What Did God Say?: Recent Episodes
Ty Reives
Morning devotionals based on Jesus Christ and the Holy Bible, aimed at encouraging, enlightening, correcting, edifying and unifying The Body of Christ.
When we fall short of God's will some of us will shut down, or mimic Adam and try to hide from God in our shame & guilt. But God wants us to get up and keep striving!
Our hope must derive from truth, otherwise we gain false hope from lies, which in turn sets us up to be let down. To be mad at God for something he never said in the first place.
God's plan may not meet our expectations, which is why its so important for our expectations to line up with his plan.
Jesus proposed a question that challenges the confession/faith of believers in Luke 6:46. We will evaluate it quickly and then go into a time of prayer.
2 Peter gives us a perfect format to help us manage everything we've been given in Christ. He encourages us to ADD to our FAITH. Faith is not enough by itself to produce what God wants us to produce for His Kingdom.
Jesus gave us understanding of what constitutes a, "Good & Faithful Servant," in Matt 25. It requires us to be profitable for the Kingdom of God. But in order for that to happen we must be good managers of everything He has given us. We must MANAGE IT! The eternal residing place of our souls depends on it!
Many pastors cast vision at the beginning of the year, but by this time of the year (just like with our resolutions) we've forgotten what the Spirit has said. God wants to Remind us of what He said for 2023.
LIFE HAPPENS! But when it does, we must still trust in the Lord. Proverbs 3:1-7; Jeremiah 17:9-10; Matt 14:27-31
In this world there are billions upon billions of voices speaking daily, but in actuality there are only two, the voice of God and/or the voice of satan. The voice of truth and/or the voice of deception. Am I living by words from the mouth of God, or am I living by words from the other source?