Following the Lord’s guidance is always the best despite our desire to do what we want. I consistently make good decisions by following the Lord’s direction through the Holy Spirit and godly advice. I can also say that when I decided to make decisions based on my desires and selfishness, I consistently made poor choices. …
Obeying God brings spiritual rewards into our lives. Would you like the blessings of the Lord poured out into your life? This may not be something you have given much thought to, but it affects your daily life journey. The world usually thinks of blessings in terms of wealth, but God’s blessings are a different …
After the birth of Jesus, Mary and Joseph followed the Mosaic law concerning a newborn. I think they saw their obedience as worship. Both Mary and Joseph had supernatural encounters as God communicated with them before Jesus was born. They recognized the greatness of God and responded in the way they knew by following the …
Putting God’s word into practice can be one of the most challenging and rewarding undertakings we do in this lifetime. It is one thing to hear what God says and another to ask the Lord to help you accomplish what He is calling you to do or change. One of our elders had a concrete …
The importance of obedience is taught many times in the Bible. Is the Lord prompting you to obey what He has said? If we are honest, I believe we all struggle with obedience at times. God may call us, like a parent, to stop doing something or start doing something, yet we act like we …
Ready to roll is an idiom meaning “eager and prepared to take action” or “ready to leave a certain place” Last week we learned about the Passover. It was now time for the 10th plague, the plague of the first born. God had already prepared His people to be safe by telling them to paint …
Following God when it is difficult can be trying. Have you followed the Lord when it is difficult? It is at this time when you may feel you are alone against the world. Perhaps you chose to follow Jesus, and now life just seems too hard. Perhaps your unbelieving family doesn’t understand. What was important …
Do you think there are blessings from obeying the Lord? Would you like the blessings of the Lord poured out upon your life? This may not be something that you have given much thought to but affects your daily journey of life. The world usually thinks of blessings in terms of wealth, but God’s blessings …
God uses obedient people to carry out His plan. This is a reoccurring theme in Scripture. When the Lord asked Noah to build the Ark, he obeyed and followed God’s plan which saved his family. When Abraham was told by God to take his son Isaac and sacrifice him in the region of Moriah, he …
In school it is easy to hear the teachers’ assignment, but doing it is another matter. When it comes to obeying God, I believe it is similar. When Samuel speaks to God, he tells Him, “Speak, Lord, your servant is listening. In the original Old Testament language, Hebrew, “listening” means to listen and obey, not …