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THE GRASS IS ALWAYS GREEENER…

Now it came to pass…that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehem, Judah, went to dwell in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons. Ruth 1:1 REFERENCE Ruth 1:1-7 Tough and trying situations are not meant to destroy you but to create opportunities for your faith to shine forth; God expects you to go through and come out victorious. Elimelech and his wife Naomi may have started out in marriage with a pleasant experience and things working out for them. However, they encountered some tough times and they decided...
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SEEK TO KNOW GOD

Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, nor was the word of the LORD yet revealed to him.  I Samuel 3:7   REFERENCE I Samuel 3:1-9   Though Samuel had been ministering in the temple of God for some years, he still didn’t know the Lord. He read the scrolls, but it was just a closed book to him, and he never received a word from God through it or from it.   It is possible to be serving in church and not know the God of the church. You can be so faithful and overburdened with church activities that...
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STRENGTH TO BRING FORTH

And they said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah: ‘This day is a day of trouble and rebuke and blasphemy; for the children have come to birth, but there is no strength to bring them forth. Isaiah 37:3    REFERENCE Isaiah 37:1-3 The picture here painted is that of a woman at the point of delivery, yet lacking the strength to give the ‘final push’; it is indeed a disheartening one. Sometimes in our everyday lives, we get to this point, the point where something or an idea we have been pregnant with for “9 months” (indicative of its full term)...
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LIVE THE NEW LIFE!

When someone becomes a Christian, he becomes a brand new person inside. He is not the same anymore. A new life has begun! - II Corinthians 5:17 (TLB)   REFERENCE II Corinthians 5:17 (TLB)   Christianity is more than a religion; it is more than church attendance or membership. It is the very life of God lived out in man. Your salvation is more than just an escape route to heaven – it qualifies you for abundant life (John 10:10) and to reign in life through Jesus (Rom. 5:17). When you became ‘saved,’ you didn’t go from a lost worm...
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JOSEPH: FRUITFUL TO FORGET

Then Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it on Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands knowingly, for Manasseh was the firstborn. Genesis 48:14 REFERENCE Genesis 41:50-52 & 48:8-19 Manasseh and Ephraim were Joseph’s sons born to him in the land of his affliction – Egypt; so he named them according to his experiences. He named his first, son ‘Manasseh’ which is interpreted to mean, ‘God has made me forget all my toil’ and the second he named, ‘Ephraim’ – ‘God has caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.’ But when Joseph brought his...
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JOSEPH: THE ARCHERS SHOT AT HIM

The archers have bitterly grieved him, shot at him and hated him. But his bow remained in strength… Genesis 49:23-24 REFERENCE Genesis 49:22-26 Joseph had many enemies; called ‘Archers’ because they were skillful to do mischief and were masters of the art of persecution. They hated him. They shot their poisonous arrows at him, and thus they sorely grieved him. These archers were: a. His Brothers: They hated him because of his dreams and his father’s love. They were very spiteful towards him, mocked him, stripped him, and sold him, hoping he would die. b. Potiphar’s wife: She shot at...
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JOSEPH: THE PRICE OF A DREAM

Now Joseph had a dream, and he told it to his brothers; and they hated him even more. Genesis 37:5   REFERENCE Genesis 37:3-11   In the next few days, we will be looking at the remarkable life and story of Joseph – who had a revelation and suffered a reversal, yet he realized his dream at the end of it all. May his story inspire you to follow through with your life-long dreams, regardless of the setbacks you sometimes suffer.   Joseph’s two dreams which are described in the Bible, spoke of greatness; God gave him these big dreams because...
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WORKING FOR GOOD

The blessings of your father have excelled the blessings of my ancestors… They shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him who was separate from his brothers.  Genesis 49:26 REFERENCE Genesis 49:22-26 & 50:18-20 Some of the things which God allows you to go through in life may seem unpleasant and overwhelming but they are often meant to train you for the   bigger tasks and roles ahead. That is why you should be faithful and diligent wherever you are right now; it is just a preparatory school. You may not presently like where...
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THE LORD DELIVERS

Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him out of them all. Psalms 34:19   REFERENCE Psalms 34:17-22   Life comes with its ups and downs and its twists and turns, but there’s a God who in all things, works after the purpose of His will and works all things together for our good. Many are the BUTS (weaknesses, question marks, and misnomers in an otherwise good life) of the righteous, BUT the Lord delivers him out of them all. David who wrote this psalm didn’t write theoretically; he wrote from personal experience. At the time he wrote...
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SHOW EMPATHY

The Lord has brought upon you all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned; and the Lord has delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom your son. So now you are caught in your own evil, because you are a bloodthirsty man! 2 Samuel 16:8   REFERENCE 2 Samuel 16:5-8   It is interesting how people can  make conclusions about the reasons why a person may be going through a particular challenge. We become judges and interpreters of the seasons and events of people’s lives, when in actual sense, we have no clue...
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