2 Samuel 12:10 ‘Now therefore, the sword shall never depart from your house, because you have despised Me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.’ Known sins and hidden transgressions leave a wide open door for the enemy to attack us. David hid his sin with Bathsheba for almost...
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17 October 2023 – Open Doors – Part 3
Ezra 4:4 Then the peoples around them set out to discourage the people of Judah and make them afraid to go on building. The people who returned back to their homeland from captivity were enthusiastically rebuilding the temple of Jerusalem until the enemy sowed seeds of discouragement. The Lord God moved the heart of Cyrus the King...
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16 October 2023 – Open Doors – Part 2
Numbers 21:5 They spoke against God and against Moses, and said, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread! There is no water! And we detest this miserable food!” Cry of oppression and deficiency is not complaining. Complaining is the whine of dissatisfaction. “Complaining tongue reveals...
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15 October 2023 – Open Doors – Part 1
Job 3:25 What I feared has come upon me; what I dreaded has happened to me. Fear opens the door to the enemy and gives the demonic a foothold in our lives. Many are unaware that fear, and anxiety are sins. When we are anxious about our circumstances, we magnify the problem to be bigger...
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14 October 2023 – Discerning God’s Voice – Part 7
John 10:27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. You don’t have to be a prophet to hear God. You just have to be a sheep that belongs to God’s sheepfold. God speaks to ordinary people like you and me. John, the disciple of Jesus, was on the bosom...
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13 October 2023 – Discerning God’s Voice – Part 6
1 Samuel 3:7-8 Samuel did not yet recognize the LORD, since the word of the LORD had not yet been revealed to him. The LORD called Samuel again, for the third time. The voice of the Lord in our heart will not be deep, loud or frightening. It will be soft, comforting and familiar. Samuel...
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12 October 2023 – Discerning God’s Voice – Part 5
Isaiah 30:21 Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.” God’s voice will not contradict God’s Word. His voice will remind us of His Word and lead us in the path of righteousness. God’s Word came to...
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11 October 2023 – Discerning God’s Voice – Part 4
John 8:47a Whoever belongs to God hears what God says. Our relationship with the Lord will sharpen our hearing and discernment to the voice of God. The sense of belonging to the Lord draws us close to His presence and makes us the Lord’s beloved. The closer you get to a person, the softer their...
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10 October 2023 – Discerning God’s Voice – Part 3
1 Samuel 3:1 The boy Samuel ministered before the Lord under Eli. In those days the word of the Lord was rare; there were not many visions. Eli was the High Priest or the Archbishop of Israel but he overlooked the sins of his sons who were serving as priests in the temple. As Eli...
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09 October 2023 – Discerning God’s Voice – Part 2
Acts 16:6 Paul and his friends went through Phrygia and Galatia, but the Holy Spirit would not let them preach in Asia. There were times the Holy Spirit stopped Paul and redirected his ministry journey but there were other times when satan resisted Paul. We wanted very much to come to you (Thessalonians), and I, Paul, tried...