TRUSTING OUR SOVEREIGN That night God appeared to Solomon and said, “What do you want? Ask, and I will give it to you!” II Chronicles 1:7 Wow, if God were to ask you this, how would you reply? How would most people on this planet respond? Would they want a better house, car, job or more wealth? Would they ask for better health, more healthy family relationships or friends in high places? Would their asking be self-centered or others centered? How about you and me? “Give me the wisdom and knowledge to lead them properly, for who could possibly govern this great people of yours?” God said to Solomon, “Because…

I AM WHO I AM BECAUSE OF WHO HE IS Wealth and honor come from you alone, for you rule over everything. Power and might are in your hand, and at your discretion people are made great and given strength. —I Chronicles 29:12 Why do some people become people of great influence and others of some influence? It is because of God’s plan and purposes. He is the One who rules over everything and everyone. He gives wealth to whom He desires to give wealth. He gives honor to whom He desires to honor. He gives power to whom He desires to give power. He is the One who makes…

THE GIFT I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. —John 10:28 I give— When somebody gives someone something it is a gift. They give it because they desire to give it and not that the receiver deserves it or has earned it. Jesus gives the greatest gift that could ever be given. Have you received it? Jesus gives eternal life— This is unending life, a life that will never, ever end. As this gift unfolds it is filled with glory. Eternal life starts when a person calls on the name of the Lord Jesus and has the Son (John 3:16,18, 36; Romans 6:23; 10:13). Then it continues…

DOING RIGHT FOR ALL PEOPLE So David reigned over all Israel and did what was just and right for all his people. —I Chronicles 18:14 To have a leader who is looking to be “just and right for all his people” is indeed a rarity. Most often the leader is looking out for their own interests and not that of the people. An example of not caring is that is a dear brother who leads a ministry and has the opportunity to bring over 150 tons of food to Uganda to the needy refuges there. The government leaders want to charge 60% tax to do so. Here are people in…

SING…PRAISE… PROCLAIM…SHARE & DECLARE! Let the whole earth sing to the Lord! Each day proclaim the good news that he saves. Publish his glorious deeds among the nations. Tell everyone about the amazing things he does. —I Chronicles 16:23-24 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. —I Peter 2:9 Are you singing to the Lord today? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuuZMg6NVeA Are you ready to “proclaim the good news that he saves” today? Will you bear testimony to “His glorious deeds among the nations” today? Will you “tell…

FULL OF FAITH OR NOT So Saul died because he was unfaithful to the Lord. He failed to obey the Lord’s command, and he even consulted a medium instead of asking the Lord for guidance. So the Lord killed him and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse. —I Chronicles 10:13-14 To be faithful is to be full of faith. To be unfaithful is to be not full of faith. The choice is to be trusting or not to be trusting in the Lord God Almighty. Are you full of trust toward Him today? Have you fully put yourself in His care? Saul was unfaithful to the Lord,…

QUICK TO JUDGE Then Nicodemus, the leader who had met with Jesus earlier, spoke up. “Is it legal to convict a man before he is given a hearing?” he asked. —John 7:50-51 How many times do people make rash choices before they have all the information? This is what the Jewish leaders were doing. They did not take the time to check into the details about Jesus and His origins. Therefore they came to a wrong decision. Instead of becoming children of God, they remained children of the devil (John 8:44). Dear brother and sister, we have been allowed to know the information about Jesus and act upon it. The…

NO TURNING BACK! At this point many of his disciples turned away and deserted him. Then Jesus turned to the Twelve and asked, “Are you also going to leave?” Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words that give eternal life. We believe, and we know you are the Holy One of God. —John 6:66-69 There are those who profess they believe in Jesus, but when they do not like a teaching from Him they desert Him. Some professing “disciples” only stay with Jesus when things are going well for them from their perspective. When things get difficult or do not go the way they…

THE TERRIFYING JUDGMENT OF GOD That night the angel of the Lord went out to the Assyrian camp and killed 185,000 Assyrian soldiers. When the surviving Assyrians woke up the next morning, they found corpses everywhere. —II Kings 19:35 The pompous and arrogant king of Assyria was threatening Jerusalem and King Hezekiah with destruction. He spoke as if he were invincible and said the Lord would not save Jerusalem any more than any of the other gods could save other nations that he had victory over. But the other gods of the nations were no gods at all. Now the King of Assyria was confronting the Lord God Almighty and…

ETERNAL JESUS So the Jewish leaders began harassing Jesus for breaking the Sabbath rules. But Jesus replied, “My Father is always working, and so am I.” So the Jewish leaders tried all the harder to find a way to kill him. For he not only broke the Sabbath, he called God his Father, thereby making himself equal with God. —John 5:16-18 Not here is a concept that is hard for us to fully understand. Yet God’s Word is very clear that Jesus is equal to God the Father and is one with Him (John 1:1). The Jews wanted to kill Jesus for this statement of calling God His Father and…