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⁸ Finally, all of you should be of one mind. Sympathize with each other. Love each other as brothers and sisters. Be tenderhearted, and keep a humble attitude. ~ 1 Peter 3:8

No one can go through this world alone. Everyone needs help. We are one body in Christ Jesus; that means that we don’t and can’t work alone. The hand needs the arms just as much as it needs the stomach or the legs. The body needs each limb and each organ in order to work perfectly. You are not alone. Everyone needs help. And once you’ve gotten help, pay it forward and help another. Be there for each other as brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Sympathize With Each Other.

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¹⁰ One who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much. ~ Luke 16:10

So often, we want God to take us to the next level. We want to move on from the wilderness, but we just keep going around the mountain, so to speak. Why? A lot of times, it’s because God has given us a small test that we continue to fail. Whether it’s a gift that we have yet to used or a person we have yet witnessed to, God can’t take us to the next level until we’ve proven ourselves in the small things.

There’s no skipping levels or responsibilities with God. You have to first be faithful in the little in order to be faithful in much. You have to first drink milk in order to eat meat. You have to grow in the LORD in order to see signs and wonders. There’s much work for us to do here on this earth, don’t miss your current call because you’re too busy looking at where you aren’t. Start where you are and go from there.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Be Faithful In The Little.

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³⁶ When He (Jesus) saw the crowds, He had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. ~ Matthew 9:36

Jesus was preaching and teaching and healing the sick, but when he saw how many of them it was, His heart went out to them because of the harassing spirits and the helplessness of their situation. It is the same today. Not much has changed. People are still harassed. People are still sick. People are even more overwhelmed.

Jesus came to bring hope to the hopelessness, and that’s what we’ve gotta preach. The Hebrew writer said that they put up with all sorts of things because they had a better hope. What better hope than the hope that Jesus offers.

• • The hope of eternal life
  • The hope of no more suffering
  • The hope of no more persecution
  • The hope of no more hardships
  • The hope of reuniting with past loved ones

When Jesus comes, it’ll be a time of blissfulness with no more worries. No more hopelessness. A time of rejoicing and reunions with loved ones and friends that have gone on before. It will be a time of great celebration because God will put all things once and for all under the feet of Jesus.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Preach Hope.

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²⁸ I weep with sorrow; encourage me by Your word. ~ Psalms 119:28

The Word of God isn’t a book of rules and laws. It’s a personal letter written to us by God for low days and high days. It’s not about dos and don’ts. It’s about God speaking to us through His Word. He wants to get to know us and us to get to know Him. His Word is the key to walking in the light instead of the darkness. So, when we’re depressed or overwhelmed, we can read His Word, and He will encourage us. We don’t have to remain depressed and in darkness; the light of God is right around the corner.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Hold To His Word.

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¹⁰ The Lord was pleased that Solomon had asked for wisdom. ¹¹ So God replied, “Because you have asked for wisdom in governing my people with justice and have not asked for a long life or wealth or the death of your enemies— ¹² I will give you what you asked for! I will give you a wise and understanding heart such as no one else has had or ever will have! ¹³ And I will also give you what you did not ask for—riches and fame! No other king in all the world will be compared to you for the rest of your life! ¹⁴ And if you follow me and obey my decrees and my commands as your father, David, did, I will give you a long life.” ~ 1 Kings 3:10-14

The LORD gave Solomon the opportunity to ask for whatever he wanted. When the LORD heard what Solomon asked for, He was pleased, and therefore He gave him what he requested. So many of us hear the words, ‘ask, and you shall receive,’ but we don’t fully grasp that God only gives us the desires of our heart when it matches the desires of His heart. Unless we are in sync with God, then He can’t grant us every request.

Why? Because if our heart isn’t in sync with His, then our heart’s desires will be wicked and evil. We have to spiritually grow closer to God so that our hearts may begin to shape and form into a heart like God’s. When our heart matches His, then He will begin to give us the desires of our heart, lest we be able to hurt ourselves and/or others with our wicked desires. So, seek God that your heart may be molded and your desires mold with it as well.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Mold Your Heart.

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^10a O you who love the Lord, hate evil! ~ Psalms 97:10a

Over the years, we, the Church, moved from hating the sinner to loving the sin. Neither one was God’s intention for how we are to live our lives. We’re supposed to love the sinner but hate the sin. When you love somebody, you correct them with love and compassion.

Remember that at one point, we were all sinners. The only difference between the Church and the world is that the Church has been redeemed. We’re no better than anyone else; we just have the Holy Spirit guiding us and interceding on our behalf. But who does the world have? This is how we love them. We correct, lead by example, and intercede on their behalf.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Hate Evil.

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²⁰ You shall command the people of Israel that they bring to you pure beaten olive oil for the light, that a lamp may regularly be set up to burn. ²¹ In the tent of meeting, outside the veil that is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall tend it from evening to morning before the Lord. It shall be a statute forever to be observed throughout their generations by the people of Israel. ~ Exodus 27:20-21

Aaron and his sons were the high priest and priests of Israel. They were the only ones who could enter into the presence of the LORD and intercede on behalf of the people. We no longer have humans as our interceders between God and us, but God-Himself, Jesus Christ, intercedes on our behalf, and it is through Him that we go before the LORD God Almighty. But look at what the priests of old had to do. They had to keep the lamp burning, tending to it from evening to morning. The oil they used wasn’t just any old oil either; it was pure beaten olive oil.

Today, we try to fill our lamp with any old oil. We bring half prayers filled with drowsy words as we drift off into sleep. We bring pitiful worship that isn’t even for fifteen minutes. We bring half-read verses of Scripture that we forget within minutes. Our oil that we’re filling our lamps with isn’t pure beaten olive oil. It’s any old oil we find lying around. Is that the kind of oil that will bring light to our lamp? Is that the kind of oil that won’t burn out seconds after adding it? How often do you add oil? How often do you tend to your lamp?

We are the light of the world because Christ is no longer physically on earth but instead lives through us. His Holy Spirit dwells in us and with us, so what excuse do we have when we bring poor oil to fill our lamps with? Jesus is coming back very soon. The signs of the times are revealing everywhere. Don’t let the temporary things of this world distract you from the eternal treasures God has in store for His people. Spend time with the LORD every single day, making sure to light your lamp with only the purest beaten olive oil. Don’t waste what little time you have left. Prepare yourself for the master will soon be on His way.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Light Your Lamps.

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²³ As for me, I will certainly not sin against the Lord by ending my prayers for you. And I will continue to teach you what is good and right. ~ 1 Samuel 12:23

Even though the people had become wicked and rebellious, Samuel saw it as a sin to stop praying for them. Today, it’s so easy for us to become offended and angry by other people’s sin and disobedience that we give up on them. When we see them make the same mistakes over and over again, it’s difficult to stand back and still pray for them. We want judgment, justice, and God’s wrath upon them because they fall into the same old traps as before. But where is the love?

We have to love people, even when they sin. We have to love people, even when we think that they’re living in sin and debauchery. And the biggest way we love people is to pray for them regardless of how we feel they should act. Never remove your prayers from the world. Never give up on people.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Pray For The Sinner.

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¹ Arise, Jerusalem! Let your light shine for all to see. For the glory of the LORD rises to shine on you. ~ Isaiah 60:1^NLT

Jesus said that while He was in the world, He was the Light of the World. But if you’ve noticed, Jesus is no longer in the world. Jesus has ascended into Heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He is spiritually fighting for us through His prayers of intercession. So, is the world now left in darkness since Jesus is no longer physically walking among us?

No. The world has not been abandoned, for His Church (His bride) has taken up His mantel and is now the Light of the World. It’s up to us to shine the Light of Christ in the darkness through teaching, preaching, disciplining, healing, giving, and loving. It’s now on us because Christ lives through us. It is no longer us who lives; it’s now Christ who lives in us.

Don’t hide your light from those bound in darkness. Set your light high up on a hill that all may see, and in turn, they may too come to the redeeming Light of Christ.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Share The Light.

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⁶ But the servant said, “I’ve just thought of something! There is a man of God who lives here in this town. He is held in high honor by all the people because everything he says comes true. Let’s go find him. Perhaps he can tell us which way to go.” ⁷ “But we don’t have anything to offer him,” Saul replied. “Even our food is gone, and we don’t have a thing to give him.” ⁸ “Well,” the servant said, “I have one small silver piece. We can at least offer it to the man of God and see what happens!” ⁹ (In those days if people wanted a message from God, they would say, “Let’s go and ask the seer,” for prophets used to be called seers.) ¹⁰ “All right,” Saul agreed, “let’s try it!” So they started into the town where the man of God lived. ~ 1 Samuel 9:6-10^NLT

This is a concept that seems long forgotten in the Church today. We don’t believe in tithes and offerings anymore. But it was so important to always bring an offering just to see the prophet that Saul didn’t even want to go. He didn’t want to go before the prophet, who was God’s representative on earth, asking for something without having an offering to bring. So, the two men made sure to give everything they had with them.

God doesn’t ask for much, yet sometimes not even an offering do we lay down before him. Our possessions will one day fade away. Our houses will one day crack and crumble. Our cars will one day break down and rust. But the LORD and all that He has will never fade away. It will never perish. It will never be devoured or destroyed. It is Eternal.

So, why are we so focused on the temporal that won’t last; when God is offering His Eternal for just a pinch of our temporal? One day God will test all that we have with fire. Will your treasure that you have built up sustain the heat? Or will it melt as the fire blazes? We only have one chance to build our treasure; which treasure we choose is up to us. So, choose wisely. Give to God what belongs to God, and He will give you from what belongs to Him.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Bring Forth An Offering.

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