Are We Listening?

8 “Hear, O My people, and I will admonish you!O Israel, if you will listen to Me!9 There shall be no foreign god among you;Nor shall you worship any foreign god.10 I am the Lord your God,Who brought you out of the land of Egypt;Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.11 “But My people would not heed My voice,And Israel would have none of Me.12 So

Temptations

Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. james 5:16 nkjv Temptations will come to all people. There are temptations to anger, temptations to jealousy, temptations to resentment, temptations to slander, temptations to lust, temptations to hatred,

Counsel

For by wise counsel you will wage your war,    and in multitude of counselors there is safety. Proverbs 24:6 MEV Counsel, as well as strength, is necessary for war: kings and states, before they enter on a war, should not only well consider the justness of their cause, but should consult whether they have a sufficiency

Spouting Off

Proverbs 18:13 NLT Spouting off before listening to the facts is both shameful and foolish. Fun tidbit: Spouting cannot be spelled without pout and out. According to Merriam-Webster spouting off means to voice one’s opinions freely with force. For instance, someone who is impatient and cannot wait to listen to the whole story. A person

Serious

Come let’s reason together. If our hearts aren’t right before the Lord, then the things we do are all for nothing. Jesus said the following in Matthew 22:37: ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ What He didn’t say was, that we could

Divided or United?

Jude 1:14-23 NASB 14 It was also about these men that Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord came with many thousands of His holy ones, 15 to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their ungodly deeds which they have done in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken

Hearing from God My Notes from Dr. Charles A Stanley video

We ask that You would help us to prioritize our time so that You are first and that we would be able to listen to what You are saying. May we daily be meditating on Your word. Lord, may we hunger and thirst for Your righteousness.

Slow Down

Let’s start each day with a prayer, an invitation, an opening so to speak for His Holy Spirit to guide us. Let’s become renewed by the transforming power of His word.

Listening

I so want to just run straight to You at the end of my life with no encumbrances, nothing that would separate me from rushing into Your arms. Your word gives me such hope, to know that You are with me even to the end of the world is awesome. (Matthew 28:20)