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Favor Of God

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Given May 22, 2008

I teach as an adjunct at the local college and had the opportunity to add another class this summer.  However, I needed to get the approval of the department head and had to see him and get his signature before he left for the weekend.  I walked across campus, up the hill, to his office only to find he had already gone.  I would not be able to teach the class.  However, his office manager said he had spoken to her about the situation and she signed the form.  I was in!

As I walked back down the steps, I was thanking God for His favor in this situation.  I prayed, “Lord, what have I done to deserve your favor?”  His answer came immediately, “Nothing.  You can’t do anything to cause me to love you just like you can’t do anything to cause me to not love you.  I love you no matter what you do.  You can do things to please me or displease me but nothing will cause me to love you more or less.”

It brought tears to my eyes to be reminded that the love of God is unconditional and there’s nothing I can do to change that.  His favor is with me as I seek to serve Him and do the things that are pleasing in His sight.  What an awesome love!  “But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8”  “And it is My desire to lavish My love on you simply because you are My child and I am your Father… 1 John 3:1.“

What Do YOU Have?

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Given April 27, 2008

I look at people around me that have a lot and sometimes get a little jealous.  Then I have to repent because the Lord has really blessed me and my family too.  Some are of the belief that you have to have something great to do something spectacular for God.  That’s not the case.  Look at these three examples:

Moses and his rod.  Moses was sort of whining to God saying, “What if they won’t listen to me?”  “Then the LORD said to him, “What is that in your hand?” A staff, he replied. Exodus 4:2.”  All Moses had was a stick and God used it for a great purpose.

The boy with the fishes and loaves.  Jesus was teaching in a big field and it was getting to be supper time.  He asked His disciples, “Where are we going to get enough food to feed this crowd?”  Andrew said, “Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, John 6:9“.  One little boy offered his lunch and Jesus fed 5000 men and their families.

David’s smooth stones.  Teenager  David went out to face a giant of a man and along the way, “…chose five smooth stones from the stream, put them in the pouch of his shepherd’s bag and, with his sling in his hand, approached the Philistine. 1 Samuel 17:40“.  David slung one of those stones and God guided it to hit its mark.

As an African pastor who comes to our church occasionally says, “Are you getting the understanding?”  It doesn’t really matter what you have, what matters is will you give it to God and let Him use it to His glory?  A stick, a lunch, a rock…do you have anything like that?

Whose Are You?

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Given June 4, 2008

Who do you belong to? Who would describe you as, “My people”? Well, there are lots of people and groups who would say that. First of all, God says that we were bought and paid for with a price. 1 Corinthians 7:23 So we belong to God whether we accept it or not.

We are also the people of our country and our president. He might say, “You’re my people.” In the same way, we “belong” to our state’s Governor, county governing body, or city mayor. They might say, “You’re my people.” We also belong to our parents, our spouse, our pastor, or our boss. They might all say, “You are mine or part of my people.”

But as we look at this list, most of them can change. At some point they might say, “You’re not mine.” Only two of them cannot change, God and your parents. You may reject your parents or they may reject you but the fact remains, you are still theirs. However, God is constant, He is true. “for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. Hebrews 13:5“. “Come close to God, and God will come close to you. James 4:8“.  You can reject Him but He will never reject you.  He’s always there, an “ever present help in time of trouble. Psalm 46:1“.

Think of all the people and groups who you “belong” to.  Who do you spend your time catering to?  Who gets most of your allegiance?  Will they be around next month, will they be there for you?  Think about it.

Temple Of The Holy Spirit

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Given May 26, 2008

I heard something on this day that made me think; I had never heard this idea before. The Word says in 1 Corinthians 6:19, “Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God?“. When we get saved, the Spirit of God comes to live inside of us so we are His temple. Right?

In Jerusalem, the temple was the house of God; the dwelling place of God. It was ornate, grand, large, holy, and a fixture in the city. The people had to come to the temple to worship, pray, give to God’s work, sacrifice and learn. A fixture in the city. That is the idea of this revelation….the temple is immobile!

As Christians, we are the temple of God. Are we immobile too? Are people supposed to come to us to worship, pray, sacrifice, or learn? Or, are we supposed to take God to the people? I think it’s the latter. But, sadly, most of us are housing God in a structure that does not attract people or rarely moves to where the needs are.

Think of yourself as the mobile temple of God and move out among the people where the needs are.

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