Numbers

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Grasshoppers!

For the 2nd night this verse has been given to us:

Num 13:33 we were like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their sight.

This is from two different speakers that attend two different churches.

The verse is from the men that did not believe they could take the Promised Land that God had led them to.

When I think of a grasshopper my mind sees this small, virtually harmless insect; harmless because they don’t bite or sting humans. Imagine if they did!

However the Israelites missed the important characteristic of grasshoppers – in swarms they can take over the land.

Indeed it seems at times that Christians are like grasshoppers in this secular world. Therefore we don’t act. We sit. We get ran over by the world!

But Israel wasn’t grasshoppers and neither are we!

We are the people of a Holy God that has commanded us to go and take the land; to go and spread the Gospel, making disciples, and baptizing in the name of Jesus!

We need to be as grasshoppers and swarm the land in the name of Jesus!

Abba, I want to move forward into the land and face those giants today in the name of Jesus!! YES&AMEN

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Possess the Land

Look around your church. Who lives across the street or down the block? Who lives around the corner or within an arm’s reach?

I ask myself that question this morning. There are so many so close to our church that go to church somewhere but there are many that don’t. That means there are many that do not know Jesus as Savior.

Like Israel, we spy out the land all around and determine we cannot possess it.

We need to quit listening to the voice of opposition (even our own) and listen to the voice of victory.

Num 13:30 “Let us go up at once and take possession, for we are well able to overcome it.”

At last night’s revival, Margaret reminded us to possess the land around our church. It is a land of great harvest and opportunity. It is a land the Lord God has given. We can’t take it until we possess it!

Abba Father, let’s go into the land, knowing you are going before us and preparing the way. In Jesus name, YES&AMEN

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Yom Teruah – Day of Shouting

yom teruahIt’s Yom Teruah – the Feast of Trumpets!
Well almost!

It’s no big secret that I believe Yom Teruah will be the day Jesus returns. Yom Teruah means Day of Shouting, though teruah actually means great noise and this could include the noise made by trumpet blasts. Continue reading →

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A Godly Man

Godly manWho is the most Godly man in scripture, other than Jesus?

You will have a different answer than me and probably everyone else around you. There are so many to choose from. Continue reading →

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Keep your eyes on God!

moses before GodMoses remained there on the mountain with the Lord forty days and forty nights. In all that time he ate no bread and drank no water. And the Lord wrote the terms of the covenant—the Ten Commandments—on the stone tablets. Ex 34:28

It is no wonder that Moses was such an awesome man of God. To fast is one thing but to do it in the presence of God is something else altogether. Continue reading →

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Grace without the Law

cain and abel 2

The story of Cain killing his brother, Abel, gives a second glimpse into the loving nature of God called grace.
Grace had already made a previous appearance in Eden. Continue reading →

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On time for the meeting!

busy manI had a meeting yesterday.
I was 30 miles away from the meeting place.
The meeting was scheduled for 9:30 a.m.
I arrived at 9:20 a.m.
I was on time. Continue reading →

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So You Wanna Go Back To Egypt.

Then they plotted among themselves, “Let’s choose a new leader and go back to Egypt!” Num 14:4
I was reading in my Bible where the Israelites decided they could not take over the promise land.
After being delivered from bondage in Egypt, they decided they wanted to go back into that bondage. Continue reading →