Keeping the Foundation Firm
April 3, 2008
You may eat your fill of grapes from your neighbors vineyard, but do not take any away in a basket.
Deuteronomy 23:24If your neighbor is poor and only has a cloak to give as security, do not keep the cloak overnight. Return the cloak to its owner by sunset so your neighbor can sleep in it and bless you. And the LORD your God will count it as a righteous act.
Deuteronomy 24:12-13Those who cheat with dishonest weights and measures are detestable to the LORD your God.
Deuteronomy 25:16Then He said to the disciples, “Anyone who accepts your message is also accepting me. And anyone who rejects you is rejecting me. And anyone who rejects me is rejecting God who sent me.”
Luke 10:16When the earth quakes and its people live in turmoil, I am the one who keeps its foundations firm.
Psalm 75:3It is God alone who judges; he decides who will rise and who will fall.
Psalm 75:7
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Notes from Marilyn Hickey Book, The Power of Praying and Fasting:
- Pray Frequently – without ceasing (1 Thess. 5:17)
- Pray for all manner of need (James 4:2, Ps. 2:8, John 14:14)
- Pray with faith (James 1:6-8, Mark 11:22-24)
- Pray with focus – very specific needs
- Pray boldly (Hebrews 4:16)
- Pray with fervor (James 5:16)
- Pray in accordance with the will of heaven. We are to pray that things will begin to take shape in our lives and in the lives of others around us just as things take shape in heaven! (Matt. 6:10, James 4:3)
- How do we know what we are praying for is in line with God’s will for us?
- Pray what the Bible says – note: a number of the promises of God have conditions attached to them.
- Pray to know God’s will. James 1:5 Ask the LORD to do what he desires to do in you, through you and all around you.
Resolutely Set Out…
April 2, 2008
A woman must not wear men’s clothing, and a man must not wear women’s clothing. The LORD your God detests people who do this.
Deuteronomy 22:5
As the time drew near for his return to heaven, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem.
Luke 9:51
Jesus replied, “Let those who are spiritually dead care for their own dead. Your duty is to go and preach the coming of the Kingdom of God.”
Luke 9:60“Go now, and remember that I am sending you out as lambs among wolves.”
Luke 10:3
Cancel Saturday’s rehearsal. Check on orientation for Karen. What do to cancel? Can’t remember.
Both day and night belong to you; you made the starlight and the sun. You set the boundaries of the earth, and you make both summer and winter.
Psalm 74:16-17Hard work means prosperity; only fools idle away their time.
Proverbs 12:11
Hard work means:
1) Doing the right thing – and the recompense of a man’s hands shall be rendered unto him – Proverbs 12:14b(KJV) –
- integrity
- honesty
2) Do what you say – a man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth. Proverbs 12:14a (KJV)
The hand of the diligent shall bear rule(meaning); and the slothful shall be under tribute(?).
Proverbs 12:24 (KJV)
In the way of righteousness is life. And in the the pathway thereof there is no death.
Proverbs 12:28 (KJV)
fruit of his mouth – Proverbs 13:2 – definition needed
soul – mind, will and emotions
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Proverbs 13:4 (KJV)
Some notes from Marilyn Hickey’s book, “The Power of Prayer and Fasting” – Chapter 3 – The Spiritual Discipline of Fasting:
Recognize as you reevaluate your habits that your habits produce results not only in your life, but in the lives of others around you. Ask yourself, “Are the habits of my life helpful or hurtful to those around me?
Ask for God’s discernment about which habits you need to change. Which you need to get rid of, and which you need to adopt or add to your life. Ask for His help in making these changes.
Question to ask myself when I am working/doing things:
Is what I am doing producing a heavenly reward?
Morsels From God 