Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing…Ezra 1:1 REFERENCE Ezra 1:1-6 “That the word of The Lord might […]

But the Philistines took him (Samson), and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house. Judges 16:21 REFERENCE Judges 16:4-31 Samson’s name means the sun. The account of his life indeed reflects the rising and setting of the Sun. […]

So Delilah said to Samson, “Tell me the secret of your great strength and how you can be tied up and subdued.” Judges 16:6 REFERENCE Judges 16:1-17 Today, we see Samson, a man with a great purpose, great power and great passion, tethering on the edge of sin, fighting his greatest battle of all against […]

Then his father and mother said to him, “Is there no woman among the daughters of your brethren, or among all my people, that you must go and get a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines?” And Samson said to his father, “Get her for me, for she pleases me well.” Judges 14:3 REFERENCE Judges 14:1-3 A passionate person is one […]

Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon him mightily, and he went down to Ashkelon and killed thirty of their men, took their apparel, and gave the changes of clothing to those who had explained the riddle. Judges 14:19 REFERENCE Judges 14:1-19 Samson was a man greatly anointed with the Spirit of might; he […]

For behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. And no razor shall come upon his head, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb; and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines. Judges 13:5 REFERENCE Judges 13:1-14 Wow! What outstanding announcement concerning a person’s destiny! Even before […]

Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.  Matthew 18:3 REFERENCE Matthew 18:1-5 Do you remember when you were a child? The hopes, the dreams, the innocence, and the living in a world of possibilities? You believed you could be […]

Moreover, it is required in stewards that one be found faithful.  I Corinthians 4:2 REFERENCE I Corinthians 4:2&7 A steward is someone employed to manage the property of another person. Every true believer must know that all He has belongs to God and he has only been given those things to manage. C.S. Lewis said in […]

For I know that this will turn out for my deliverance through your prayer and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, according to my earnest expectation and hope that in nothing I shall be ashamed… Philippians 1:19-20 REFERENCE Philippians 1:19-20 Paul shows us the secret of his joy in prison as he wrote the book […]

…Until the kingdoms of this world become the kingdom of our God and of His Christ. Revelation 11:15 REFERENCE Revelation 11:15 In this series, we have seen that if Christians do not rise to the top of the seven mountains of influence in this world, we may never rise to the level where we will […]