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ACTS 7:37 This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, a prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me, him shall ye hear.ACTS 7:52 Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted ? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of …

David's Sensitive Hands

David’s Sensitive Hands

David had sensitive hands. Not harsh, cruel, heartless, careless, reckless, hasty HANDS THAT ARE SENSITIVE TO WAR I Samuel 17:40,46,49 Sensitive to the CAUSES FOR WAR David will go to war for his FLOCK David will go to war for his FAITH Not just any battle or cause Stand for something or fall for anything Ephesians 6:13 “…having done all …

David's Sensitive Hands

ABRAHAM’S SACRIFICIAL HANDS

Genesis 22:6-12   Up until this time Abraham has been on the receiving end of things.  He never really gave up anything.  When God saved us, what did we give up?  Smoking, alcohol, drugs, wicked life style, our self-righteousness.  Truth is we gave up junk.  There was nothing good in us to sacrifice. Abraham has been given a MIGHTY CALLING …

Mama Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Pharaohs

Hebrews 11:23-28 “By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king’s commandment. By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter; Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than …

The Heart of God

John 3:16 If you want to know the heart of God just look at Calvary… If you think that no one loves you, just take a look at that old tree. Can you see the blood that flows as Jesus died for you and me If you want to see the heart of God, just look at Calvary Jack Shuler …

When The Obedience Of Faith Becomes Sight

  Hebrews 11:1-40 | Genesis 6-9 Hebrews 11:3 “Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.” HEBREWS 11:7 “BY FAITH NOAH, BEING WARNED OF GOD of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving …

ISAAC – The Man Caught in the Middle

Genesis 17:19 “And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.” Josh 24:3-4 “And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the …

Leading or Lording the Flock?

Text: Philemon 1-25 The slave, Onesimus, has run away from his owner Philemon. As the providence of God would have it, Onesimus crosses paths with Paul.  He gets converted.  By Roman law and by Christian integrity, Paul must send Onesimus back to Philemon, whom Paul also had converted.   Paul petitions Philemon, for his sake, to deal kindly with Onesimus and …

Life After Failure

You need not waste failure.  Don’t give up.   God is the God of a second chance! I’m not encouraging failure, but it is a fact-of-life.  When it happens, hopefully not on a large scale, we must live and learn though we grieve and it hurts. Sometimes the results of failure can be devastating. We may fail openly. Many times, the …

Abraham Believed God When He Did Not Know

Hebrews 11:8-19 HE DID NOT KNOW WHERE Strange Departure…CALLING (Heb. 11:8-10) HE DID NOT KNOW WHEN Strange Destiny…A COUNTRY (Heb. 11:9-10) HE DID NOT KNOW HOW Strange Desire…A CONCEPTION (Heb. 11:11) HE DID NOT KNOW WHY Strange Devotion…CONSECRATION (Heb. 11:17-19)