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FIRST

PUT GOD FIRST

“But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.” – Matthew 6:33   REFERENCE: Matthew 6:25-33   One of the great athletes in Britain, Eric Liddell, was to run for Britain in the 1924 Olympic games. He was a Christian. When the preliminary heats of his best event, 100 meters race, was set on a Sunday, Liddell quietly but firmly refused to run. The day of 400 meters race came, and as Liddell went to the starting blocks, an unknown man slipped a piece of paper in his hand with a...
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ELIZABETH HAS CONCEIVED

“…Elizabeth your relative has also conceived a son in her old age; and this is now the sixth month for her who was called barren. For with God nothing will be impossible.” – Luke 1:36-37   REFERENCE: Luke 1:26-37   The news that a virgin would have a child without ‘knowing’ a man was preposterous for Mary. She was to expect what had never happened before to happen in her life, and as expected, she wondered how. To bolster her faith in the impossible, the angel told her, “Elizabeth has conceived, and she that was termed barren is six months pregnant.”  Elizabeth...
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MY LOT

YOU MAINTAIN MY LOT

“O Lord, You are the portion of my inheritance and my cup; You maintain my lot. The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places; yes, I have a good inheritance.” ~ Psalm 16:5-6   REFERENCE: Psalm 16:1-6   God loves you and has your good at heart. Can you let this picture sink into your spirit? If you do, it will bring you to a place of peace, being able to hand your life and affairs into God’s hands assured that He will seek your good always. The Psalmist had this assurance, which is why he could say, “You maintain...
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Go away

YOUR DESTROYERS SHALL GO AWAY

“Your sons shall make haste; your destroyers and those who laid you waste shall go away from you.” ~ Isaiah 49:17   REFERENCE:  Isaiah 49:14-21   These verses speak of the restoration of captive Israel. Wasted by the gentiles, God said He was mindful of them and would not forget them, signaling their recovery and return from captivity. To initiate recovery, the destroyers who laid their nation waste shall be made to go away. An undeniable fact is the reality of invisible (sometimes visible) powers and forces that tyrannize and harass man. They stand to oppose progress and subvert every attempt he makes at making...
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DREAMS

THE FUTURE OF DREAMS

“Come therefore, let us now kill him and cast him into some pit; and we shall say, ‘Some wild beast has devoured him.’ We shall see what will become of his dreams!” – Genesis 37:20   REFERENCE: Genesis 37:5-20   God gives dreams to give us a glimpse of His plans and what our future holds. If God gives you a dream, He desires that someday, you live and walk in its reality; He never lies or deceives us. Dreams from God are advertisements of great things to come. The future of dreams is their fulfillment, but the devil works hard...
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CARPENTERS

FOUR CARPENTERS

“These are the horns which have scattered Judah, so that no man did lift up his head: but these (carpenters) are come to fray them, to cast out the horns of the Gentiles, which lifted up their horn over the land of Judah to scatter it.” ~ Zechariah 1:21 (KJV)   REFERENCE: Zechariah 1:18-21 (KJV)   Our text tells how four destroying horns ravaged Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem. The devastation was such that nobody lifted their heads; bowed down by oppression, sorrow, and misery, the people lost their confidence. However, God would send four carpenters to restore their hope and land....
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Debt

ALL DEBTS CANCELLED

“He canceled the unfavorable record of our debts with its binding rules and did away with it completely by nailing it to the cross.” ~ Colossians 2:14 (GNT)   REFERENCE:  Colossians 2:11-15 (GNT)   Oh, the blessing of the death of Jesus Christ on the cross! All men born of a woman owe God a debt of sin because of Adam’s sin. The Law of Moses extended to man the hope of forgiveness and access to God. However, unable to keep it, man fell short of its righteous requirements and became indebted to God. A record of his debt was kept. This...
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tragedy

ROOFTOP TRAGEDY

“Then it happened one evening that David…walked on the roof of the king’s house. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful to behold.” ~ II Samuel 11:2   REFERENCE: II Samuel 11:1-7   King David was a man after God’s heart, a valiant warrior, the sweet psalmist of Israel, a giant slayer, and the famed shepherd turned king. He had it all going for him; the love of his people and the conquest of all enemies. However, the enemy that would conquer him was lurking within his heart. That conquest began from the rooftop...
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THE TENT OF THE RIGHTEOUS

“The house of the wicked will be overthrown, but the tent of the upright will flourish.” – Proverbs 14:11   REFERENCE: Proverbs 14:11 Our text compares two kinds of dwellings; a house and a tent. One belongs to the wicked, made with wood, stones, and bricks, and gets thrown down. The other belongs to the righteous, made from cloth or tarpaulin, and will flourish. This scripture may not refer to physical structures, but to the home, enterprise, family, industry, etc., of both the wicked and the upright. Hence, it is good to consider the truth revealed therein using physical structures as...
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UNBELIEF

HELP MY UNBELIEF

“Immediately the father of the child cried out and said with tears, “Lord, I believe; help my unbelief!” ~ Mark 9:24   REFERENCE: Mark 9:14-27   As we look through the scriptures, we see that mountains can move, the dead can live again, the lame can walk, the blind can see, and little can multiply and become much. The God of the Bible is omnipotent; all things are possible with Him. His power knows no limit, and we have not fully seen the extent of His exploits. The only thing that ties His hands in a man’s life is unbelief. The father of...
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