LABOR, FEAR NOT— LIVE FOR JESUS  Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.” —Matthew 9:37-38  And if anyone will not receive you or listen to your words, shake off the dust from your feet when you leave that house or town. —Matthew 10:14  And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell. Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart…

  WHAT IS YOUR MOTIVATION?  Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?  Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye. —Matthew 7:1-5            …

RUN TODAY’S RACE AND DON’T WORRY ABOUT TOMORROW’S  Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. –Matthew 6:34              Where is your focus?  Are you focusing on living today?  Is your focus on what MIGHT happen tomorrow?  Are you already writing a script for tomorrow as to what MIGHT happen?  Is tomorrow and what MIGHT happen controlling your life today?  Are you being anxious over what MIGHT be going on tomorrow?             Hey, live life today!  Be faithful to our Lord today.  The Lord that we serve is not only Lord over today, but He is…

REPENTANCE  Bear fruit in keeping with repentance. —Matthew 3:8  From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” —Matthew 4:17  I declared that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds worthy of their repentance. —Acts 26:20              Repentance— deep sorrow for our sin and a desire to turn from our own ways and follow God’s ways. If that truly has happened then there will be fruit in our lives that reveal we are now children of God. “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control” (Galatians 5:22-23).   “The fruit of the…

IMITATORS, DECEIVERS, DESTROYERS USE FALSE COMMUNICATION  “Go and search diligently for the child, and when you have found him, bring me word, that I too may come and worship him.” —Matthew 2:8  And being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed to their own country by another way.  Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you, for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him.” —Matthew 2:12-13  Then Herod, when he saw that he…

HE KNOWS THE FUTURE BETTER THAN WE REMEMBERING THE PAST!  Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom and also put it in writing: “Thus says Cyrus king of Persia, ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and he has charged me to build him a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever is among you of all his people, may the LORD his God…

TAKE COURAGE— BE ENCOURAGED AND NOT DISCOURAGED!  “Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or dismayed before the king of Assyria and all the horde that is with him, for there are more with us than with him. With him is an arm of flesh, but with us is the LORD our God, to help us and to fight our battles.” And the people took confidence from the words of Hezekiah king of Judah. —II Chronicles 32:7-8              What are you facing? “Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or dismayed” regardless of what You are facing.   Do you not know “with us is the LORD our God,…

REVIVAL  And Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced because God had prepared for the people, for the thing came about suddenly. —II Chronicles 29:36  The hand of God was also on Judah to give them one heart to do what the king and the princes commanded by the word of the LORD. —II Chronicles 30:12  Oh, may God be preparing our hearts for revival. Then we will not turn away from you; revive us, and we will call on your name. —Psalm 80:18 Will you not revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you? —Psalm 85:6 For this is what the high and exalted One says— he who…

TRUST HIS POWER TO HELP! For God has power to help or to cast down. —II Chronicles 25:8              What is your situation? Does God have the power to help you in the situation and through the situation? As we look at situations in the world, does God have power to help in those situations or to cast down in those situations?   Of course He does. He who created all things has the power to do whatever He desires to do. Surely, whatever situation you are in or will be in He is able to help you.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfiYWaeAcRw                Are you looking to Him for help? Are you depending…

HOW OTHERS THINK ABOUT US  And he departed with no one’s regret. —II Chronicles 21:20   This was said of Jehoram who was the king of Judah. “He did evil in the eyes of the Lord” (II Chronicles 21:6).   It is amazing how in just one generation a king goes bad. Jehoram married a daughter of king Ahab of Israel. That was a wicked household itself and really says speaks loudly about Jehoram’s character. His dad, Jehoshaphat was a good king of Judah and yet his son lived for evil. He killed all his brothers and some of the officials who served with his father! He was a wicked man! This…