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Don’t Rob God: He’s Given You Everything You Have

by Courtney GilmoreUpdated on April 24, 2023April 21, 2023

If everything we have is His, then how can we withhold anything from Him? Should we not give back a portion of what He’s so freely given to us?

It’s Okay to Be Jealous

by Courtney GilmoreUpdated on April 18, 2023December 15, 2022

We are all warned about the green-eyed monster, yet God Himself says He is jealous. So, what are we missing? Maybe we have righteous jealousy mixed up with envy

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What Are You Willing to Sacrifice?

by Courtney GilmoreUpdated on April 17, 2023May 2, 2021

always give our best to God. We shouldn’t offer Him only the things we don’t want to control or possess ourselves. We shouldn’t offer what is useless to us or what is left over. God is worthy of the most valuable & useful things in our lives. He deserves priority over everything. We are insufficient to control anything in our lives. He alone is powerful & trustworthy. We have no right to hold on to our possessions, because everything we have was given to us by Him in the first place & everything belongs to Him anyway.

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1 Samuel 18

After David defeats Goliath and begins winning more battles, everyone starts praising Him. Additionally, Saul’s son and daughter also love David. All of this makes Saul very jealous and he starts scheming against David. But with every effort, Saul fails and David grows even more successful and loved. The Lord is for David and now against Saul.

If He is for you, then no one can stand against you. But if He is against you, then you are fighting a losing battle. God was for David and He made him successful in everything he did. But when Saul grew jealous and tried to destroy David, God went against Saul and wouldn’t let any of his schemes succeed. We want God on our side. But the only way to ensure that is to be on His side. We must align ourselves with Him. Then, He will be our greatest ally. But if we go against Him or His people then He will be against us.

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