all-important factor in fulfilling your purpose. A lack of understanding of timing can make you miss all that God has planned for you through discouragement or lack of proper discernment. Jerusalem did not recognize (could not discern) the time of her visitation in Jesus, and she still pays for it today (Luke 19:43-44). There is a time allotted to the fulfillment of your purpose and when that time comes, everything will...
Get out of your country, from your family and from your father’s house, to a land that I will show you. – Genesis 12:1 REFERENCE Genesis 12:1-9 God’s instruction to Abraham as seen in our text was simple, “Get out of your country…to a land I will show you.” Imagine what would have become of Abraham’s purpose in life if he had disobeyed or ignored that instruction. With the final outcome of Abraham’s decision to move to the land God told him to go to, we can tell that someone’s location is an important factor when it comes to fulfilling purpose....
To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven - Ecclesiastes 3:1 REFERENCE Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 Every human being on earth has a purpose; a reason why they were created by God. We were not created by mistake, regardless of our family background, geographical location or the circumstances of our birth (out of wedlock, with a birth defect, etc.). God had a specific purpose He wanted us to fulfill before He made us. Purpose is simply ‘a target you want to reach or the reason for which something is done.’ It is God’s desire that you fulfill the purpose for which...
But as for you, you meant evil against me; BUT GOD meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive. Genesis 50:20 REFERENCE Genesis 50:15-21 God is a faithful God who makes sure His promises in our lives always come to pass. Joseph must have been overwhelmed by God’s commitment to His word and His accuracy in fulfilling dreams. The honor and promotion he had as a Prime Minister was good enough for him, but God, wanting him to know that He fulfills dreams, made his brothers to come bow down to...
Then the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison (with Joseph), had a dream, both of them…and each man’s dream with its own interpretation. - Genesis 41:5 REFERENCE Genesis 40:5-13 & 41:1-16 When you are a dreamer, God brings you into the company of other dreamers; oftentimes, not in the best of settings, like Joseph and his prison inmates. The intent however, is you help them interpret their dreams. People are never in your life for no reason. They come because your dream calls to their dreams and vice versa…and...
While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, winter and summer, and day and night shall not cease. - Genesis 8:22 REFERENCE Genesis 8:15-22 Money represents our time and energy, a means of exchange. Therefore, parting with it for God says we love Him and value Him more than money. It is one way we express our worship to God. Many people get uptight when they hear about giving in church, they think it is for the benefit of the church; YES, but it is more for your benefit…It is a SET UP for a financial...
A certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, saying, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the Lord. And the creditor is coming to take my two sons to be his slaves.” - II Kings 4:1 REFERENCE II Kings 4:1-7 The bible does not directly forbid the borrowing of money; neither does it encourage borrowing. It counsels however, that getting into debt is not usually a good idea because a debt puts you at the mercy of the lender. Nevertheless, in some situations going...
So when they were filled, He said to His disciples, “Gather up the fragments that remain, so that nothing is lost.” - John 6:12 REFERENCE John 6:4-13 Many people are where they are today financially because of the way they handle or manage their money. Sometimes when people have a lot of money, they become prodigal because they keep spending without really taking stock of their outflow. It is as if a hole has been cut in their 'pocket' and it can't keep money. We see from our text that God hates waste; especially because many are starving....
And let them gather all the food of those good years that are coming, and store up grain…and let them keep food in the cities. Then that food shall be as a reserve for the land for the seven years of famine - Genesis 41:35&36 REFERENCE Genesis 41:25-36 It is obvious from our passage that both good and bad times come in life. Thus, it behooves you to take advantage of the high times in your life in order to successfully sail through the low periods. Life does throw surprises! Many people, without expecting it, have lost their...