“And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;”
Ephesians 6:17
God has given us one weapon to use…His Word. Are you using it to fend off the devil by knowing the Word as Jesus did when He was tempted in the wilderness!!! We also use the weapon to try and protect others and bring them into the Kingdom of God by showing them how to obtain salvation from the Word of God!
Use your weapon as designed by God!
Tom
“Then Moses said to the Lord, “O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before nor since You have spoken to Your servant; but I am slow of speech and slow of tongue.” So the Lord said to him, “Who has made man’s mouth? Or who makes the mute, the deaf, the seeing, or the blind? Have not I, the Lord? Now therefore, go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall say.””
Exodus 4:10-12
As God told Moses to go and speak to Pharaoh to let His people go, Jesus tells us to go and share the gospel. As Moses made excuses about speaking, we make excuses about what we can’t share the gospel. God tells Moses He will be with Him. God is with us as well through the Holy Spirit!
As Moses ended up obeying may we obey as well. Tell folks about Jesus so they have the opportunity to repent of their sins and put their faith in Christ!
Tom
“So David inquired of the Lord, saying, “Shall I pursue this troop? Shall I overtake them?” And He answered him, “Pursue, for you shall surely overtake them and without fail recover all.””
I Samuel 30:8
In
Many of David’s decisions he inquired of the Lord to see what he should do. We would be wise to do the same in our decision making. Then do what God reveals to us!
Tom
“So Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, “It is not in me; God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace.””
Genesis 41:16
May we remember as Joesph did in interpreting his dreams that every ability we have comes from the Lord! Give him praise!
Tom
“The Lord was with Joseph.
Genesis 39:2a
Joesph had an up and down life…sold into slavery by brothers, made top servant, accused of rape and put in prison, and made second in command of Egypt but the Lord was with him because he was faithful to God.
May we also be able to claim the Lord was with me!!! Be faithful to the Lord.
Tom
Taken from “Our Daily Bread”.
The Benefits of Worship
The Westminster Shorter Catechism of Faith states, "Man's chief end is to glorify God and to enjoy Him forever." To glorify God—that's worship! To enjoy Him forever-that's the all-encompassing reward that includes these specific benefits:
FORGIVENESS. True worshipers recognize God's holiness and accept His forgiveness (ROMANS 5:1; 1 JOHN 1:9). Through worship they're purified.
GUIDANCE. Those who honor God will be given wisdom and will receive His guidance day by day (PSALM 25:4-12; PROVERBS 1:7; 3:5-6).
PROVISION. Jesus said that God will meet our material needs if we give Him first place in our lives (MATTHEW 6:33; SEE ALSO PSALM 23; 37:3-6).
LOVE. The love of God is experienced in the hearts of all those who are true worshipers (PSALM 63:3; JOHN 14:21, 23; ROMANS 5:5).
POWER. To all who give God the glory He deserves, He gives the enablement to do the things He requires of them
(2 CORINTHIANS 12:7-10; EPHESIANS 3:14-21; PHILIPPIANS 4:13).
PROTECTION. God faithfully watches over all who acknowledge Him, and He keeps them in all of life's changing circumstances (PSALM 5:11~12; 1 PETER 1:5).
GLORY. All true worshipers of God will one day be glorified.
They'll inherit a new heaven and a new earth and join a company of believers and angels in perfect, uninterrupted worship (2 PETER 3:13; 1 JOHN 3:2; REVELATION 19:1-10).
Good stuff!
Tom
“Bless the Lord, O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name! Bless the Lord, O my soul, And forget not all His benefits: Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases, Who redeems your life from destruction, Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies, Who satisfies your mouth with good things, So that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.”
Psalms 103:1-5
Slowly read this. Add your own blessings to it. Then give praise to the Lord! He is good!
Tom
“Therefore be imitators of God as dear children.”
Ephesians 5:1
How do we imitate God? Learn about Jesus and how He lived and treated people and then do the same!!! It is our duty as followers of Him!
Tom
“Yet you have not listened to Me,” says the Lord, “that you might provoke Me to anger with the works of your hands to your own hurt.”
Jeremiah 25:7
Judah did not listen to God and turn from their evil ways thus God would judge them and send them into Babylon captivity for 70 years! May we be warned as well! If we don’t listen to God His judgement will come upon us as well!
Tom
“Then Job answered the Lord and said: “I know that You can do everything, And that no purpose of Yours can be withheld from You. You asked, ‘Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?’ Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, Things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.”
Job 42:1-3
Sometimes we say things or think things about God that are not true like Job did. We need to repents of those things! God will forgive us. Let us be very careful about our dealings with God!
Tom
“My help comes from the Lord, Who made heaven and earth. He will not allow your foot to be moved; He who keeps you will not slumber.”
Psalms 121:2-3
For those who truly follow Jesus always remember who keeps you!!! He does!!! He never rests and will not allow you to be moved from your salvation!
Praise the Lord!
Tom
“For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.”
Romans 12:3
We are wise to stay humble. We are nothing! God is everything! The only thing we have to brag on is Jesus!!! So if we are to talk then talk about what Jesus has done!
Tom
“We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers; remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;”
1 Thessalonians 1:2-3
As followers of Jesus we have work to do for the Lord. Loving others and sharing the gospel. We also have. Another work to do…praying for missionaries around the world who are doing the work of the Lord. I hope we remember them as it says above “without ceasing “!!! Many have forsaken all the comforts of home to give others the opportunity for salvation in Christ!
Pray church pray!!!
Tom
“He hath made every thing beautiful in his time.
Ecclesiastes 3:11a
Remember we are on God’s time not ours. He is in control. For His followers everything will be perfect and beautiful in His time!!!
Thank you Lord and help us continue on no matter what we are going through!
Tom
