Thursday, November 29, 2012
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Thursday, November 22, 2012
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Blow the Trumpets
In Bible days their trumpets were actually rams horns made into instruments to be used by God's priests.Specially chosen priests blew trumpets during the reading of the certain Psalms. Priests blew their trumpets before Jericho's walls fell down. Trumpets blew when the priests called the people to a meeting. The prophets were told to warn the people about sin by blowing a trumpet.
A trumpet of praise, a trumpet of meeting, a trumpet of battle and a trumpet of warning. God linked all these with the sound that one day every man, woman and child will hear at the return of Jesus Christ. In the New testament Paul tells us about a day when...
The Lord Himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the voice of the arch angel and with the trumpet call of God. 1 Thessalonians 5:17
Imagine the sound when not a priest, or even an angel with blow the trumpet. The day is coming when God takes Heaven's trumpet off the shelf, puts it to His lips and blows the last trumpet sound. The clouds themselves will tear apart, then Jesus will come down and we will be caught up to meet Him.There will be no second verse, no chance to turn things around or to even fall to our knees. The song will be played out to its end in less time than we take to blink our eyes. God's final chapter will be ended and at the sound of the trumpet call we will go to meet Him and we will be with Him forever. All our battles will be over, and we will begin a season of praise that will stretch into eternity.
God's Trumpet plays one clear note. God is blowing trumpets all around us so that sleepers will wake up, enemies will turn and run, brave men can rally in battle. Jesus blows the trumpet for us to get ready. One day nothing else will matter.Now is the time when we so desperately need to ask God to open our ears and soften our hearts so we will hear and answer the trumpet call of God. Are we ready? Only God knows each of our hearts.
Monday, November 19, 2012
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Saturday, November 10, 2012
What does rejoicing look like?
Romans 5:2-3 ....and we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Not only this but we also rejoice in sufferings, knowing that suffering produces perseverance.
Just what does rejoicing look like? Is it in the quiet moment we look into the eyes of someone we love? Is it the time when we finally pay off the house; get into our new car, or receive some unexpected financial blessing? Is rejoicing at the moment of getting everything we ever wanted, or fame, acceptance or power?
These can be happy times that we are thankful for, but according to God's word rejoicing is something more, something deeper, something eternal. We rejoice in hope because of what God has already done,and we can rejoice in suffering because we know God is still at work! It sure doesn't feel like God's hands involved in our situations when they are filled with unanswered prayers, suffering, and rejection by our dearest friends.God promises us that at those moments of near despair He is more at work than ever. The eternal character of Christ is being formed inside our hearts and on the other side of our trials is a sunrise of astonishing beauty.
Our heavenly surgeon's hands that have cut into our infected wounds are the same hands that will close them back up again now clean and ready for healing. God has not only not abandoned us, He is most at work in our times of difficulty. He is giving us an opportunity to bring to Him a worship that is set free from the things of earth. He is opening the door to His inner chambers where we can come and look into the face of the one who loved us and gave himself for us! In that moment as He gives us just a glimpse of heaven He lavishes on us a rejoicing that He had as He was suffering on the cross for the joy that was set before Him!
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
What Am I Worth Today?
Where does my value come from? Does it matter much money that I have in the bank? Is derived from my family's status or the color of my skin? Will you value me because of my beauty? My brains? My Strength? If I can do amazing things, will you love me more?
No matter what others believe, my true value comes from the simple fact that I am a creation of God. He has specially designed me. He has chosen to give me the gift of life. There is nothing I can do to increase my worth to him and there is nothing the anyone can take away that steals my true value.
Life is God's special gift. It is not something to throw away, to be treated cheaply or to be forgotten. Even though everyone else says differently, it it God who has the last word. When we begin to devalue even a single life we begin losing a little of our own. How will you value a life today?
No matter what others believe, my true value comes from the simple fact that I am a creation of God. He has specially designed me. He has chosen to give me the gift of life. There is nothing I can do to increase my worth to him and there is nothing the anyone can take away that steals my true value.
Life is God's special gift. It is not something to throw away, to be treated cheaply or to be forgotten. Even though everyone else says differently, it it God who has the last word. When we begin to devalue even a single life we begin losing a little of our own. How will you value a life today?
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