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KINGDOMS OF EARTH CRUMBLE, GOD’S KINGDOM LASTS FOREVER! If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?” —Psalm 11:3 The LORD tests the righteous. —Psalm 11:5  For the LORD is righteous; he loves righteous deeds; the upright shall behold his face. —Psalm 11:7             Brother and sister when the foundations of a society crumble, what are you and I to do? Well, this will be a test of our faith. When the foundations are destroyed our Lord is still righteous. He has not changed and we are to remain faithful to Him to live and act rightly. That does not change for the follower of Jesus.             In the…

JESUS REIGNS! The LORD is king forever and ever. —Psalm 10:16 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jvsK798Lbs             Jesus is Lord and King and He reigns forever and ever— “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah, and he will reign for ever and ever” (Revelation 11:15). Brothers and sisters we are part of a kingdom that can never be shaken so let us be thankful and worshipful (Hebrews 12:27-28). Those things that are created will be shaken and removed “so that what cannot be shaken may remain.” What is it that will remain? All those who will remain are those who have called on the Name…

WOMEN’S DESIRE FOR CHILDREN When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, she envied her sister. She said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I shall die!” Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?” —Genesis 30:1-2             There are those women who truly desire to have children and actually envy those who can have children. How sad it is for those who want to conceive, but cannot? Yet it is God who enables women to have children or not. In the verses above Jacob got angry with Rachel when she said,…

  CHILDREN IN THE WOMB FROM GOD’S PERSPECTIVE And Isaac prayed to the LORD for his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD granted his prayer, and Rebekah his wife conceived. The children struggled together within her, and she said, “If it is thus, why is this happening to me?” So she went to inquire of the LORD. And the LORD said to her, “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you shall be divided; the one shall be stronger than the other, the older shall serve the younger.” When her days to give birth were completed, behold, there were twins in her womb. —Genesis 25:21-24             There…

PASSING GOD’S TEST Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!”   “Here I am,” he replied. Then God said, “Take your son, your only son, whom you love—Isaac—and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on a mountain I will show you.” Early the next morning Abraham got up and loaded his donkey. He took with him two of his servants and his son Isaac. When he had cut enough wood for the burnt offering, he set out for the place God had told him about. On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance. He said…

INFLUENCE Then he said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak just once more. What if only ten can be found there?” He answered, “For the sake of ten, I will not destroy it.” —Genesis 18:32 When he hesitated, the men grasped his hand and the hands of his wife and of his two daughters and led them safely out of the city, for the Lord was merciful to them. —Genesis 19:16             How are you affecting people? Are you affecting people? What type of a witness are you? Who are you discipling? Whose life are you involved in? Are we being faithful to our Lord in what He…

HE HEARS MY PRAYER Give attention to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to you do I pray. —Psalm 5:2             Oh my Lord, my King and my God please give attention to me as I talk with You.   You say, “You do not have because you do not ask God.” But Lord when I do ask may I be asking with the right motives. May I not be selfishly focused, but focused on Your desires and the benefit of others (James 4:2). Help me to pray according to Your will and not my will.   Yes… Your will be done! You tell us then…

BE WISE, NOT JUST KNOWLEDGEABLE! Blessed is the one who finds wisdom, and the one who gets understanding, for the gain from her is better than gain from silver and her profit better than gold. She is more precious than jewels, and nothing you desire can compare with her. Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her; those who hold her fast are called blessed. The LORD by wisdom founded the earth; by understanding he established the heavens; by his knowledge the deeps broke open,…

FIRST EARTH’S JUDGMENT & THE COMING SECOND EARTH’S JUDGMENT “Behold, I establish my covenant with you and your offspring after you, and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the livestock, and every beast of the earth with you, as many as came out of the ark; it is for every beast of the earth. I establish my covenant with you, that never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of the flood, and never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.” And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living creature that…

SELFISH OR SERVICE Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One: “Let us break Their chains and cast away Their cords.” —Psalm 2:1-3             Isn’t it interesting that people who do not want to believe that our Father sent His Son to save people from their sins not only don’t want to believe it, but are angry about it and plot against Him and those who love Him? Why is this? It is because they do not want to be accountable to Him. They want to…