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“Direct my footsteps according to your word; let no sin rule over me.” Psalm 119:133 There are at least two essentials to the Spirit-filled life – prayer and the Word of God.  As the old song says, “They go together, you can’t have one without the other.”  Prayer finds its…

“Trust in the Lord…Fear the Lord…Honor the Lord” Proverbs 3:5-9 In order to receive the blessing of God, we must trust Him.  Trusting God is not some mere token confession you make from time to time.  Trusting God must be complete, total, daily reliance upon the promises of God.  Every…

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.” Proverbs 3:5-6 God expects His people to trust Him, and He is a trustworthy God!  We were created to live our lives in…

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.” Proverbs 3:5-6 There are two ways people live their lives as they pass through this world – either remembering God or forgetting Him. …

“The Lord was with Joseph and he prospered.” Genesis 39:2a In 1930, two young brothers named Dick and Maurice McDonald moved from New Hampshire to California to pursue the American dream of being successful.  After a few failed ventures, they struck gold when they opened a small drive-in restaurant.  By…

“‘Here comes that dreamer!’ they said to each other.  ‘Come now,let’s kill him…Then we’ll see what comes of his dreams.’” Genesis 37:19-20 Joseph found out what every dreamer finds out – not everyone is happy about your dream.  Joseph found out that people would envy your dream, conspire against it,…

“He said to them, ‘Listen to this dream I had.’” Genesis 37:6 In 1989, a movie called “Field of Dreams” was released.  Kevin Costner played Ray Kincella, a 37 year-old man who had never done a crazy thing in his life until he heard a voice one day that said,…

“Then God remembered Rachel; he listened to her and opened her womb.” Genesis 30:22 Rachel was Jacob’s dream wife.  They were very much in love.  Like most married couples, they desired to have a child so their love could walk upon the earth.  God listened to Rachel’s dream for a…

“Why is the house of God neglected?  Then I called them together and stationed them at their posts.”                      Nehemiah 13:11b When the Olympics came to America several years ago, part of the experience was to see the Olympic flame.  For every Olympics, a flame is lit from the eternal Olympic…

“And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from the evil one.” Matthew 6:13 Jesus taught us much about prayer in example and in word.  “The Lord’s Prayer,” or as it could be known, “The Disciple’s Prayer” is a part of Jesus’ teaching in the Sermon on the Mount. …