DON’T GROW WEARY IN DOING GOOD! And as for you, brothers and sisters, never tire of doing what is good. —II Thessalonians 3:13 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. —Galatians 6:9 Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart. —Hebrews 12:3 We should never tire of doing good. We will reap a harvest if we do not give up. But Galatians 6:9 above implies that if we do give up there will not be a harvest. Here is why it is important…

HIS WORD TO US The word of the Lord came to me, saying, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.” “Alas, Sovereign Lord,” I said, “I do not know how to speak; I am too young.” But the Lord said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am too young.’ You must go to everyone I send you to and say whatever I command you. Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you and will rescue you,” declares the Lord. Then the Lord reached out his hand and…

New! “See, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind. But be glad and rejoice forever in what I will create, for I will create Jerusalem to be a delight and its people a joy. I will rejoice over Jerusalem and take delight in my people; the sound of weeping and of crying will be heard in it no more. —Isaiah 65:17-19 “As the new heavens and the new earth that I make will endure before me,” declares the Lord, “so will your name and descendants endure.” —Isaiah 66:22 Then I saw “a new heaven and…

DON’T QUENCH HIM! Do not quench the Spirit. —I Thessalonians 5:19 There are some things that are good to be quenching. When a person is very thirsty it is wonderful to be able to quench that thirst. It is good also to quench a rumor being floated around. There are times when fires need to be quenched like the present wildfires in California. But there is one quenching we are told not to do. Yes, it is a command. We are told not to quench God’s Holy Spirit. Do not hinder His desire to work in us and through us. “Do you not know that your bodies are temples of…

RECEIVE HIS INSTRUCTION For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life. Therefore, anyone who rejects this instruction does not reject a human being but God, the very God who gives you his Holy Spirit. —I Thessalonians 4:7-8 How serious is that? To reject the instruction that comes from God’s Word through one of His servants is not rejecting His servant, but rejecting God Himself—- the very One who has given us His Holy Spirit! As followers of Jesus do we want to be in that position of rejecting His instruction? Is there anything God has instructed you lately, but you are rejecting it?…

YOU WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN BY THE LORD! Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you! —Isaiah 49:15 Typically moms feeding their baby are not going to forget them. That is just so far from being natural! The bond between a mother and her child is strong! But even though she may forget her child as remote as that is, the Lord will never forget you! By far there are estimated to be more stars in the universe than grains of sand on earth. It is estimated there are 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000…

NONE ELSE! It is I who made the earth and created mankind on it. My own hands stretched out the heavens; I marshaled their starry hosts. —Isaiah 45:12 For this is what the Lord says— he who created the heavens, he is God; he who fashioned and made the earth, he founded it; he did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited— he says: “I am the Lord, and there is no other.” —Isaiah 45:18 “Turn to me and be saved, all you ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other. —Isaiah 45:22 “With whom will you compare me or…

YOU ARE A WITNESS! “You are my witnesses,” declares the Lord, “and my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor will there be one after me. I, even I, am the Lord, and apart from me there is no savior. I have revealed and saved and proclaimed— I, and not some foreign god among you. You are my witnesses,” declares the Lord, “that I am God. —Isaiah 43:10-12 “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all…

Listen! Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. —Isaiah 40:28 Do know this? Have you heard this? We are told that nothing was made…

JESUS— NAME ABOVE ALL NAMES! Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. —Philippians 2:9-11 Every knee will bow… every knee! All people of the past, all people of the present and all people of the future will bow the knee to Jesus and “acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord.” Their actions and tongue may not be willing to do so now, but they will…