PRAY FOR LABORERS IN THE HARVEST AND BE ONE! 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             According to this passage “the harvest,” Jesus said, “is plentiful, but the laborers are few.”  So then, the problem is not that there isn’t a plentiful harvest, but there are too few people working in the harvest.  What is the solution?  It is to “therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.”  Whatever you are doing, will you not stop…

DO GOD’S WILL  “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’  “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came,…

TREASURE FOCUS IS HEART FOCUS For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. —Matthew 6:21             What do you treasure?  Who do you treasure?  Where is your heart?  Your heart is where your treasure is!  How do we know what we treasure?  Is it—- “Like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.  Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it.” —Matthew 13:44-46            …

FOUNDATIONS OF THE WORLD ARE SHAKEN, BUT OUR FOUNDATION IS NOT! But he answered, It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’ —Matthew 4:4 Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute. Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.” They have neither knowledge nor understanding, they walk about in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken. —Psalm 82:3-5 When the foundations are being destroyed, what can the righteous do? —Psalm 11:3             The foundations of the world may be shaken, but…

THE CONSEQUENCE OF STUBBORNNESS But my people did not listen to my voice; Israel would not submit to me. So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts, to follow their own counsels. —Psalm 81:11-12 God’s ways are best and when people do not want to listen to Him, do not want to submit to His desires, then it will not go well.  Why?  Because God will give “them over to their stubborn hearts, to follow their own counsels.”  Then we get the results, the fruit of our counsel.  What does that look like?  Let’s look at Romans 1:18-32 and see if this sounds like our culture… They suppress the truth…

OUR LORD GOD ALMIGHTY’S PERSISTENCE AND PATIENCE The LORD, the God of their fathers, sent persistently to them by his messengers, because he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling place. But they kept mocking the messengers of God, despising his words and scoffing at his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD rose against his people, until there was no remedy. —II Chronicles 36:15-16 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcmqSfr1ENY             Our Lord is so patient with us— “not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance” (II Peter 3:9).  He is patient with His church to be witnesses and disciple-makers.  He is also patient with those “mocking the messengers of…

MY SHEPHERD NEVER FAILS But we your people, the sheep of your pasture, will give thanks to you forever; from generation to generation we will recount your praise.  —Psalm 79:13             Paise God all you who know Him!  We are the sheep of His pasture and we can be fully assured of His care for us now and forever.  Thank You, O Lord, for Your mercy, grace, peace and love that You have extended to me.  I am forever grateful. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cx9-LkuVWt4  I can trust You to meet all my needs.  I will wait on You!  I can trust You to guide me in the right way for Your Name’s sake. …

BE FAITHFUL! Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth!  I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings from of old, things that we have heard and known, that our fathers have told us. We will not hide them from their children, but tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the LORD, and his might, and the wonders that he has done. He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers to teach to their children, that the next generation might know them, the children yet unborn, and arise and…

MY STRENGTH  For God has power to help or to cast down. —II Chronicles 25:8             God has the ability to do whatever He desires.  His power is not limited as ours is.  Think about how weak you are.  I read that, back in 1957, a fellow by the name of Anderson lifted 6,270 pounds with his legs.  Wow… that is a lot of power… for a person.  But when you take and compare that with the power of God, it fades into nothingness…             You need God’s help— “God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble” (Psalm 46:1).  God ahead and ask Him.  Whatever the help…

NONE CAN STAND BEFORE HIS ANGER! But you, you are to be feared! Who can stand before you when once your anger is roused? —Psalm 76:7             Do you and I have a proper perspective on who God is?  Are we truly aware that none can stand before Him when His “anger is roused?”  Have you and I truly considered how small we are in comparison to the One who created all things?  Look into the night sky and be astounded at His immensity.  He is not the universe, but He created the universe!  How awesome is He!  We cannot fathom His greatness and His goodness is as great as…