it’s tuesday.

do you know about positive post tuesday?

pastor greg laurie has been posting these short, devotional videos recently which help focus our thoughts on God and to remember all that He has done for us.

this video is entitled Why Should I Give Thanks To God?

it’s a fair question and deserves a thoughtful, Biblical answer.

today i hope you discover a little more of how much God loves you and all that He desires to do in and through your life here on the earth.

it’s tuesday. be positive!

blessings.

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on wednesday mornings we have a men’s study @calvaryhanford.

a while back i taught through a series called Battle Ready, where we took a look at some of the battles of the Old Testament and attempted to pull out some personal application for our daily lives.

the fourth stop in the series was the battle in the wilderness of Edom, where we saw that one of the keys to victory there was to be exhaustive.

audio and transcript below.

blessings.

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on wednesday mornings we have a men’s study @calvaryhanford.

a while back i taught through a series called Battle Ready, where we took a look at some of the battles of the Old Testament and attempted to pull out some personal application for our daily lives.

the third stop in the series was the battle in the valley of Rephaim, where we saw that one of the keys to victory there was boldness.

audio and transcript below.

blessings.

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this was our sunrise friday morning.

The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end;
they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
{ Lamentations 3.22-23 }

on wednesday mornings we have a men’s study @calvaryhanford.

i’m teaching through a series that we’re calling Battle Ready, where we take a look at some of the battles of the Old Testament and try to pull out some personal application for our daily lives.

the second stop in the series was the battle at Rephidim, where we saw that one of the keys to victory there was endurance.

audio and transcript below.

blessings.

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For what great nation is there that has a god
so near to it as the Lord our God is to us, whenever we call upon Him?

And what great nation is there, that has statutes and rules so righteous as all this law that I set before you today?

Only take care, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things that your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life.

Make them known to your children and your children’s children– how on the day that you stood before the Lord your God at Horeb, the Lord said to me, “Gather the people to Me, that I may let them hear My words, so that they may learn to fear Me all the days that they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children so.”

Deuteronomy 4.7-10

God is near His people.

blessings and maranatha.

on wednesday mornings we have a men’s study @calvaryhanford.

i’m teaching through a series that we’re calling Battle Ready, where we take a look at some of the battles of the Old Testament and try to pull out some personal application for our daily lives.

the first stop in the series was the battle at Jericho, where we saw that one of the keys to victory there was discipline.

audio and transcript below.

blessings.

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for life is more than food, and the body more than clothing.
sell your possessions and give to the needy. provide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.
for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
{ Luke 12.23, 33 }

Beware of men, for they will deliver you over to courts and flog you in their synagogues, and you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake, to bear witness before them and the Gentiles. When they deliver you over, do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say, for what you are to say will be given to you in that hour. For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.
{ Matthew 10.17-20 }

we believe that our God is active.

He’s actively conforming us into the image of His Son. He’s actively bringing us people to help, people to love and people to share His message with.

though, of course, these verses from Matthew have a direct application to the martyrs of the Church age, we also take comfort and excitement in the knowledge that Spirit-filled men, who have been raised up to teach the Church, are also given words and messages to speak by God, that the Lord’s people might be built up and stirred up in their faith.

when i remember that, it makes me view the sunday morning sermon in a whole new way.

yesterday @calvaryhanford we took a break from our verse-by-verse study of 1 Corinthians and jacob shared from John 21.

specifically, he spoke to us about satisfaction through the story of Simon Peter’s restoration by Jesus over a breakfast of fish.

from the Spirit to the speaker, to the speakers (in our case, JBL speakers), to me the hearer.

yesterday i heard that satisfaction is readily available to me.

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
{ Matthew 5.6 }

Peter was a man who discovered that satisfaction comes only from being with Jesus. along the way, we learned that if we are not feeling satisfied, the reason isn’t because the Lord hasn’t offered it to us, but because we’re either:

• neglecting our study of the Bible

• missing the point of church

• serving for the wrong reasons or with wrong methods

or,

• comparing/coveting someone else’s ministry/calling

i’m excited to know that God loves me enough to speak to me.

and i’m even more excited to know that God wants me to be satisfied.

what did YOU hear yesterday?

on wednesday nights i’m doing a little ‘mini-study’ on 2 timothy.

it’s called Tiny Tim.

part 1 is back here.

here’s part 2. it’s 18 minutes. which means it’s not as mini as it needs to be.

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blessings