Have you had an injustice? Do you have a grievance? The Righteous Judge wants to execute justice on your behalf.
A petition is a formally drawn request to a higher authority soliciting some favor, right, mercy, or other benefit.
It is time to petition the Court of Heaven where Jesus our Advocate is seated at the right hand of Father God.
There are a lot of reasons why people discourage others from pursuing their dreams. Many seem to be altruistic - an effort to protect someone from failure or pain. But we can’t protect someone from the pain of life, and certainly not at the cost of their dreams.
Jesus did not get his identity from what people said about him, he got his identity from what the Father said about him!
All things are possible - so, do you believe?
God has set leadership in place so that all believers would be “equipped for the work of the ministry”. While most are not called to “pulpit” ministry, all are called to minister one to another with the gifts God has given.
Ministry and service is extending yourself for the benefit of someone else.
Whether regardless of a primary to call to public ministry, business, family, etc., all believers are to live balanced lives that include service and ministry to the body of believers!
What you think about will change your emotions, attitude, actions and circumstances - for the better or the worse!
Sometimes we lie to ourselves rather than facing the truth of what we really think. But your spirit knows the truth about what you think.
By taking an honest look at our thoughts and submitting them to the higher truth of God’s thoughts and meditating on HIS truth, we can make our way prosperous and successful!
God didn’t stop speaking in the past; He still speaks today. It’s normal for God to speak and should be normal for believers to hear Him!
Through the voice of the Holy Spirit, dreams, prophetic ministry, the Word of God and all the ways God continues to speak– we will receive the instruction and life that comes from hearing God speak if we will tune our ears to listen!
With the gift of salvation Jesus also gave the challenge that we would take up our own crosses, put away old ways of living and become new creations. God calls us to live a higher life and calling.
Paul used the example of an athelete as how we are to pursue the high calling of Jesus Christ. We are to train, restrain and develop ourselves to come up higher and pursue the calling of God on our lives.
Every single believer is called to “ministry.” This may not be preaching from the pulpit or other public positions, but each of us is called to impact lives and change the word around us by letting the light of Christ shine!
Sinners loved Jesus. Jesus attracted people by His goodness, and we are to do likewise. When we do good for other people, we allow the Glory of God to be seen.
Let your light shine!
When people are under stress, fear and desperation, that is when they begin to make wrong responses to situations. Our wrong responses at best don’t help us any, and at worse… make things worse!
It is in times of difficulty is when we ESPECIALLY need to look to the Lord, and make right, godly responses to the challenges facing us. Obedience to the Lord and His word include our service, tithing, giving and ministry– these are the seeds to sow when we most need a harvest!
The Word instructs us that we are to live above reproach– to conduct ourselves in such a way that our critics can find no fault in us.
Of course, there are people who are always going to look to find fault, criticize and judge. We can have victory over reproach, and not fall into the trap of judgment and condemnation of others by sowing mercy, accepting mercy and living in faith that God is truly on our side!
When a person becomes a teenager, they begin to question the rules by which their parents have governed them. As they mature (one hopes!) they will come to realize that some of the rules are wisdom and for their benefit– going to bed at a reasonable hour so they can make it to work in the morning, brushing their teeth so they don’t rot out of their mouth, etc.
But many teenagers who think they are finally “free” of their parents rules actually become slaves to their rebellion.
We are not to require continual monitoring, control and correction to do the things that are wise and godly. That is what children require. As we grow and mature, we are to take responsibility for our own lives– naturally and spiritually– as WE are the ones who will answer to God for them!
