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Do I Have to Have Faith that God Will Only Let Me Experience Things that Are God for Me?
Question: I used to find comfort in verses such as Matthew 6:31-33 and I had faith that everything would work out however God willed it for my betterment. Then I realized God never promised to do what
Continue reading...Sermon: Psalm 73, Asaph’s Testimony
I am Asaph ben Berekiah, ben Shimea, but you may call me Asaph. I am a Levite from the line of Gershon. I am a hozeh, a seer, a prophet, but I consider it my greatest privilege to have been chosen by king
Continue reading...Sermon: by Kara Moses on Spiritual Disciplines
Have you ever found yourself in a desert time in your relationship with God? I mean a time where you just don’t feel connected to Jesus, you don’t sense the Holy Spirit guiding you? Maybe you feel
Continue reading...Haggai 2:15-19, The Need for a Reminder
The older I get the more reminders I need. A calendar entry, a spouse, a note to myself. Whatever works. But what about spiritual reminders? Israel seems to need one. You would think that after experiencing
Continue reading...Haggai 2:10-14, Contagious Sinful Attitudes
Before the people had been challenged to rebuild the temple, they had built the altar of sacrifice and laid the foundation for the temple but had become apathetic about building the temple. They were more
Continue reading...Haggai 2:6-9, Shaken Nations and Glorious Temple
The Israelites were concerned about their limited resources and ability to build a temple as glorious as Solomon’s. Yahweh reassured them that He was with them in the building of the Temple and pleased
Continue reading...Haggai 1:13-2:5, When Our Work for God Seems Inglorious
Are you unimpressed with the work you are doing for God? Raising babies, teaching middle schoolers, ministering to the homeless, cleaning the church building, driving disabled people to their medical appointments,
Continue reading...Haggai 1:13-15, The Divine Enablement for Obedience
There is a beautiful passage in Philippians 2:13, which says (my translation), “For it is God who produces in you both the willing and the working of His good pleasure.” God makes us willing to do
Continue reading...Haggai 1:12 – The Beauty of Obedience
I remember sensing from the Lord that He wanted me to develop a ministry to men at the church I was serving. I didn’t follow through and had deep regret for that. Equal to that regret is the joy I have
Continue reading...Haggai 1:9-11, When God Pulls the Plug
How do we know when we are under God’s judgment? God told Israel they should have figured it out from the downturn they were experiencing, but this was because they were told in their covenant with Yahweh
Continue reading...Haggai 1:7,8 – Pleasing God and Being Whole
What does it take to please God? It’s going to sound selfish, but it isn’t. 7 This is what Yahweh Almighty says: “Give careful thought to your ways. 8 Go up into the mountains and bring down
Continue reading...Haggai 1:5,6 – Give Careful Thought to Your Ways
Mindfulness is all the rage now. What is mindfulness? “Mindfulness is the cognitive skill, usually developed through meditation, of sustaining meta-attention of the contents of one’s own mind
Continue reading...Haggai 1:3,4 – Comfort Over Courage
I like comfort. Most people do. But doing the right thing is often uncomfortable. I remember moving to Dallas, TX, driving on the interstate to get there, and being pulled over by a state trooper, for
Continue reading...Haggai 1:2 – Doing What Is Right and Necessary
When Yahweh sends a message through Haggai to Zerubbabel and Joshua, the governor and the high priest, He does not ask a question, nor does He give a directive. He merely states what the people are saying. This
Continue reading...Haggai 1:1,2 – The Importance of Leadership
The Israelites had been conquered by two different superpowers over the course of two hundred years, first Assyria, which conquered the northern kingdom of Israel, then Babylon, which conquered the southern
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