Dr. Barclay – Something
to Think About
The Promises of
God
Promises are Covenants. Promises God made with us.
There are warnings that
come with the promises of God. God is faithful at keeping his covenants with
us, but are we faithful at keeping them with him.
Exodus 24:3
So Moses came and told
the people all the words of the Lord and all the judgments. And all the people
answered with one voice and said, “All the words which the Lord has said we
will do.”
Christ has promised us
eternity with him, yet it is up to us to be faithful and keep our promise to
God, live for him and not stray from God’s word so we may spend eternity with
him.
John 14:2 In My
Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I
go to prepare a place for you.
The bible says let our yes be yes and no be no.
Matthew 5:37
James 5:12
We need to be clear and
certain when we make promises to each other that we do our utmost, humanely
possible to remain true to our word. Today people often break their promises
and fall back on their word with each other and also break their promises they
made with God. When we are not faithful to each other and easily break our
promises it hurts our Christian witness. The best way we can live out the Christian
life is to remain faithful to each other and ultimately to Father God.
Rev. Roxann Spicer –Worship and Warfare,
the two used as one.
Psalm 91:1-2
Ephesians 6:12
2 Corinthians 10:3-6
Worship enthrones God and focuses on God
Acts 16:25-28
Paul and Silas did not
say, woe is me and feel and bad for themselves. They focused on Christ,
worshiped and praised him. What a glorious witness for the other prisoners and
the jailer. In a cold dark prison, Paul and Silas chained to the wall with
praise and worship, singing hymns, the spirit of God invaded that area in a
wondrous way. When we worship we are elevated above our circumstances situation
and events. Our perspective is shifted from the problem to the problem solver.
We need to ask
ourselves, can we be like Paul and Silas, can we raise a Hallelujah in both the
good times and bad?
To be successful in the
Christian life this is exactly what we must do. God is faithful, he knows and
sees our circumstances and he will not fail us.
When it is time for
spiritual warfare, we must go to war and fully fight the enemy, who is Satan.
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