Trusting God through every season, prayer, and the daily walk of worship.
“God is good to both the righteous and the unrighteous… A relationship between two people, such as husband and wife, is built on faith. Without that decision to believe and trust the other person, no amount of niceness will improve that relationship. People cheat on people who are nice to them and on people who are cruel. Niceness doesn’t prevent infidelity. Faithfulness is a decision to believe and trust. Faithfulness is a choice.”
“Isn’t God gracious? That in punishing us, He was so merciful to punish us far less than we deserved. Where Israelites deserved extinction like other wicked nations, He only sent them to captivity for seventy years. What is seventy years compared to extinction? Isn’t that far less than what they deserved?”
“Without separation and distinction we fail. Without separation and distinction our faith makes no difference. Without separation and distinction we have no evangelistic purpose to invite people to something better. Without separation and distinction we are not truly converted. Without separation and distinction it means we love the world more than God. We need to be separate and distinct!”
Does the house of God, the church, need human security? Do religious leaders need bodyguards? Can God provide security for His church and people, without need for security? Is use of security also a lack of faith?
“Your relationship with God affects your school work, job, business, health, money, relationships, and your spiritual life. How you relate with God determines how peaceful and happy you will be. Good relationship good life, bad relationship bad life!”
“There is no greatness in a person who feels entitled…Entitlement to first and fast service while others are queuing. Entitlement to getting freely what others are paying for. Entitlement to rules being broken to serve your interests. Entitlement to unearned respect. Entitlement kills greatness!”
“The three years may be symbolic or literal, but after three years God will grant justice. After three years the untouchable powerful boss will be touched. After three years the powerful terrifying schemer will lose power. After three years the intimidating spouse, parent, children, relatives, neighbors and colleagues will be intimidated. After three years!”
“After such a lesson, we still can’t believe that salvation is free. Therefore we ask questions to prove that good behavior is important. This is because we want it to be by merit. The simple and correct answer is that good works, good behavior in us is produced by the Holy Spirit in us AFTER SALVATION. It is not our efforts. Therefore you can’t brag about it nor present it as evidence that you are better than others. You realize that you are still the chief of sinners!”
“Under what circumstances can the best be beaten by the inferior? How can the best lose to the not so best? How did Israel dispossess nations greater than them, stronger than them, and better than them?”