Are you a good friend to God? Good friends don’t just call when they need you. They enjoy hanging out. They know and care about you, not just themselves
So I’m Your Friend Now That You Need Something?
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Will God, our Father, Ever Forsake His People?
If we turn away from God, will He turn away from us? Will He take us back after all our sin? How do we approach Him after all we have done? How will He react?
Count Your Many Blessings, Name Them One by One
Are you counting your blessings this thanksgiving or are you struggling to think of any? If you have only God, you’re blessed. His benefits are most abundant!
Grace: A Gift We Do Not Deserve
Don’t set aside God’s grace because you feel like you don’t deserve it. You don’t, but no one else does either. That’s the whole point! He died to set you free.
Being Part of the Family of God
In the family, everyone has a part to play. If one person’s missing, the family’s incomplete. It’s the same in the family of God. We all play a special part.
Is God’s Reputation Important to You?
How important is God’s reputation to you? Have you ever even thought about it? When you pray, do you seek answers that will glorify the Lord or yourself? What about your conduct? Do your actions help or hurt God’s reputation? When the people refused to enter the land God had …
Who Do You Think You Are? You’re not Special?
“Who do you think you are? What makes you so special? You’re no better than me? I’m just as capable as you.” Have you ever had these thoughts?
Enter With A Sacrifice
So, examine your life. Repent of your sins & approach the Lord with a heart sprinkled by the blood of Jesus. Offer Him to the Lord & ask that He accept the Sacrifice on behalf of your sins. Then let God write His law on your heart & mind, that you may follow Jesus, now on earth & eternally into the throne room in Heaven.
What Are You Willing to Sacrifice?
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.
Beautiful & Costly
Can you picture what the Holy Place & the Most Holy Place could have looked like? This was a beautiful & costly place! It was God’s dwelling place, HIS HOLY HOUSE. It had to be beautiful, because He is beautiful. It had to be costly, because His value is beyond measure. To be in His Presence is more valuable than any created thing! When the priests walked into that room, they were supposed to see God in their minds eye: His BEAUTY; His WORTH; His LIGHT; His SACRIFICE; His GLORY. After-all, it was His house & they were in His Presence!