How to Get the Good God Has For You a message by Trevor Lund Scripture gives three things for us to do to get the good God has for us. Will advice how to practically live out all three Christian author and speaker Trevor Lund shares how to seek the Lord, fear the Lord and do what’s right. Immediately download the MP3 to listen to on any device. Buy Now Download immediately from Expectancy Press. About the Speaker: Trevor Lund [...] Read more »
Why Were Joshua and Caleb Different?
In our series on “How Big Is Your But” we’ve looked at the story of the 12 spies giving their report of the promised land to the the people of Israel. 10 saw the giants and fortified cities and saw themselves as grasshoppers. Two used the word “and” more than the word “but”. These two were Joshua and Caleb. Joshua loved the Lord’s Presence The LORD would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks with his friend. [...] Read more »
What Does God Promise When I Obey?
What are the promises when I obey God? I’ve never preached on this portion of Scripture except when I’ve shared this message. It’s a powerful one to consider. Deuteronomy 28:1-13 (NLT) “If you fully obey the Lord your God and carefully keep all his commands that I am giving you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the world. You will experience all these blessings if you obey the Lord your God: Your [...] Read more »
Seeking the Lord is More Than Ritual
Seeking the Lord is not a ritual. There’s so much more to seeking the Lord than praying longer, or louder or fasting. Even if we think, “seeking the Lord” means fasting or going through religious ceremonies, God tells us fasting is useless without doing what is right. Isaiah 58:2-11 (NIV) For day after day they seek me out; they seem eager to know my ways, as if they were a nation that does what is right and has not forsaken [...] Read more »
How I Can Seek the Lord – 7 ways
How can I seek the Lord? If you’re like me, you might think “seeking the Lord” simply means to “pray longer, pray louder and probably fast”. While Scripture does mention prayer and fasting with the right attitude, it also includes other, possibly surprising ways. 7 Ways to Seek the Lord 1. Call upon God and pray to him Jeremiah 29:12-14a (New International Version) Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. [...] Read more »
Why Seek the Lord – 7 reasons
Why should I seek the Lord? Well, besides the promise that those who seek the Lord will lack no good thing (Psalm 34:10), there are a number of other benefits to following God’s command to seek Him (Hosea 10:12). Much like fearing the Lord, seeking the Lord is of great benefit for us; and like fearing the Lord, we shouldn’t seek the Lord just to get the benefits. Knowing the benefits can motivate us, keep us focused and help us [...] Read more »
Seeking the Lord
Before we look at seeking the Lord, I need to point out something about fearing the Lord. We’re given three conditions for getting the good God has for us. Fear the Lord Seek the Lord Do what’s right And right away we see that part of fearing God is obeying his commandments…doing what’s right. We could make an argument that everything in the list of 16 Ways To Fear the Lord can be summarized with “do what’s right.” I won’t [...] Read more »
Why Fear God?
Why Fear God? The first condition for getting the good God has for us is for us to “fear God.” So the question is How Can I Fear God? How do we balance perfect love driving out all fear (1 John 4:18) with worshipping God acceptably with all reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire (Hebrews 12:28-29)? How can God not give us the spirit of fear, and yet still tell us to fear Him? What is fearing [...] Read more »
Practice the Presence – Day 37
Truth: But the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not trust in me enough to honor me as holy in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this community into the land I give them.” Numbers 20:12 (New International Version) Thought: God almost always punished the children of Israel when they grumbled against Him as they spent the 40 years wondering in the desert. There was one time He didn’t. Instead He punished Moses – [...] Read more »
Praise is a Choice – Day 34
Truth: After consulting the people, Jehoshaphat appointed men to sing to the LORD and to praise him for the splendor of his holiness as they went out at the head of the army, saying: “Give thanks to the LORD, for his love endures forever.” 2 Chronicles 20:18 (NIV) Thought: When we face discouragement, many times the discouragement comes in the form of worry. So here are some quick steps to help you worry less and strengthen yourself in the Lord: [...] Read more »
Peace or Understanding – Day 30
Peace or Understanding? Truth: Always be full of joy in the Lord. I say it again–rejoice! Let everyone see that you are considerate in all you do. Remember, the Lord is coming soon. Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus. [...] Read more »
Forgiveness Confusion – Day 24
Truth: Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. (Colossians 3:13 NIV) Thought: Too many followers of Christ are confused about forgiveness. They live out of lies they hold to as truth. We’ll be looking at some of those lies today. We don’t forgive because we believe the violator needs to pay. We feel the one who did us wrong needs to understand what we were put through. [...] Read more »
Is Meekness Weakness – Day 16
Truth: Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Philippians 4:5 (New International Version) Thought: Mothers like to label their sons as “gentle.” I’ve never seen a son respond well to that label. I somehow remember starting a fight with someone just to prove I wasn’t “gentle.” How’s that for a fallen nature? Gentleness is an expression of compassion seen as God deals with the frail and weak and it’s also His expectation for how His followers [...] Read more »
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