Trusting God through every season, prayer, and the daily walk of worship.
The sins of the southern kingdom are blamed on its capital city, Jerusalem. The sins of the northern kingdom are blamed on its capital city, Samaria. God knows something about the capital cities. God blames the capital cities!
Preach against them? Is that professional? Preaching a sermon targeting someone? A sermon full of condemnation? Is it right? A sermon against a specific person or group of people? How should you react if a preacher deliberately targets you in their sermon? What options are available to you who is targeted by a sermon that is preached against you?
We care about our public opinion. We care about what people think and say about us. Even when we are advised not to care, we still care. One way we are controlled is by being told to mind what people will see and say. Since we must care, then it is good to find a way to influence what people think and say about us. We must know how to best influence public opinion!
Should preachers be introduced to the congregation? If not, why not? If yes, how elaborate should the introduction be? What should be mentioned and what should not be mentioned? To introduce or not to introduce preachers?
Prophet Joel has received and is now reporting bad news that is coming upon the land of Israel. Disaster after disaster. What Joel is saying is scary and dreadful. The bad news flows uninterrupted until our text today brings the most desired interruption. From Joel, we learn how to interrupt bad news and events!
If God brought me here, I can’t worship you or treat you as if without you I wouldn’t be here. If God brought me here, I would not confuse you for God, even if you were instrumental for my being here…If God brought me here, I can’t hate you or revenge and harm your children. God allowed you to act as Satan’s agent in my life. How I got here? Not you not me but God!
God is depicted as being served by all sorts of creatures and beings. God is depicted as operating in an environment far removed from anything we can associate with. While we serve God within our limitations and imperfections, Ezekiel depicts God as being served in heaven by beings who are extremely orderly and excellent in motion. They perfectly execute their service to God in a manner that leaves us in awe.
To say that you are too young means, you think and believe you will do this work by yourself and therefore you need maturity and experience. Yet the work will be done by God through you. If God is working through you, it doesn’t matter how old you are. Therefore do not say that you are too young!
Who are Survivors? Is it only people who survive? Without survivors how would it be? Would God leave Survivors today as He did in the past?