Matthew 17:20 Jesus replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.” Small is not little in God’s economy. The mustard seed is around one-tenth of...
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20 July 2021 – Small is Big – Part 5
Judges 7:7 The Lord said to Gideon, “With the three hundred men that lapped I will save you and give the Midianites into your hands. Let all the others go home.” Few is many in God’s military strategy. Gideon marched with 32,000 soldiers against the forces of the Midianites enemy but the Lord sent back...
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19 July 2021 – Small is Big – Part 4
1 Kings 19: That night the angel of the Lord went out and put to death a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the Assyrian camp. One is too many in God’s military brigade. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Art of the First Cities lists the research from Dr. Ira Spar, the Research Assyriologist, which includes the Annals of Sennacherib, in...
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18 July 2021 – Small is Big – Part 3
Matthew 25:15 To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. A tiny branded Gucci purse will be four times the price of a big flashy handbag with sparkles and crystals. The intrinsic value and worth of the product is not in the size but it’s...
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17 July 2021 – Small is Big – Part 2
2 Kings 4:2 “Your servant has nothing there at all,” she said, “except a small jar of olive oil.”. In August of 1923, Walt Disney took a train to Hollywood from Kansas City with few drawing materials and $40 in his pocket. Today, the networth of “The Walt Disney Company” is $122.18 Billion. Snow White...
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16 July 2021 – Small is Big – Part 1
Zechariah 4:10 Do not despise these small beginnings, for the LORD rejoices to see the work begin. Glorious endings always have small beginnings. The fear of failure has stopped people from putting their hands to the plough. Myles Munroe rightly said, “The graveyard is the richest place on the surface of the earth because there...
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15 July 2021 – Back-story – Part 7
Hebrews 10:39 We do not belong to those who shrink back and are destroyed, but to those who have faith and are saved. When the trailer of a movie illustrates the back-story as a “true-story” of a sinking ship, our expectancy of the film changes. The characters become real and an automatic emotional connection to...
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14 July 2021 – Back-story – Part 6
Romans 8:28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose. Poppies are a worldwide ideogram to commemorate the brave soldiers and veterans of war. The back-story of the historical symbol of the “red headed poppies,” represents the blood of the...
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13 July 2021 – Back-story – Part 5
Matthew 23:26 Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside also will be clean. Anthropologists have discovered ancient human remains with grooves worn in between the teeth, suggesting the regular use of floss and toothpicks. It’s widely accepted that horse hair was used as the first type of...
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12 July 2021 – Back-Story – Part 4
1 John 4 19 We love because He first loved us. Colonel Sanders, a seventh grade dropout was a rough and tough cookie. He faked his age at 16 and joined the US Army. He got fired three times from jobs and from law college for his freaky frenzy and bad temper. However, the resilient...