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Theology Leads to Godly Living (Insights in NT)

5/5/2013

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Often people devalue theology, but it should lead to godly living. Understanding Christ's Melchizedek priesthood of indestructible life helps you intercede in His name for deliverance from sin and walk in the New Covenant with God's word in your heart and mind. Understanding the Old Testament tabernacle helps you prioritize Christ's sacrifice on the cross so you trust His blood for forgiveness of sin and the Holy Spirit to defeat spiritual enemies as you draw near to God, encourage others and accept persecution for eternal reward.

Exalt in Christ's Melchizedek Priesthood of Indestructible Life
Melchizedek blessed Abraham who gave him a tenth of everything. As the king of righteousness and peace without genealogy, Melchizedek remained a priest forever like the Son of God. Levi collected the tenth and also paid it through Abraham being unborn in the body of his ancestor. Because the Melchizedek priesthood brought perfection and superseded the Levitical priesthood, a change of law was required. Being a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek was based on the power of an indestructible life. The former, weak and useless Levitical regulation was set aside for a better hope so one could draw near to God. Jesus guaranteed a better covenant being a priest forever because of God's oath of not changing His mind (Heb. 7:1-22). Exalt in Christ's Melchizedek priesthood of indestructible life.

Intercede for Deliverance From Bondage to Sin
Jesus lived forever as a permanent priesthood. He was able to save completely those who came to God through Him because He always lived to make intercede for them. This high priest met peoples' needs because He was holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners and exalted above the heavens. He sacrificed for their sins once for all when He offered Himself. The oath appointed the Son who was made perfect forever (Heb. 7:23-28). Intercede for deliverance from bondage to sin. 

Walk with God's Word in Heart and Mind
This high priest sat down at the right hand of the Majesty's throne in heaven. Earthly priests served as a copy and shadow of what was in heaven. God warned Moses to build the tabernacle according to His pattern shown on the mountain. Jesus' ministry, mediated covenant and promises were superior to the old one. He made a new covenant with the house of Israel and Judah different than the one broken by their forefathers after leading them out of Egypt. He put His laws in their minds and wrote them on their hearts to be their God and they His people. A man no longer taught His neighbor to know the Lord because they all knew Him. He forgave their wickedness and did not remember their sins. This new covenant made the old one obsolete (Heb. 8:1-13). Walk in new covenant with God's word in your heart and mind.

Understand Tabernacle Foreshadows Christ's Sacrifice for Sin
The first covenant had a tabernacle set up with a lampstand, table and consecrated bread in the Holy Place. Behind the second curtain was the Most Holy Place with the golden altar of incense, gold-covered ark containing the gold jar of manna, Aaron's rod that budded and stone tablets of the covenant. Above the ark were the cherubim of Glory overshadowing the place of atonement. The priests entered regularly into the outer room for their ministry. In the inner room, the high priest offered blood once a year for himself and the peoples' sins committed ignorantly. These external regulations could not clear the worshipers' conscience and were applied until the time of the new order (Heb. 9:1-10). Understand old covenant tabernacle foreshadows Christ's sacrifice for sin.

Trust Christ's Blood for Forgiveness of Sin
Christ entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood obtaining eternal redemption. The sprinkling of the blood of goats, bulls and the ashes of a heifer sanctified people to be outwardly clean. Christ's blood cleansed consciences from acts leading to death so people may serve the living God. Christ as mediator of a new covenant enabled people to receive the eternal inheritance and be set free from sins committed under the first covenant. The law required everything to be cleansed with blood. Without the shedding of blood there was no forgiveness. Christ appeared once for all to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself. Man was destined to die once and then to face judgment. Christ was sacrificed once to take away sins and would appear a second time to bring salvation to those who waited for Him (Heb. 9:11-28). Trust Christ's shed blood on the cross for the forgiveness of sin.

Trust Holy Spirit By Waiting for Christ to Defeat Spiritual Enemies
The law was a shadow and not the reality of the good things to come. Yearly sacrifices could never make people perfect since they were a reminder of sins. It was impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. After Christ did His will by making everyone holy through His one sacrifice, He sat down at God's right hand. Since that time, He waited for His enemies to be made His footstool. The Holy Spirit testified that He would put His laws in their hearts, write them on their minds and not remember their sins (Heb. 10:1-18). Trust Holy Spirit by waiting for Christ to defeat spiritual enemies.

Draw Near to God While Encouraging Others and Accepting Persecution for Eternal Reward
Believers confidently entered the Most Holy Place by Jesus' blood in drawing near to God. They held onto hope with a sincere heart cleansed from a guilty conscience in full assurance of faith and bodies washed with pure water. They considered how to spur one another toward love and good deeds. They kept meeting together for encouragement until the Day approached. No sacrifice for sin was left, but God judged His enemies who kept sinning after receiving the knowledge of the truth. He punished and took revenge on those who insulted the Spirit of grace. His people were publicly exposed to insult and persecution, sympathized with those in prison and accepted the confiscation of their property knowing they had better and lasting possessions. Instead of throwing away confidence of rich reward, they persevered in doing God's will and received His promises in living by faith and not shrinking back (Heb. 10:19-39). Draw near to God while encouraging others and accepting persecution for eternal reward.



Understanding Christ's Melchizedek priesthood of indestructible life helps you do the following: 
1. Intercede in His name for deliverance from sin  
2. Walk in the New Covenant with God's word in your heart and mind. 
Understanding the Old Testament tabernacle helps you do the following:
1. Prioritize Christ's sacrifice on the cross 
2. Trust His blood for forgiveness of sin
3. Trust the Holy Spirit to defeat spiritual enemies
4. Draw near to God 
5. Encourage others
6. Accept persecution for eternal reward



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Prayerwalk and Proclaim God's Message (Insights in Prophets)

4/17/2013

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To pursue a high-impact ministry, beware of falling asleep spiritually, reject personal comfort and stop focusing on personal rights to show concern over peoples' eternal destiny. Consider the miracles of God's sovereignty, call for help in distress and offer thanksgiving so people can know Christ and be delivered. 

Beware Falling Asleep Spiritually By Fleeing God
 
God told Jonah to go to Nineveh and preach against it because of their wickedness. But he fled from the Lord, went down to Joppa, paid the fare and sailed in a ship to Tarshish. The Lord sent a great wind so sailors feared and cried out to his own god while throwing cargo into the sea. But Jonah went below deck, laid down and fell asleep. The captain woke him up and asked that he call on his god so they would not die. The lot fell to Jonah, which revealed he was responsible for the storm. After the sailors  asked what he did, his home city and country and nationality, Jonah answered he was a Hebrew who worshiped the Lord, God of heaven, who made the sea and land. The soldiers asked what he did since they knew he was running away from the Lord (Jonah 1:1-11). Beware falling asleep and hitting bottom spiritually by fleeing God. 

Consider Miracles of God's Sovereignty to Bring People to Christ
Jonah told the sailors to throw him into the sea to make it calm taking blame for the great storm. The men tried rowing back to land and asked the Lord that they not die for killing Jonah since God did as He pleased. They threw him overboard and the sea grew calm. The men greatly feared the Lord and offered a sacrifice to Him. But the Lord provided a great fish to swallow Jonah who was inside it for three days and three nights (Jonah 1:12-17). Consider the miracles of God's sovereignty to bring people to Christ.

Call for Help in Distress to Receive Life and Deliverance
Jonah called for help in his distress while inside the fish. God answered and listened to his cry. After being hurled and waves swept over him, Jonah said he was banished from God's sight but looked again toward His holy temple. The waters threatened and surrounded him while seaweed wrapped around his head. He sank down to the roots of the mountains, but God brought his life up from the pit. When his life ebbed away, Jonah remembered and prayed to the Lord (Jonah 2:1-7). Call for help in distress to receive life and deliverance.

Offer Thanksgiving to Receive God's Grace and Deliverance
Those who clung to worthless idols forfeited God's grace. A sacrifice of thanksgiving brought salvation from the Lord. He commanded the fish and it vomited Jonah on dry land (Jonah 2:8-10). Offer thanksgiving to receive God's grace, salvation and deliverance. 

Prayerwalk and Proclaim God's Message in His Assigned Territory  
God's word came to Jonah a second time to go to Nineveh and proclaim the message He gave him. He obeyed the word and took three days to go through Nineveh. After going a day's journey, Jonah proclaimed, "Forty more days and Nineveh will be destroyed." They believed God, declared a fast and everyone put on sackcloth. Nineveh's king covered himself with sackcloth and issued a proclamation for everyone to fast, be covered with sackcloth, call urgently on God and give up evil ways and violence so He would relent and turn from his fierce anger so they could live. God had compassion and did not bring destruction after they turned from their evil ways (Jonah 3:1-10). Prayerwalk and proclaim God's revealed message in His assigned territory for you.

Reject Personal Comfort to Focus on God's Grace
But Jonah's great anger caused a complaint to God that the reason he wanted to flee to Tarshish was knowing God's grace and compassion who relented from sending calamity. He thought it was better to die than live. Jonah made a shelter east of the city, sat in its shade and waited to see what would happen. The Lord provided a vine to provide shade to ease his discomfort. Jonah was very happy, but the next day God provided a worm to chew the vine and scorching east wind so he grew faint. He said it was better to die than live (Jonah 4:1-8). Reject personal comfort to focus on God's grace that delays sending calamity. 

Stop Focusing On Personal Rights to Show Concern Over Peoples' Eternal Destiny
God asked Jonah if he had a right to be angry about the vine. He answered that he was angry enough to die. The Lord said he had concern over a vine not under his control. Because Nineveh had greater than 120,000 infants and many cattle, should not God be concerned about that great city? (Jonah 4:9-11). Stop focusing on personal rights to show God's concern over peoples' eternal destiny.

To prayerwalk and proclaim God's message in His assigned territory, beware of falling asleep spiritually, reject personal comfort and stop focusing on rights so you can show concern over peoples' eternal destiny. Consider the miracles of God's sovereignty, call for help in distress and offer thanksgiving so people can know and be delivered in Christ. 

The prerequisites in pursuing a high-impact ministry is to show concern over peoples' eternal destiny and the following items hinder it:
1. Beware of falling asleep spiritually
2. Reject personal comfort 
3. Stop focusing on personal rights 
The priorities in pursuing a high impact ministry so people can know Christ and be delivered:
1. Consider the miracles of God's sovereignty
2. Call for help in distress 
3. Offer thanksgiving  

Like Jonah, consider prayer walking  in your workplace and/or neighborhood, care for those around you and share the gospel as God opens up opportunities.

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Steps to Bringing Life to Your City (Insights in Prophets)

4/12/2013

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To bring life to your city, sound the alarm for a sacred assembly so the body of Christ mourns and prays as it returns to a loving God who removes the world's scorn, provides provision to restore life and removes shame. Expect God to pour out His Spirit through prophesies, dreams and visions bringing deliverance, judgment, freedom and life in your city among those who call upon Him. 

Declare a Sacred Assembly To Mourn and Cry Out to God

God told Joel to have various generations share what the locusts ate. He asked the drunkards to wake up and weep because of the wine. A powerful nation invaded God's land with teeth of a lion to ruin vines and fig trees. They mourned like a virgin grieving for her husband. Priests mourned since grain and drink offerings were cut off. Because the fields were ruined and harvest destroyed, farmers and vine growers grieved. The joy of people withered away. Joel commanded those who ministered before God to spend the night in sackcloth because offerings were withheld from the house of God. Priests were to declare a fast and sacred assembly for elders and everyone to cry out to the Lord. The day of the Lord grew near like destruction from the Almighty. Food and granaries dried up, fire devoured the open pastures and burned the trees (Joel 1:1-20). Declare a sacred assembly for everyone to mourn and cry out to God since the economy was destroyed.

Sound the Alarm to Pray Before Destruction
Joel said to blow the trumpet and sound the alarm since the day of the Lord was close. It was a day of darkness and gloom like dawn spreading across the mountains. Before the  massive army, fire devoured the land into a desert waste. Nations were in anguish when the army plunged through defenses without breaking ranks as it rushed upon the city. The sun and moon were darkened. The day of the Lord was great and dreadful. Who could endure it? (Joel 2:1-11). Sound the alarm to pray before destruction comes upon your land. 

Return To a Loving God to Stop the World's Scorn of the Church
God said to return to Him with all their heart in fasting, weeping and mourning. God was gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love. He could leave a blessing with grain and drink offerings offered to Him. Blow a trumpet, declare a holy fast and call a sacred assembly to bring elders, people and children together. Priests were to weep between the temple porch and altar to prevent God from making His inheritance an object of scorn among the nations asking, "Where is their God?" (Joel 2:12-17). Return to a loving God with weeping, fasting and prayer to stop the world's scorn of the church.

Praise God for Provision to Restore Life and Remove Shame
The Lord was jealous for His land, took pity on His people and sent grain and riches to satisfy them. In not making them an object of scorn to the nations again, He drove the northern army far from them. God told them to not fear, but rejoice in Him who did great things. He gave them a teacher for righteousness, sent abundant showers, filled the threshing floors with grain and overflowed their vats with new wine and oil. He repaid them for the years the locusts ate. They had plenty to eat and praised God who worked wonders for them. His people would never again be shamed knowing God was in Israel as their Lord (Joel 2:18-27). Praise God for His generous provision to restore life and remove shame.

Expect God to Pour Out His Spirit and Multiply Deliverance
Afterward, God would pour out His Spirit on everyone so sons and daughters prophesied, old men dreamt dreams and young men saw visions. He even poured out His Spirit on male and female servants. God showed wonders in the heavens and earth with blood, fire, sun turned to darkness and moon to blood before the great and dreadful day of the Lord. Everyone who called on the Lord would be saved.  Deliverance came in Mount Zion and Jerusalem among whom God called (Joel 2:28-32). Expect God to pour out His Spirit through prophesies, dreams and visions bringing deliverance among those who call upon Him.

Expect God's Judgment to Free People From the World
In those days, God restored the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem when He gathered and judged all nations in the Valley of Jehoshaphat. They scattered His people among the nations, divided up His land, casted lots for His people, traded boys for prostitutes and sold girls for wine so they might drink. Were Tyre, Sidon and Philistia repaying God for something He did? If so, God would return it back on their heads since they carried His silver, gold and finest treasures to their temples. They sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks where they were sent far from their homeland. God roused them from the places they were sold and returned on their heads what they did. He sold their children to Judah who sold them to the Sabeans (Joel 3:1-8). Expect God to judge the nations so He could free His people from the world system. 

Trust God as Refuge and Stronghold to Bring Life to Your City
Joel told the nations to prepare for war, rouse the warriors for battle, beat plowshares into swords and pruning hooks into spears. God judged the wicked nations in the Valley of Jehoshaphat. The day of the Lord was near in the valley of decision. The sun and moon were darkened and stars no longer shined. The Lord would roar from Zion as a refuge and stronghold for Israel. God dwelled in His holy hill with foreigners never invading Jerusalem again. In that day, mountains dripped new wine, hills flowed with milk and Judah's ravines ran with water. A fountain flowed out of the Lord's house and watered the valley of acacias. Egypt and Edom were desolate because they shed innocent blood in Judah. Judah and Jerusalem would be inhabited forever. God pardoned their bloodguilt (Joel 3:9-21). Trust God as a refuge and stronghold to bring life to your city.

Will you sound the alarm for a sacred assembly in your city? 
Are you mourning, fasting and calling upon a loving God?
Do you desire to see God stop the world's scorn of the church?
Are you calling upon God for provision to restore life and remove shame in your life and the church?
Are you calling upon God to pour out His Spirit through increased prophesies, dreams and visions?
Are you calling upon God to bring deliverance and life into your city? 



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Blessings of Obeying God (Insights in Law)

11/18/2012

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"This is the secret of joy. We shall no longer strive for our own way; but commit ourselves, easily and simply, to God's way, acquiesce in His will, and in so doing find our peace" (Evelyn Underhill)

Blessings, abundance and significance come as you are obedient to God. Suffering, disease, isolation, poverty and insignificance come from disobedience.

Take some firstfruits from the land for the priest to set down before the altar of the Lord to say that their father was a wandering Aramean in Egypt where they were mistreated with hard labor. The Lord heard their cry, saw their oppression and brought them out of Egypt with signs and wonders into a land flowing with milk and honey while worshiping and rejoicing. They paid the tithe in the third year to the Levite, alien, fatherless and widow so they could eat and be satisfied. They gave the sacred portion to the Levite, alien, fatherless and widow according to God’s commands with all their heart and soul. They declared that the Lord was their God and would walk in His ways as His holy people and treasured possession to be set in praise, fame and honor high above all nations (Deut. 26:1-19). Give to the needy to show your deliverance from sin and intimacy with God. 

Moses and the elders commanded the people to keep all God’s commands, write the law on large stones, build an altar with uncut stones and offer burnt and peace offering to the Lord. Moses and the Levites told Israel to listen in silence as they became God’s people to obey His commands. Simeon, Levi, Judah, Isaachar, Joseph and Benjamin stood on Mount Gerizim to bless the people (Deut. 27:1-12). Listen and trust in God's work, not the flesh, in order to obey His word. 

Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan and Naphtali stood on Mount Ebal to pronounce curses. The Levites recited the following curses: a craftsman who cast an idol or carved an image secretly, one who dishonored his father or mother, moved neighbor’s boundary mark, led blind astray on the road, withheld justice from the alien, fatherless or widow, slept with his father’s wife, sister or mother-in-law, had sexual relations with any animal, killed his neighbor secretly, accepted bribe to kill an innocent person and did not upheld the words of this law by carrying them out (Deut. 27:13-26). Recite curses verbally concerning secrecy and deception regarding idols, sexual sin, private property and personal relationships with the needy.

By fully obeying God’s commands, He would set them high above all nations with blessings everywhere. The Lord defeated enemies that rose up against them, send a blessing on their barns and work, and established them as His holy people if they kept His commands. Then people of the earth saw that they were called by His name and feared them. God granted abundant prosperity in their crops and opened the heaven to bring rain. They lent to many nations but borrowed from none, became the head and not the tail and were  at the top and never the bottom as they followed God’s commands instead of other gods (Deut. 28:1-14). Obey God to experience blessings, abundance and significance.

By not obeying the Lord, curses overtook them everywhere until they were ruined with a wasting disease, scorching heat and drought. Their enemies defeated them and were afflicted with boils, tumors, sores, madness, blindness and confused mind causing failure everywhere. Pledged a woman but another man married her, build a house but not live in it and planted a vineyard but not enjoy its fruit. They sowed much seed but harvested little when locusts devoured it. Their children went into captivity, lived among aliens who became the head and served enemies. Israel lived in dire poverty with an iron yoke on their neck. The Lord brought a disrespectful nation against them whose language they did not understand. By not revering God’s awesome name, He sent fearful plagues, harsh disasters and severe illnesses that they dreaded in Egypt causing much death. The Lord scattered them to worship other gods. They were anxious and weary being filled with despair and dread (Deut. 29:1-68). Disobey God to experience suffering, disease, isolation, poverty and insignificance.

Their eyes saw the trials and miraculous signs God did to Pharaoh in Egypt. He led them for forty years in the desert without bread and insufficient clothes so they would know that the Lord was God. They defeated Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan and gave their land as an inheritance to the Reubenites, Gadites and half-tribe of Manasseh. Following the covenant caused them to prosper in everything they did. The detestable images and idols of wood, stone, silver and gold warned them about a root  producing bitter poison in worshiping the nations’ gods. Moses said it was unsafe to hear the covenant and go their own way. It brought disaster on the land, no forgiveness, wrath and all the curses written in the book, which blotted their name out from under heaven. Generations to come and foreigners from distant lands asked why the Lord did this when they saw the diseases and burning waste of salt and sulfur so nothing could be planted like Sodom and Gomorrah. The secret things belonged to God and the things revealed belonged to them and their children forever so they could follow the words of the law (Deut. 29:1-29). Obey God to experience forgiveness and profound influence in the sphere He appoints for you.

When blessings and curses came, they returned and obeyed God with all their heart and soul. He restored their fortunes, showed compassion and gathered them from all the nations where they were scattered. They became more prosperous and numerous than their fathers. The Lord circumcised them and their descendants’ hearts to love God with all their heart and soul in order to live. The Lord put all these curses on their enemies who hated and persecuted them so they could prosper in their work. The word God commanded was not difficult or beyond their reach, but in their mouth and heart so they could observe it. He set before them life and prosperity or death and destruction depending if they loved God and obeyed His voice to live long in the land. Moses called heaven and earth as witnesses. He set before them life and death, blessings and curses. If they chose life in the Lord, they and their children lived (Deut. 30:1-20).
 Love God by listening to His voice for life, blessings and increased disciples.

Are you motivated to obey God with all your heart and soul after reflecting on the blessings of obedience?

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How to Wait Upon God for Eternal Reward (Insights in Prophets)

10/29/2012

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"Waiting for God means power to do nothing save under command. This is not lack of power to do anything. Waiting for God needs strength rather than weakness. It is power to do nothing. It is the strength that holds strength in check. It is the strength that prevents the blundering activity which is entirely false and will make true activity impossible when the definite command comes"  (G. Campbell Morgan).

It is much easier to act than wait on God. Isaiah 37-40 explains how to wait upon God for strength and eternal reward to accomplish His purpose.  

Ask for Counsel
King Hezekiah put on sackcloth and his aides told Isaiah that this day of distress and disgrace was like children coming to the point of birth with no strength to deliver them. They asked Isaiah to pray for the surviving remnant with the Lord possibly rebuking Assyria's ridicule of the living God. Isaiah told Hezekiah's aides not to fear their blasphemies since the Lord would put a spirit in Sennacherib, the king of Assyria, causing him to return and die by the sword in his own country. Sennacherib said that Hezekiah's god deceived him about Jerusalem not being handed over to Assyria since they destroyed many countries without their gods delivering them (Is. 37:1-13). Ask godly people for counsel and prayer when the world, flesh and devil oppose God's will.


Pray Fervently
Hezekiah took the letter from the messengers and begged the Almighty and Creator Lord to hear, open His eyes and listen to Sennacherib's insults of the living God. Hezekiah reminded Him that the Assyrian kings destroyed many nations whose gods were fashioned by humans hands. He asked for deliverance so everyone would know that God alone was Lord. Isaiah said that because Hezekiah prayed, God spoke against Sennacherib's insults and his pride over many chariots and drying up all of Egypt's streams. God planned for him to turn fortified cities into piles of stone, shame His people and rage against Him. Hezekiah received the sign of fruit from vineyards in the third year to represent the remnant of the house of Judah, which took root below and bore fruit above because of God's power. The Lord said Sennacherib would not enter Jerusalem because God defended and saved it for His sake. When the angel of the Lord killed 185,000 men in the Assyrian camp, Sennacherib returned to Nineveh. While worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons killed him (Is. 37:14-38). Pray fervently for deliverance from evil forces that bears abundant fruit so everyone knows that God is Lord. 

Journal Answered Prayer
After God listened to Hezekiah's prayer derived from his wholehearted devotion to Him, He added 15 years to his life, delivered him and defended Jerusalem from the king of Assyria. As a sign of God's promise to Hezekiah, God made the shadow go back ten steps on the stairway of Ahaz. After his illness and recovery, he asked if he must go through the gates of death and not see the Lord  in the land of the living. Hezekiah waited patiently till dawn as God broke all his bones. In anguish of soul, he asked God to come to his aid as He restored him to health. His love kept Hezekiah from the pit of destruction and put his sins behind God's back. He praised Him and told his children about God's faithfulness. Isaiah said to prepare a poultice of figs and apply it to the boil so Hezekiah would recover (Is. 38:1-22). Journal when God answers prayer in unmistakable ways to remind your children and others about God's love, power and faithfulness.

Do Not Store Earthly Treasures
Envoys from Babylon visited Hezekiah when they heard about his illness and recovery. He showed them silver, gold, spices, fine oil and everything among his treasures. Isaiah told Hezekiah that everything would be carried off to Babylon. Some of his descendants would be taken away as eunuchs in the palace of the Babylon king. Hezekiah said God's word was good since he would have peace and security during his lifetime (Is. 39:1-8). Do not store up treasures on earth where moth and rust destroy and thieves break in and steal.

Store Heavenly Treasures
Comfort and speak tenderly to God's people about the completion of her hard service with her sin paid for. Prepare the way as a highway for God in the wilderness so the rugged places became a plain and His glory revealed to all mankind. A voiced said all men were like grass and their glory like the flowers of the field. Only the word of God stands forever (Is. 40:1-8). Store up treasures in heaven like people and the word of God. 

Glorify God's Power and Greatness
Isaiah told Judah that the Sovereign Lord came with power, His arm ruled and His reward was with Him. He tended His flock like a shepherd, carried them close to His heart and gently led those with young. God measured the waters and marked off the heavens in the hollow of His hand. He held the earth's dust in a basket and weighed the mountains on a scale. No one understood the Spirit of the Lord or instructed Him as His counselor. No one taught God knowledge, understanding or the right way. Nations were like a drop in a bucket and regarded as dust on the scales, worthless and nothing. One cannot compare God to a hand-made idol since He sat enthroned above people who were like grasshoppers. He stretched out the heavens like a canopy, reduced rulers to nothing and made judges meaningless so they withered away like chaff. God created the heavens and called each star by name because of His great power so none was missing (Is. 40:9-26). Glorify God's power, greatness and ability to shepherd so you don't trust in people.


Wait on God
An eternal and Creator God would not grow tired. No one could understand Him. He gave strength to the weary and increased the power of the weak. Even as youths grew tired and young men stumbled badly, those who hoped in God renewed their strength as they soared like eagles. They ran and walked without becoming weary and faint  (Is. 40:27-31). Wait on God for renewed strength to accomplish His purpose.


How to wait upon God for strength and eternal reward to accomplish His purpose: 
1. Ask godly people for counsel and prayer when the world, flesh and devil oppose God's will
2. Pray fervently for deliverance from evil forces that bears abundant fruit so everyone knows that God is Lord
3. Journal when God answers prayer in unmistakable ways to remind your children and others about God's love, power and faithfulness
4. Do not store up treasures on earth where moth and rust destroy and thieves break in and steal
5. Store up treasures in heaven like people and the word of God
6. Glorify God's power, greatness and ability to shepherd so you don't trust in people




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Moving From Double-Mindedness to Single-Mindedness (Insights in Prophets)

7/3/2012

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Double-minded people fear the Lord and serve idols. They seek deliverance from humans, follow vanity and do evil secretly. Those who trust and obey God's commandments prosper, inherit the land, reject the world's systems of support and receive deliverance from the Lord.  In 2 Kings 16-18, various kings illustrate how double-mindedness results in instability, but single-mindedness on Christ promotes inheritance and deliverance.


Ahaz king of Judah made his son pass through the fire according to the abominations of the nations the Lord drove out. He sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. Rezin king of Aram and Pekah king of Israel waged war in Jerusalem but could not overcome him. Ahaz asked for help from Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria to be delivered from the kings of Aram and Israel. He sent them silver and gold from the Lord's and king's house. The Assyrian king captured Damascus and put Rezin to death (2 Kings 16:1-9). Those who disobey God seek deliverance from humans.  

Ahaz sent the pattern of the Damascus' altar so Urijah the priest could make it. Ahaz made burnt, meal and peace offerings on the altar. He commanded Urijah the priest to do these offerings for all the people. Ahaz wanted to use the bronze altar for himself. He cut off the borders of the stands and removed the laver from the house of the Lord because of the king of Assyria (2 Kings 16:10-20). Those who disobey God follow the world's pattern.

The Assyrian king captured Samaria and carried Israel into exile to Assyria because they sinned against the Lord, feared other gods and walked in the customs of the nations and kings. Israel did evil things secretly by serving idols, building high places, sacred pillars and Asherim on every high hill to burn incense. The prophets warned them to turn from their evil ways and keep His commandments but they did not listen or believe in the Lord. They followed vanity and became vain like the nations around them. They worshiped the host of heaven, served Baal, practiced divination and enchantments and sold themselves to do evil. Only Judah was left. The Lord rejected and afflicted all of Israel's descendants and gave them into the hand of plunders  (2 Kings 17:1-23). Those who disobey God follow vanity and do evil secretly.

Assyria filled the cities of Samaria with strangers from the nations. The Lord sent lions to kill them. One of the exiled priests lived in Bethel and taught them how they should fear the Lord. They still made gods of their own and appointed priests of the high places. They should not forget the covenant and fear other gods, but fear Him since He would deliver them from their enemies. The various generations feared the Lord and served their idols  (2 Kings 17:24-41). Those who are double-minded fear the Lord and serve idols. 

Hezekiah did right like David and removed the high places, broke down the sacred pillars, cut down the Asherah and broke the bronze serpent Moses made. He trusted in the Lord by following and keeping His commandments. The Lord was with him and prospered him. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and did not serve him. He defeated the Philistines as far as Gaza and its territory. King of Assyria carried Israel into exile because they disobeyed the covenant of Moses (2 Kings 18:1-12). Those who trust and obey God's commandments prosper and inherit the land. 

When Sennacherib king of Assyria came against fortified cities of Judah, Hezekiah gave him silver from the Lord's and king's house along with gold from the doors of the temple. The king of Assyria asked what was his confidence and on whom  he relied to rebel against him. He questioned his reliance on Egypt's chariots and horsemen or trust in the Lord through worship before the altar in Jerusalem (2 Kings 18:13-25). Those who rely on God reject the world's systems of support. 

The king of Assyria said that Hezekiah would not be able to deliver them by trusting in the Lord. None of the gods of the nations delivered them from the king of Assyria. Hezekiah told the people to be silent and not answer him (2 Kings 18:26-37). Those who trust in God receive deliverance from the Lord.  

Ask God for a single-minded heart focused on Christ so you can inherit the land and receive deliverance.









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Benefits of God's Word in Affliction: Part 3 (Insights in Psalms)

12/23/2011

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Holistic spiritual growth through transparency and application of God’s word to overcome sin should be your goal in life. The journey involves hating falseness and expecting God to act. Meditate on God's word and ask for deliverance so sin won't rule over you.  Plead  your cause to be rescued and revived in the midst of adversaries.  Praise Him always, despise falsehood, and experience peace through transparency with God.  The outcome is spiritual growth in mind, emotions and will.

I did justice and righteousness so don't let the arrogant oppress me. It's time for the Lord to act because they have broken the law. I love His commandments more than gold while hating every false way (Ps. 119:121-128). Affliction motivates you to hate every false way and expect God to act. 

His testimonies are wonderful since the unfolding of His words gives light in understanding the simple. Establish my footsteps in His word so iniquity won't have dominion over me. Redeem me from the oppression of man so I keep His precepts (Ps. 119:129-136). Affliction motivates you to let God's word establish your footsteps so sin does not rule you. 

Because God's testimonies are righteous, faithful, true and pure, His servant loves them. My zeal has consumed me because adversaries have forgotten His words. I am  despised, in trouble and anguish, but His commandments give me understanding so I can live (Ps. 119:137-144). Affliction motivates you to have zeal in overcoming sin. 

I cried for help and deliverance with all my heart. I anticipate the night watches to meditate on His word. Hear my voice and draw near  according to His lovingkindness so I can be revived and protected from wickedness (Ps. 119:145-152). Affliction motivates you to cry for deliverance from sin while meditating on His word through the night.

Plead my cause and rescue me so I am revived according to Your word. Great are Your mercies in the midst of persecutors and adversaries, but I do not turn aside from His testimonies. I loathe the treacherous, but love His precepts that revive me according to God's love (Ps. 119:153-160). Affliction motivates you to plead your cause in being rescued and revived in the midst of adversaries. 

My heart stands in awe of Your words when princes persecute me without cause. I hate and despise falsehood, but praise Him seven times a day. I have great peace and nothing causes me to stumble because I keep His precepts with all my ways before Him (Ps. 119:161-168). Affliction motivates you to praise Him always, despise falsehood and experience peace through transparency with God.

My lips utter praise because He teaches me His statutes. His hand is ready to help me because I have chosen His precepts. I long for His salvation and His law is my delight. Seek your servant as I have gone astray like a lost sheep (Ps. 119:169-176). Affliction motivates you to grow spiritually in mind, emotions and will in response to God seeking you.

Transparency and Application of God’s Word to Overcome Sin: Will Filled with Peace
Outcome: Holistic Spiritual Growth  


1. Hate every false way and expect God to act
2. Let God's word establish your footsteps so sin does not rule you  
3. Zeal in overcoming sin
4. Cry for deliverance while meditating on His word through the night
5. Plead your cause to be rescued and revived in the midst of adversaries
6. Praise Him always, despise falsehood and experience peace through transparency with God
7. Grow spiritually in mind, emotions and will in response to God seeking you


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Successful Volunteer Recruitment (Insight in Psalms)

11/23/2011

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Experts in volunteer recruitment say that you should get to know your segments, target interactive communications to move volunteers from one level of engagement to the next and speak directly to the wants of each segment in order to convert shoppers to committed leaders. One key strategy missing is prayer, especially for kingdom ministry. Psalm 108-110 shows that seeking God determines success in volunteer recruitment.

"I will praise and thank God with my soul among the nations. Exalt Him since His lovingkindness, truth and glory is great above the heavens. God delivers and saves His beloved with His right hand (Ps. 108:1-6)." Praise God for His love, truth, glory and deliverance. 


God spoke in holiness and measured out Shechem and the valley of Succoth. He owns Gilead and Manasseh while Ephraim is the helmet of His head, Judah His scepter and Moah His washbowl. Over Edom He will throw His shoe and shout aloud over Philistia (Ps. 108:7-9). God owns and is  sovereign over the world. 

"Who will bring me into the besieged city or lead me to Edom? Has God rejected us and not gone with our armies? Provide help against the adversary since man's deliverance is vain but through Him we shall do valiantly and crush our enemy (Ps. 108:10-13)." God provides everything needed to defeat spiritual enemies.

"The wicked speak deceit and lies as they fight against me without cause. They repay evil for good and hatred for love, but I am in prayer (Ps. 109:1-5)." Prayer is your greatest resource against deceit, lies, evil and hate. 

Let the wicked be guilty and his days be few so another can take his office. Let the creditor seize all he owns so his posterity be cut off and his name removed in future generations (Ps. 109:6-13)." God removes unrighteous leaders and replaces with them new ones. 

"Remember their fathers' sin so God can cut off their memory from the earth. Instead of love, they persecuted and put to death the afflicted, needy and despondent in heart. Cursing clothed him like a garment so he didn't experience blessing (Ps. 109:14-20)." God remembers and responds to persecution of the afflicted and needy. 

"Let God deal kindly and deliver me for His name's sake because I am afflicted and needy with a wounded heart. My knees are weak from fasting and my flesh has grown lean because I'm a reproach to the wicked (Ps. 109:21-25)." God delivers the afflicted and needy for His name's sake. 

"Save and help me, loving God, so the wicked will know that You deliver. They curse and are ashamed, but You bless so your servant is glad. My accusers will be clothed with dishonor and covered with shame like a robe (Ps. 109:26-29)." God saves and blesses His servants so the wicked know He delivers.

"I give thanks and praise God abundantly in the midst of many. He stands at the right hand of the needy in order to save them from those who judge his soul (Ps. 109:30-31)." God protects the needy from those who judge them when they praise God with others.

"The Lord says to sit at His right hand until He rules and makes your enemies a footstool for His feet. People  volunteer freely in the day of Your power through the splendor of holiness. Youth are to Him as the dew (Ps. 110:1-3)." Volunteer recruitment comes by seeking God's power in prayer.

"You are a priest according to the order of Melchizedek. The Lord is at your right hand to overthrow kings in the day of His wrath so you can lift up your head (Ps. 110:4-7)."  Exaltation comes through diligent prayer. 

In praying for increased number of volunteers, consider the following:
1. Praise God for His attributes of love, truth, glory, sovereignty and deliverance
2. Remember that God provides everything you need to overcome obstacles, including spiritual enemies, lies, deceit, evil, hate and unrighteous leaders
3. God saves the needy from persecution so people will know He delivers
4. Praise God with others for protection from those who judge you
As a result of prayer, volunteers will serve in kingdom ministry and God will exalt you.
In closing, consider Matt. 9:37-38: "The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest." 

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God's Great Society Program (Insights in Psalms)

11/12/2011

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The current financial crisis is considered by many economists to be the worst since the Great Depression of the of the 1930s. It resulted in the collapse of large financial institutions, the bailout of banks by national governments, and downturns in stock markets around the world. In many areas, the housing market had also suffered, resulting in numerous evictions, foreclosures and prolonged unemployment. It contributed to the failure of key businesses, declines in consumer wealth estimated in the trillions of U.S. dollars, and a significant decline in economic activity, leading to a severe global economic recession. Psalm 107 has application not only to the economic welfare of a nation, but the quality of life for its people. Government policy can help, but true vitality and a great society come from one's relationship with God. 

Give thanks to the Lord for His goodness and eternal lovingkindness. He redeemed us from the adversary and gathered us from the lands (Ps. 107:1-3). God redeems you from the adversary because He is good and loving. 

The Lord delivered them out of their distresses when they cried out to Him while wandering in the wilderness with hungry souls. He led them by a straight way to an inhabited city. Let them give thanks to the Lord for His lovingkindness in satisfying their thirsty and hungry souls, which He filled with what is good (Ps. 107:4-9). God delivers, guides and satisfies you with goodness. 

Some lived as prisoners in misery, darkness, chains and shadow of death since they rebelled against God's words and counsel. When He humbled their heart with labor, they cried out to the Lord in their trouble and He saved them out of their distresses. He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death while breaking their bands apart. Let them give thanks for He shattered gates of bronze and cut bars of iron (Ps. 107:10-16). God breaks bands of bondage and removes darkness and death. 

God afflicted fools because of their rebellion and iniquities. Because their soul abhorred food, they drew near to death. They cried out to the Lord in their trouble and He saved them out of their distresses. He sent His word, healed them and delivered them from their destruction. Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and tell of His works with joyful singing (Ps. 107:17-22). God sends His word to heal and deliver you from destruction. 

Those who do business in ships saw the Lord's works when storms arose, their soul melted away in misery, staggered like a drunken man and were at wits' end. They cried out to the Lord in their trouble and He brought them out of their distresses. He stilled the storm and guided them to their desired haven. Let them extol Him in the congregation and praise Him at the seat of the elders (Ps. 107:23-32). God stills the storm and brings you to your desired destination.

He changes rivers into a wilderness, springs of water into thirsty ground and fruitful land into a salt waste because of wickedness of those living there. He changes the wilderness into a pool of water and dry land into springs of water so they can gather a fruitful harvest and multiply greatly after sowing fields and planting vineyards (Ps. 107:33-38). God brings fruitfulness to business, economy and the land.

When they are diminished and bowed down through oppression, misery and sorrow, He pours contempt upon princes and makes them wander in a pathless waste. But He sets the needy securely on high, away from affliction, and makes his families like a flock. All unrighteousness shuts its mouth, but the wise give heed to these things and considers the Lord's lovingkindness (Ps. 107:39-43). God exalts and protects the needy from affliction when they consider God's ways.

Consider the benefits of God: 
1. He redeems you from the adversary
2. He delivers, guides and satisfies you with goodness
3. He breaks bands and removes darkness and death 
4. He sends His word to heal and deliver you from destruction
5. He stills the storm and brings you to your desired destination
6. He brings fruitfulness to business, economy and the land
7. He exalts and protects the needy from affliction when they consider God's ways
Which one is most meaningful to you and why?
In response, praise and thank God for His lovingkindness.

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Facing An Impossible Situation (Insights in Law)

7/20/2011

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Think of the most impossible situation you ever faced. Do you think God can handle it? Have you ever seen Him work when the odds were stacked against you? The children of Israel faced an impossible situation when they were backed in a corner next to the Red Sea and Pharaoh's army fast approaching to kill them. Let's see how they responded. 

Set apart the first-born of every womb in Israel since it belongs to God. Moses told people to remember how God's power allowed them to leave Egypt, the house of slavery. After entering Canaan, a land flowing with milk and honey, they would eat unleavened bread for seven days and observe a feast on the seventh day. They were to tell their children about the Lord's powerful deliverance. It would serve as a sign to their hand and reminder on their forehead (Ex. 13:1-10).
Remember and share deliverance from sin through the cross of Christ with your children.


The Lord passed over and redeemed the first-born male as it belonged to Him. Say to your children that "with a powerful hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, from the house of slavery." When Pharaoh was stubborn, the Lord killed Egypt's first-born and redeemed Israel's first-born as a sign on their hands and frontlet-bands on their foreheads in  remembering God's deliverance (Ex. 13:11-16). Share Christ's victory over sin and the evil one with your children. 


God led them by way of the land of the Philistines so they wouldn't change their minds when they saw war and returned to Egypt. He led around through the wilderness to the Red Sea in martial array from Egypt. The Lord went before and led them in a pillar of cloud by day and pillar of fire by night to give them light (Ex. 13:17-22). God leads you into spiritual warfare to embrace His redemption daily.

God hardened Pharaoh's heart saying the wilderness blocked them so the Egyptians would know He is Lord. After discovering that Israel fled Egypt, Pharaoh had officers lead Egypt's chariots, including 600 select ones, to chase after them (Ex. 14:1-9). God uses peoples' hardened hearts and impossible situations to show He is Lord. 

When Israel saw Pharaoh's army marching after them, they became very frightened  and cried out to the Lord. The people complained that Moses wanted them to die in the wilderness, "Leave us alone that we may serve the Egyptians? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness." Moses said to not fear, but see the Lord 's salvation today. "The Lord will fight for you while you keep silent" (Ex. 14:10-14). The Lord fights when you face impossible odds.

The Lord told Moses to stop praying and tell the sons of Israel to go forward as he lifted his staff over the sea to divide it so Israel would walk on dry land. God hardened the hearts of the Egyptians to follow them so He would be honored and know that He is Lord. The angel of God and pillar of cloud moved behind them and between camp of Egypt and camp of Israel (Ex. 14:15-20). The Lord protects as you go forward against impossible odds. 

When Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, the Lord turned it into dry land and waters divided. Sons of Israel went through it on dry land with the waters like a wall on both sides. The Lord brought the Egyptian army into confusion by causing their chariot wheels to swerve. They saw the Lord fighting against them (Ex. 14:21-25). The Lord uses miracles to make a way in impossible situations.

When Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, it returned to its normal state and the Lord defeated the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. He saved Israel from the Egyptians who were dead on the seashore. When Israel saw God's great power, they feared and believed in the Lord and his servant Moses (Ex. 14:26-31). God saves and gives you victory over the world, flesh and devil. 

What is an impossible situation you are facing right now? Embrace the cross of Christ and let Him fight the battles. Go forward and trust Him to give you victory over the enemy, whether it's the world, flesh or devil. 

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