THE MASTER BUILDER Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain. —Psalm 127:1             Is the Lord your builder?  Look at your house/life.  How is He building?  In what ways is He building?  Why is He building as He is?  Can others see that He is your Builder?  Have they heard that He is your Builder?  Does your building/life further His building reputation?  Are others taking notice of what is being built and who the Builder is?  Do you share and recommend your Builder to others?             So, take a look at your house/life, if He is not the builder then what you are building is in vain.  Are…

BE FAITHFUL TO JESUS’ COMMAND/CALL ON OUR LIFE! Amos answered Amaziah, “I was neither a prophet nor the son of a prophet, but I was a shepherd, and I also took care of sycamore-fig trees. But the Lord took me from tending the flock and said to me, ‘Go…’ —Amos 7:14-15 Those who sow with tears will reap with songs of joy.  Those who go out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with them. —Psalm 126:5-6 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go…” —Matthew 28:18-19             Jesus said to us “Come, follow me” and He…

OUR ONLY HOPE! For behold, he who forms the mountains and creates the wind, and declares to man what is his thought, who makes the morning darkness, and treads on the heights of the earth— the LORD, the God of hosts, is his name! —Amos 4:13  Seek the LORD and live… —Amos 5:4, 6, 14 Seek good, and not evil, that you may live; and so the LORD, the God of hosts, will be with you, as you have said. Hate evil, and love good, and establish justice in the gate; it may be that the LORD, the God of hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph. —Amos 5:14-15…

Injustice! “So you, by the help of your God, return, hold fast to love and justice, and wait continually for your God.” —Hosea 12:6 Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them; for the ways of the LORD are right, and the upright walk in them, but transgressors stumble in them. —Hosea 14:9 Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth. —Psalm 124:8             Injustices have occurred since sin and death entered the human race through Adam (Romans 5:12).  Only with God’s help, the One who created heaven and earth, can we return and “hold fast to…

THE ROTTEN FRUIT OF TRUSTING SELF You have plowed iniquity; you have reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your own way and in the multitude of your warriors. —Hosea 10:13             Those that trust in themselves and not our Lord will— Plow iniquity Reap injustice Eat the fruit of their own lies We can see how this is worked out in our own culture and in the world.  Sin is breaking up the ground of what is right and good and is sowing all kinds of unrighteousness and evil.  The weeds of injustices are growing and taking over the field of fidelity. …

THE ONLY HOPEFUL LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS—- JESUS! Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land. There is no faithfulness or steadfast love, and no knowledge of God in the land; there is swearing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed. Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it languish… —Hosea 4:1-3 Their deeds do not permit them to return to their God. For the spirit of whoredom is within them, and they know not the LORD. —Hosea 5:4             Whether it is the Jewish nation or any nation,…

HE IS OUR HELP! For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth, and the former things shall not be remembered or come into mind. —Isaiah 65:17 I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth. —Psalm 121:1-2             Brother and sister, fellow follower of Jesus, our “help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.”  Whatever we are going through and wherever we are, the One who made heaven and earth is with us.  He is our help and what greater help could we desire than His?             But rejoice!  Keep your…

FREED IN JESUS AND I AM HIS! The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn… —Isaiah 61:1-2 “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor.  He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of…

CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS Behold, the LORD’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save, or his ear dull, that it cannot hear; but your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you so that he does not hear. For your hands are defiled with blood and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies; your tongue mutters wickedness. —Isaiah 59:1-3             Have you known sin in your life right now?  Confess it to the Lord!  Agree with Him that you have sinned against Him.  “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and…

HE WORKS THE WAYS OF HIS WORD For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it. —Isaiah 55:10-11 The unfolding of your words gives light; it imparts understanding to the simple. —Psalm 119:139 I rise before dawn and cry for help; I hope in your words. —Psalm…