THIS LIFE WILL SOON PASS AND ONLY WHAT WE DO THROUGH JESUS WILL LAST With God we shall do valiantly… —Psalm 60:12 And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age. —Matthew 28:20 I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. —John 15:5 I can do all this through him who gives me strength. —Philippians 4:13             Brothers and sisters, fellow followers of Jesus, we cannot do anything apart from Jesus.  Our Father said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I…

WE WILL GIVE ACCOUNT TO GOD AS TO HOW WE USED HIS RESOURCES ENTRUSTED TO US! The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, declares the LORD of hosts. —Haggai 2:8 The earth is the LORD’s, and everything in it. The world and all its people belong to him. —Psalm 27:1 “The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it.” —I Corinthians 10:26             We are only stewards, managers of what our Lord has given us responsibility over.  All is His— the silver, the gold, the people… all of the earth… all of Creation (Genesis chapter 1).  The Owner has a right to do with whatever He wants with…

THE WISE KNOW, THE WICKED DO NOT “At that time shall arise Michael, the great prince who has charge of your people. And there shall be a time of trouble, such as never has been since there was a nation till that time. But at that time your people shall be delivered, everyone whose name shall be found written in the book. And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the sky above; and those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars forever…

KING JESUS’ KINGDOM IS EVERLASTING I saw in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven there came one like a son of man, and he came to the Ancient of Days and was presented before him. And to him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him; his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom one that shall not be destroyed. —Daniel 7:13-14 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens! Let your glory be over all the earth! —Psalm 57:11             Jesus will reign over His everlasting kingdom which we, brother and sister,…

THE MOST HIGH, KING OF GLORY, RULER OVER ALL! Immediately the word was fulfilled against Nebuchadnezzar… At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to heaven, and my reason returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and praised and honored him who lives forever, for his dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom endures from generation to generation; all the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing, and he does according to his will among the host of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay his hand or say to him, “What have you done?” At the same time my…

WHEN FACING DEATH, TRUST OUR LORD GOD ALMIGHTY! If this be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king. But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up. —Daniel 3:17-18  Nebuchadnezzar answered and said, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent his angel and delivered his servants, who trusted in him, and set aside the king’s command, and yielded up their bodies rather than serve and worship any god…

THE DAY OF THE LORD IS COMING! “And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions. Even on the male and female servants in those days I will pour out my Spirit. “And I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke. The sun shall be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the great and awesome day of the LORD comes. And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls on the name…

GOD EXPOSES EVIL, BRINGS ABOUT GOOD INSTEAD! And the king said, “Who is in the court?” Now Haman had just entered the outer court of the king’s palace to speak to the king about having Mordecai hanged on the gallows that he had prepared for him. —Esther 6:4 Then Harbona, one of the eunuchs in attendance on the king, said, “Moreover, the gallows that Haman has prepared for Mordecai, whose word saved the king, is standing at Haman’s house, fifty cubits high.” And the king said, “Hang him on that.” So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the wrath of the king abated. —Esther…

GOD DESIRES RELIABLE PEOPLE— ARE YOU? And I appointed… for they were considered reliable… —Nehemiah 13:13 And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable people who will also be qualified to teach others. —II Timothy 2:2             Are you considered a reliable person?  Are you reliable?  Reliable people are appointed to responsibilities.  What responsibilities has God appointed to you?  Are you being reliable?             As followers of Jesus, we were ”created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do” (Ephesians 2:10).  Jesus said, “You did not choose me, but I chose you and…

LOOK UP AT HIS DECLARATIONS! The heavens declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge! Selah —Psalm 50:6 The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork. —Psalm 19:1             When was the last time you looked up at the heavens?  The heavens declare His righteousness and His glory.  Should we not stand in awe as we look up at the heavens with such a declaration they are making?  He said— “Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years, and let them be…