THE GIFT OF GOD Jesus replied, “If you only knew the gift God has for you and who you are speaking to, you would ask me, and I would give you living water.” —John 4:10 The gift of God… It cannot be earned. It is not deserved. But this gift is available to “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord” (Romans 10:13). Those who call on His Name are “marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession—to the praise of his glory” (Ephesians 1:13-14). “And do not grieve the Holy…

SELLING SELF TO DO EVIL “So, my enemy, you have found me!” Ahab exclaimed to Elijah. “Yes,” Elijah answered, “I have come because you have sold yourself to what is evil in the Lord’s sight.” —I Kings 21:20 Ahab had sold himself to do what was evil in the sight of the Lord. How did he sell himself? He sold himself to the worship of Baal. He was in satanic bondage to do evil in the sight of the Lord. What do people sell themselves for to do evil in the Lord’s sight? Drugs, sex, power positions, relationships, money… There are people who would do evil in the Lord’s sight…

BE WHERE HE DESIRES! What are you doing here, Elijah? —I Kings 19:9 What are you doing here, Elijah? —I Kings 19:13 Are you where the Lord wants you? Then what are you doing where you are? Elijah was where he was because he was fearful for his life. The Lord God Almighty ministered to him where he was, but then moved Elijah to where He wanted him to be. Are you in the place God wants you right now? If not, why not? May you allow the Lord to minister to you today and move you to where He wants you. May it be so! Dear Father, may I…

SUPERNATURAL PROVISION The ravens brought him bread and meat each morning and evening, and he drank from the brook. —I Kings 17:6 There was always enough flour and olive oil left in the containers, just as the Lord had promised through Elijah. —I Kings 17:16 Talk about room service! Elijah’s breakfast and dinner were brought in by air delivery. Each morning and evening the Lord sent ravens to feed Elijah. Wow, we usually feed the birds but in this case God was working through the birds to feed His servant. Can we trust God to take care of our needs? I would believe so! Or how about the widow’s unending…

THE LAMB DETERMINES YOUR DESTINY The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” —John 1:29 All mankind’s destiny is determined by their decision to trust the Lamb of God’s finished work at the cross and through the resurrection or to reject that finished work. Yes, life or death, a relationship with God or not, Heaven or Hell is determined by what a person decides about Jesus, the Lamb of God. Dear Father, thank You for Your Son’s finished work on the cross and through the resurrection. May I live a life of gratitude in…

WITNESSES Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures. And he said, “Yes, it was written long ago that the Messiah would suffer and die and rise from the dead on the third day. It was also written that this message would be proclaimed in the authority of his name to all the nations, beginning in Jerusalem: ‘There is forgiveness of sins for all who repent.’ You are witnesses of all these things. —Luke 24:45-48 “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth” (Acts…

WISDOM So King Solomon became richer and wiser than any other king on earth. —I Kings 10:23 “The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the people of this generation and condemn them, for she came from the ends of the earth to listen to Solomon’s wisdom; and now something greater than Solomon is here.” —Luke 11:31 People came from the “ends of the earth to listen to Solomon’s wisdom.” He was wiser than any king on earth, but Jesus said, “Something greater than Solomon is here.” People should have flocked to Jesus who is Wisdom and so much more! — “It is because of him that…

MAY YOU SHOW FORTH HIS GLORY Then people all over the earth will know that the Lord alone is God and there is no other. —I Kings 8:60 Solomon’s desire, and so many others, was for people to “know that the Lord alone is God and there is no other.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoGHog7Keak And Hezekiah prayed to the LORD: “LORD, the God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim, you alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth” (II Kings 19:15, 19). “Let them know that you, whose name is the LORD– that you alone are the Most High over all the earth” (Psalm 83:18).…

PEOPLE WILL EXPERIENCE TERROR For the days are coming when… People will beg the mountains, ‘Fall on us,’ and plead with the hills, ‘Bury us. —Luke 23:29-30 People do not want to trust Jesus for various reasons, but the main reason is that they do not want to be under His authority and live for Him according to His desires. They rather live according to their own desires. But that does not do away with the truth that He exists and that they will be judged by Him. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYbX-3_a98U He will come back to earth at some point in the future and “Then everyone—the kings of the earth, the rulers,…

WISDOM “What do you want? Ask, and I will give it to you!” —I Kings 3:5 The Lord was pleased that Solomon had asked for wisdom. So God replied, “Because you have asked for wisdom in governing my people with justice and have not asked for a long life or wealth or the death of your enemies—I will give you what you asked for! I will give you a wise and understanding heart such as no one else has had or ever will have! —I Kings 3:10-12 When all Israel heard the king’s decision, the people were in awe of the king, for they saw the wisdom God had given…