1 Chronicles 5:18
“The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were four and forty thousand seven hundred and threescore, that went out to the war.”
Child rearing is not for the weak of heart. Sadly, there seems to be a dearth of parents who are taking the time to train their children in the needed qualities to make it through life. Every parent should not just be trying to get their children out of their house without any embarrassment, but they should be training their children with the qualities they need to make it through life.
Colossians 3:13
“Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.”
Anytime you enter a relationship you are going to experience differences. People get married and think that they are going to be different from every other couple only to discover that they have differences of their own. Leaders will oftentimes think they can work with someone who had differences with another leader only to find out that they are having the same differences as the former leader. It doesn't matter who you are, the dynamics of any relationship are going to breed differences.
Choice sermons from the week of 11/22/15 for your Thanksgiving weekend listening pleasure, now at Baptist City!
- Filled With His Fullness
- Abiding: The Way to Receive All that God Is
- A Few Things About God
- The Resurrection of Jesus Christ
Enjoy!
1 Kings 15:5
“Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.”
If we were to look at people and relationships through the eyes of God, we would find that we could get along with most people. God says about David in the verse above, “…David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life…” It is interesting that God says this about him. I know, I left one little line out, but if you were to read this about David and not know anything about that last line, you would think that David was a great man.
1 Kings 8:47
“Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness;”
Solomon had finished building the temple and he took time after it was finished to have a dedicatory prayer to God. During this prayer he asked God to hear the prayer of His people whenever they prayed to Him in the temple. Solomon also asked that if they sinned against God and are taken captive, that “if they shall bethink themselves” in their captivity and call on Him, he asked that their prayer be heard.
My Bible thoughts:
Sunday, 11/15/15 Mark
4:3, Hearken, Behold, there went out a
sower to sow... Being willing to grow isn’t enough; being in the hand of
the Sower isn’t enough; being placed on good dirt isn’t enough. The seed must
be submerged, hidden, unseen, forgotten...destroyed. That’s enough. Rom 3:1a, 2,
What advantage then hath the Jew? Much
every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.
To the degree that you access, use, and emphasize the Bible in your life, you
have an advantage over others in that area.
Listen to this great chapel sermon by Matt Waterhouse!
1 Kings 2:45
“And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD for ever.”
In most of Solomon’s reign, he truly desired to please God and to have His blessings upon his life and kingdom. This is especially seen in the early years of his reign. He also knew that if he was going to get God’s blessings upon his kingdom and life that there were some things from the past that had to be dealt with. What is interesting about God blessing Solomon in the next chapter is that the blessing came after Solomon dealt with the skeletons of the past.
Ephesians 1:3
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:”
Every Christian should desire to live a victorious Christian life. As you read in Ephesians 6, it is going to be a battle to live victoriously. I find throughout the Book of Ephesians that there are six keys to experiencing the victorious Christian life.