spirit of hurriness - DN

Trust it's a help to someone

Isa 52:12 For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for the LORD will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rereward.

Ye shall not go out with haste ....I see a picture here of someone who is in such a hurry to get something done, it didn't get done right. In response, they're commanded or directed to do it over but this time slow down, take your time and do it if right.

It seems like everyone is in a hurry!
I'll never forget hearing this many years ago as a young preacher.
It was said, the worlds motto is, hurry,worry, and burry.
I thought if that was so then, how much truer is it today.

There's a spirit of hurriness about us today.
In a hurry for their meal. It's a drive through fix, and by the way, after 14 years of evangelism I hate drive through's. (I had rather get a root canal! WELL ALMOST HAD RATHER GET A ROOT CANANL ) They never get it right! So you now have to wait, while they redo your order!
Parents in a hurry for their child to take that first step, say that first word etc. It's not until they are sitting at a graduation service or waiting and watching for that bride to come down that we wish we had taken more time ..

You may be sure that God will never say to us, "Stand still," "Sit still," or "Be still," unless He is going to do something.
So today, let's try to slow down, it might be the Lord just might,

Speak to Us - wouldn't you like to hear his voice? Have him to call your name?
Show US - David said, open thou my eyes, that I might behold wonderful things from thy law.

Our Heavenly Father can definitely show you some things!

REV DN
 

Recognizing our need - AG

Recognizing our need

Nehemiah 9:33 Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly.

The hardest part of life is admitting our weakness or need. Most want to be right with God but do not want to think of themselves as failing God in any way. We want to feel good about ourselves.

The Bible truth would be that you can’t feel good about yourself without help. We have sinned. We have messed up. We need to humble ourselves and realize that before God we have failed.

We admit that He is right and that we are wrong. We acknowledge that we deserve punishment. We are grateful that He would forgive us and give us new life.

We need to stop the blaming and comparing games we play. We look at others and think that we are doing pretty good. We compare ourselves to those that are doing worse than we are. We change the measuring system from God to others.

Salvation is yours when you recognize your need of Jesus and turn from yourself to Him. Will, you quit thinking so highly of yourself and admit you need outside help. Will you trust Jesus Christ to save you by what He did on the cross of Calvary.

Rev AG

 

Faith and reason work together - TE

Faith and reason work together.

God has given convincing reasons for people to have faith in him:

natural revelation (i.e., nature and conscience) (Psalm 19:1; Rom 1:18-22; 2:14-15),

historical evidences (Acts 1:1-3; 2:32; 3:15; 5:30-32; 10:39-41; 1Cor 15:3-8),

confirming miracles (Isa 7:14; Jn 2:18-21; 20:30-31; Acts 2:22; 2Cor 12:12; Heb 2:4),

fulfilled prophecies (Isa 53; Dan 9:26; Luke 21:6; Jn 2:18-21; 1Cor 15:3-4).

God uses reasoning to persuade people to have faith in him (Isa 1:18; Mark 11:22; Acts 17:2; 18:4, 19, 28; 19:26; 27:25; 1Cor 14:24; 2Cor 5:11; Titus 1:9).

Brother TE

Our Unchanging and Unmovable God - DN

Our Unchanging and Unmovable God
Psalms 46:5
God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved:
One of my favorite hymns we sing is
How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord.
It is a hymn that for over two centuries has assured believers of the faithfulness of Christ and the certainty of hope. The first verse states,
How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord, Is laid for your faith in His excellent word! What more can He say than to you He hath said— To you who for refuge to Jesus have fled?
I have discovered, Gods actions and our actions are as different as the sky is from the earth.
We are easily moved!
1. People move us:
2. Problems move us:
3. Principalities move us:
4. Places move us:
In the midst of our unstable Life that's constantly changing and moving, we have a hope to cling to.
The truth being taught is that while we are so easily moved, God is not.
He is our stability.
To experience this stability, he must be the center of our life and attention.
Psalms 125:1 reveals a wonderful truth,
They that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth forever.

The Scottish writer said it this way,
Who clings to God in constant trust; As Zion's mount he stands full just,
And who moves not, nor yet does reel; But stands forever strong as steel!!

REVDN

 

Walking or Waiting - DN

Walking or Waiting

And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land before thee: begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit his land. Deut.2:31

Two things I find here at hand.
1. God's Role: Deliverer and giver - I have began to deliver. (He's a deliverer)
2. Our Responsibility: begin to possess
Our responsibility is advancing and as we advance he is with us, making a way. 
They were not to wait until God had delivered and shouted come on over its done.
They were to hear, because he was near. They were to step forward to discover one mightier than them and their task was with them to conquer and deliver.

Speaking for myself, Waiting and patience sometimes is not my greatest virtue. We live in a time that is spent in HASTE! Been said our motto is, ( Hurry, Worry and Burry ) 
1.We are to wait on His Word:
He guides and directs us with a word. 
The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord and so are his Stops.
2.We are to wait on him to Walk: Sometimes He walks slow.

3. Sometimes God is waiting on us.
We hear him, and tarry while waiting on him to make a way, clear a path.
A. When the Children of Israel were at Jordan, the waters did not part until they stepped into it's stream. 
B. The 10 lepers were not cleansed until they went in obedience. ( had they waited to see their cleansing, they would have remained leprous )

Reckon what we are missing out on by tarring and waiting on him to show up, when he is already near and waiting on us?

 

REV DN

 

Give us this day - revDB

Give us this day our daily bread. Matt:6:11

Jesus taught His disciples to pray. In His prayer, he taught them to ask God for their daily bread. Jesus was teaching them, and us, not to pray for the needs of tomorrow, but for the needs of today.

When we focus on tomorrow we invite worry into our lives. Let us live today and trust God to provide for our daily needs.

 

REVDB

 

The Law of the Old Testament - DB

Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy but to fulfill. Matt. 5:17

The first five book of the Bible or known as the Books of the Law. In Hebrew, they are known as the Torah. Jesus did not come to destroy the law but to fulfill it. In His life and in His death He fulfilled every requirement of the Law.

He also filled the law with meaning and purpose. He did not focus on outward shows of piety, but on the condition of the heart. He showed us that the law was not a cold tablet of stone, but a warm heart of love.

 

REV DB