For where there is a testament, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. – Hebrews 9:16 Jesus died and named you as an heir in the Will. That’s the Gospel message. You are an heir of the promises of Abraham and a joint-heir with Christ. What would happen if you decided to embrace …
Monthly Archives: February 2017
It’s just a matter of time
And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise. – Hebrews 6:15 Endurance is a function of opposition. Patience is a function of time…a long time. Patient endurance is a function of dealing with opposition over a long time. You will receive everything God promised you. Not because of your works, but because …
Because you don’t believe
So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief. – Hebrews 3:19 The biggest Giant keeping you out of the land, is the fact that you don’t believe. It isn’t the lack of time or money or allies or resources or opportunities or encouragement or any of the things that keep blocking your …
Turnaround in your story
who once was unprofitable to you, but now is profitable to you and to me. – Philemon 1:11 Yes, they’re right. Up until now you’ve been a failure, a disappointment, a series of unfortunate events and transactions that each netted you a loss instead of a gain. But guess what? Today is the day for …
Fighting, finishing, keeping
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. – 2 Timothy 4:7 Fighting the good fight. Finishing the race. Keeping the faith. That’s all you’re called to do: fight, finish, and keep. And the reason there’s no mention of winning…is because you’re fighting a fight and running …
If you want to be a billionaire
For as he hath thought in his soul, so is he, ‘Eat and drink,’ saith he to thee, And his heart is not with thee. – Proverbs 23:7 If you want to be a billionaire, solve a problem that affects a billion people. In other words: think bigger…even bigger than that. As a man thinketh in …
Prisoner of Christ
I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that you walk worthy of the vocation with which you are called, – Ephesians 4:1 Prisoner. a person who is or feels confined or trapped by a situation or set of circumstances. That’s what you are. Only, your imprisonment is in Christ and of Christ. Your …
Fearless confidence
Do not, therefore, fling away your [fearless] confidence, for it has a glorious and great reward. – Hebrews 10:35 Pop the cork, wrap your lips around the cold green glass lip of the bottle…and drink deeply from the fearless confidence that you’re keeping behind glass, in storage, for a special occasion. Today is that special occasion. This …
Wanna play?
Therefore be imitators of God as dear children. – Ephesians 5:1 Do what He says, and do what He does. That’s the game Jesus played on Earth, copying His Father in Heaven. And each breath is an opportunity to join in the game. Wanna play?
The Maker of all things
For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. – Colossians 1:16 …lives in you. And loves you. And is guiding your steps. And is shaping you into …