Focus & Meditate--September
We have started this segment to encourage you to read and study God's Word more and also meditate on the key thoughts of our recent articles. We pray this will encourage and assist you as you grow in the Kingdom.
September--Week Thirty-Eight
Article: It's the Right Time Before the King's Return
Keep in mind that Isaiah prophesied that the King would bring His government--not religion--back to earth. For a child is born to us, a son is given to us. The government will rest on his shoulders. And He will be called: Wonderful Counselor, mighty God, everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. His government and its peace will never end. He will rule with fairness and justice from the throne of his ancestor David for all eternity. The passionate commitment of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies will make this happen! Isaiah 9:6-7
Other "gospels" are a distraction to keep preachers and other ministry leaders from teaching what Jesus taught...the Kingdom of God. We must wake up and get in alignment with the Words Jesus taught. The enemy doesn't care about you promoting prosperity, blessings or even healing. But when God's people begin to grow in their knowledge and understanding of the Kingdom of Heaven and it's attributes and blessings, the enemy will come to stir things up and remind you of who you used to be. He wants to distract you! When the Kingdom is preached and there is understanding, there is power and its attributes and blessings in operation. From then on Jesus began to preach, “Repent of your sins and turn to God, for the Kingdom of Heaven is near...Jesus traveled throughout the region of Galilee, teaching in the synagogues and announcing the Gospel about the Kingdom. And He healed every kind of disease and illness. Matthew 4:17, 23
King Jesus will not return to this earth until the Gospel of the Kingdom has been preached throughout all the world. “Then you will be arrested, persecuted, and killed. You will be hated all over the world because you are my followers. And many will turn away from me and betray and hate each other. And many false prophets will appear and will deceive many people. Sin will be rampant everywhere, and the love of many will grow cold. But the one who endures to the end will be saved. And the Gospel about the Kingdom will be preached throughout the whole world, so that all nations will hear it; and then the end will come. Matthew 24:9-14
Walking through the Gospels:
As you read your Bible (God's Constitution for the Kingdom) highlight key scriptures and phrases as the Holy Spirit guides you. What scriptures touch you and minister to you? We have also included links to Bible Gateway in case you don't have a Bible with you at the moment.
This week read and meditate on John 7-8: Jesus and his brothers; dealing with unbelief; teaching in the temple; interacting with religious leaders; woman at the well; Abraham and his seed and the Truth shall make you free.
Have a productive and prosperous week. Keep seeking the Kingdom!
Other "gospels" are a distraction to keep preachers and other ministry leaders from teaching what Jesus taught...the Kingdom of God. We must wake up and get in alignment with the Words Jesus taught. The enemy doesn't care about you promoting prosperity, blessings or even healing. But when God's people begin to grow in their knowledge and understanding of the Kingdom of Heaven and it's attributes and blessings, the enemy will come to stir things up and remind you of who you used to be. He wants to distract you! When the Kingdom is preached and there is understanding, there is power and its attributes and blessings in operation. From then on Jesus began to preach, “Repent of your sins and turn to God, for the Kingdom of Heaven is near...Jesus traveled throughout the region of Galilee, teaching in the synagogues and announcing the Gospel about the Kingdom. And He healed every kind of disease and illness. Matthew 4:17, 23
King Jesus will not return to this earth until the Gospel of the Kingdom has been preached throughout all the world. “Then you will be arrested, persecuted, and killed. You will be hated all over the world because you are my followers. And many will turn away from me and betray and hate each other. And many false prophets will appear and will deceive many people. Sin will be rampant everywhere, and the love of many will grow cold. But the one who endures to the end will be saved. And the Gospel about the Kingdom will be preached throughout the whole world, so that all nations will hear it; and then the end will come. Matthew 24:9-14
Walking through the Gospels:
As you read your Bible (God's Constitution for the Kingdom) highlight key scriptures and phrases as the Holy Spirit guides you. What scriptures touch you and minister to you? We have also included links to Bible Gateway in case you don't have a Bible with you at the moment.
This week read and meditate on John 7-8: Jesus and his brothers; dealing with unbelief; teaching in the temple; interacting with religious leaders; woman at the well; Abraham and his seed and the Truth shall make you free.
Have a productive and prosperous week. Keep seeking the Kingdom!
September--Week Thirty-Seven
Article: Chosen For a Purpose
Your purpose should always be in line with the will of the Lord Jesus for your life. For I have come down from heaven to do the will of God who sent me, not to do my own will. John 6:38 Then Jesus explained: “My nourishment comes from doing the will of God, who sent me, and from finishing his work." John 4:34
When you are in His purpose for your life, fear and death play no part in your life. And the Father who knows all hearts knows what the Spirit is saying, for the Spirit pleads for us believers in harmony with God’s own will. And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them. Romans 8:27-28
No matter what your plans are, when you are obedient to His Word, it is His plans that prevail. You can make many plans, but the Lord’s purpose will prevail. Proverbs 19:21
His purpose will always succeed. Remember the things I have done in the past. For I alone am God! I am God, and there is none like me. Only I can tell you the future before it even happens. Everything I plan will come to pass, for I do whatever I wish. I will call a swift bird of prey from the east—a leader from a distant land to come and do my bidding. I have said what I would do, and I will do it. Isaiah 46:9-11
Walking through the Gospels:
As you read your Bible (God's Constitution for the Kingdom) highlight key scriptures and phrases as the Holy Spirit guides you. What scriptures touch you and minister to you? We have also included links to Bible Gateway in case you don't have a Bible with you at the moment.
This week read and meditate on John 5--6-Jesus and the disciples in ministry. Healing, feeding the 5000+, walks on the water and yet some of the disciples desert Jesus.
Have a productive and prosperous week. Keep seeking the Kingdom!
When you are in His purpose for your life, fear and death play no part in your life. And the Father who knows all hearts knows what the Spirit is saying, for the Spirit pleads for us believers in harmony with God’s own will. And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them. Romans 8:27-28
No matter what your plans are, when you are obedient to His Word, it is His plans that prevail. You can make many plans, but the Lord’s purpose will prevail. Proverbs 19:21
His purpose will always succeed. Remember the things I have done in the past. For I alone am God! I am God, and there is none like me. Only I can tell you the future before it even happens. Everything I plan will come to pass, for I do whatever I wish. I will call a swift bird of prey from the east—a leader from a distant land to come and do my bidding. I have said what I would do, and I will do it. Isaiah 46:9-11
Walking through the Gospels:
As you read your Bible (God's Constitution for the Kingdom) highlight key scriptures and phrases as the Holy Spirit guides you. What scriptures touch you and minister to you? We have also included links to Bible Gateway in case you don't have a Bible with you at the moment.
This week read and meditate on John 5--6-Jesus and the disciples in ministry. Healing, feeding the 5000+, walks on the water and yet some of the disciples desert Jesus.
Have a productive and prosperous week. Keep seeking the Kingdom!
September--Week Thirty-Six
Article: Diluting the Kingdom Message While Being Deceived
Keep in mind, the woman--Eve--was deceived, but the man--Adam--was disobedient and failed to responsibility in his authority. The serpent was the shrewdest of all the wild animals the Lord God had made. One day he asked the woman, “Did God really say you must not eat the fruit from any of the trees in the garden?”...The woman was convinced. She saw that the tree was beautiful and its fruit looked delicious, and she wanted the wisdom it would give her. So she took some of the fruit and ate it. Then she gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it, too...And to the man he said, “Since you listened to your wife and ate from the tree whose fruit I commanded you not to eat, the ground is cursed because of you. All your life you will struggle to scratch a living from it." Genesis 3:1, 6, 17
Satan (Lucifer) was on the earth long before mankind was. When the seventy-two disciples returned, they joyfully reported to him, “Lord, even the demons obey us when we use your name!”
“Yes,” he told them, “I saw Satan fall from heaven like lightning! Luke 10:17-18
The serpent was the shrewdest of all the wild animals the Lord God had made... Genesis 3:1a
Satan made a choice to try to overthrow his Creator and lost that war. So the earth was made his dwelling place. Then there was war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon and his angels. 8 And the dragon lost the battle, and he and his angels were forced out of heaven. 9 This great dragon—the ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, the one deceiving the whole world—was thrown down to the earth with all his angels.
Then I heard a loud voice shouting across the heavens,
“It has come at last—salvation and power and the Kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ. For the accuser of our brothers and sisters has been thrown down to earth—the one who accuses them before our God day and night.
And they have defeated him by the blood of the Lamb and by their testimony. And they did not love their lives so much that they were afraid to die. Therefore, rejoice, O heavens! And you who live in the heavens, rejoice! But terror will come on the earth and the sea, for the devil has come down to you in great anger, knowing that he has little time.”
When the dragon realized that he had been thrown down to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child. Revelation 12:7-13
Walking through the Gospels:
As you read your Bible (God's Constitution for the Kingdom) highlight key scriptures and phrases as the Holy Spirit guides you. What scriptures touch you and minister to you? We have also included links to Bible Gateway in case you don't have a Bible with you at the moment.
This week read and meditate on John 3-4--You must be born again; John the Baptist exalts Jesus; Jesus ministers to the Samaritan woman at the well.
Have a productive and prosperous week. Keep seeking the Kingdom!
Satan (Lucifer) was on the earth long before mankind was. When the seventy-two disciples returned, they joyfully reported to him, “Lord, even the demons obey us when we use your name!”
“Yes,” he told them, “I saw Satan fall from heaven like lightning! Luke 10:17-18
The serpent was the shrewdest of all the wild animals the Lord God had made... Genesis 3:1a
Satan made a choice to try to overthrow his Creator and lost that war. So the earth was made his dwelling place. Then there was war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon and his angels. 8 And the dragon lost the battle, and he and his angels were forced out of heaven. 9 This great dragon—the ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, the one deceiving the whole world—was thrown down to the earth with all his angels.
Then I heard a loud voice shouting across the heavens,
“It has come at last—salvation and power and the Kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ. For the accuser of our brothers and sisters has been thrown down to earth—the one who accuses them before our God day and night.
And they have defeated him by the blood of the Lamb and by their testimony. And they did not love their lives so much that they were afraid to die. Therefore, rejoice, O heavens! And you who live in the heavens, rejoice! But terror will come on the earth and the sea, for the devil has come down to you in great anger, knowing that he has little time.”
When the dragon realized that he had been thrown down to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child. Revelation 12:7-13
Walking through the Gospels:
As you read your Bible (God's Constitution for the Kingdom) highlight key scriptures and phrases as the Holy Spirit guides you. What scriptures touch you and minister to you? We have also included links to Bible Gateway in case you don't have a Bible with you at the moment.
This week read and meditate on John 3-4--You must be born again; John the Baptist exalts Jesus; Jesus ministers to the Samaritan woman at the well.
Have a productive and prosperous week. Keep seeking the Kingdom!
September--Week Thirty-Five
Article: Living in an Age of Unbelief. What Do You Believe?
When you operate by faith you are trusting in the Lord God's Word. You should always make it your business to delight in the Lord God's Word. Oh, the joys of those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or stand around with sinners, or join in with mockers. But they delight in the law of the Lord, meditating on it day and night. They are like trees planted along the riverbank, bearing fruit each season. Their leaves never wither, and they prosper in all they do. Psalm 1:1-3
Trust in the Lord and do good. Then you will live safely in the land and prosper. Take delight in the Lord, and He will give you your heart’s desires. Commit everything you do to the Lord. Trust him, and he will help you. Psalm 37:3-5
Never allow anything or anyone to cause you to doubt the Lord God's Word. It is your firm foundation. He and His Word are one. Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek His will in all you do, and He will show you which path to take.
Proverbs 3:5-6
Belief and faith go hand in hand and together they build trust. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water. John 7:38 NKJV
Whenever I am afraid, I will trust in You. In God I will praise His Word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear. What can flesh do to me? Psalm 56:3-4 NKJV
Walking through the Gospels:
As you read your Bible (God's Constitution for the Kingdom) highlight key scriptures and phrases as the Holy Spirit guides you. What scriptures touch you and minister to you? We have also included links to Bible Gateway in case you don't have a Bible with you at the moment.
This week read and meditate on John 1-2--John the Baptist preaching the coming of Jesus the Christ. The first Disciples and Jesus' ministry begins.
Have a productive and prosperous week. Keep seeking the Kingdom!
Trust in the Lord and do good. Then you will live safely in the land and prosper. Take delight in the Lord, and He will give you your heart’s desires. Commit everything you do to the Lord. Trust him, and he will help you. Psalm 37:3-5
Never allow anything or anyone to cause you to doubt the Lord God's Word. It is your firm foundation. He and His Word are one. Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek His will in all you do, and He will show you which path to take.
Proverbs 3:5-6
Belief and faith go hand in hand and together they build trust. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water. John 7:38 NKJV
Whenever I am afraid, I will trust in You. In God I will praise His Word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear. What can flesh do to me? Psalm 56:3-4 NKJV
Walking through the Gospels:
As you read your Bible (God's Constitution for the Kingdom) highlight key scriptures and phrases as the Holy Spirit guides you. What scriptures touch you and minister to you? We have also included links to Bible Gateway in case you don't have a Bible with you at the moment.
This week read and meditate on John 1-2--John the Baptist preaching the coming of Jesus the Christ. The first Disciples and Jesus' ministry begins.
Have a productive and prosperous week. Keep seeking the Kingdom!
