Judges 13:14a The Spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon him. Self-reliance, self-sufficiency and selfishness limit the power of God. “The world teaches us to be self-sufficient, self-reliant and self-motivating. But anytime we put ‘self’ before ‘Saviour’, we are in trouble” – Toni Sorenson. Leaning on the muscle of the flesh rather than the might of God...
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23 November 2021 – Raise Your Bar – Part 5
2 Kings 13:18-19 Elisha told him, “Strike the ground.” He struck it three times and stopped. 19 The man of God was angry with him and said, “You should have struck the ground five or six times; then you would have defeated Aram and completely destroyed it. We limit God when we give up too...
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22 November 2021 – Raise Your Bar – Part 4
1 Corinthians 1:27 But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. Thomas Edison was disqualified and expelled from school as a special-needs kid. The disqualified slow-learner went on to invent the light bulb, motion picture camera, telephone, phonograph...
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21 November 2021 – Raise Your Bar – Part 3
Exodus 15:26b I am the Lord, who heals you. Physicians, psychiatrists and medical practitioners would assess our physical condition based on the test results, images and symptoms. However, even the most experienced, knowledgeable brilliant prodigies are restricted by human limitations. It is God who gives wisdom to doctors to investigate, diagnose, medicate, operate and treat...
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20 November 2021 – Raise Your Bar – Part 2
Psalm 78:41 Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel. After experiencing the limitless power of God, the Israelites provoked the Lord’s anger by their rebellious sin of doubt and disbelief. Israel witnessed Moses fight the sword of the Pharaoh with a dry staff. They were the spectators of...
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19 November 2021 – Raise Your Bar – Part 1
Psalm 34:3 O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together. God can never be made bigger than who He already is but He can be limited by our thoughts. David in Psalm 34 is calling us to magnify, exonerate and enlarge our expectations and understanding of God. There is no limit to...
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18 November 2021 – Angelic Beings – Part 7
Hebrews 1:6 “Let all God’s angels worship Him.” The one common functionality of the different ranks of angels is “worship”. The angelic hosts is the well-trained harmonized choir and the largest orchestra in the universe. When angels are excited they sing. Worshiping and singing are their expressions of exaltation. As soon as the angel announced...
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17 November 2021 – Angelic Beings – Part 6
Psalm 8:5 You made him (man) a little lower than the Angels. As long as we are on the earth, angels are more powerful than humans. Angels can see what we cannot see, they can hear what we cannot hear and they can do what we cannot do with human strength. They are not omnipresent...
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16 November 2021 – Angelic Beings – Part 5
2 Kings 6:17 And Elisha prayed, “O LORD, open his eyes so he may see.” Then the LORD opened the servant’s eyes, and he looked and saw the hills full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha. Angelic soldiers are present where the Sovereign Lord reigns. We don’t have to look for angels;...
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15 November 2021 – Angelic Beings – Part 4
Exodus 23:20 “Behold, I send an angel before you to guard you on the way and to bring you to the place that I have prepared. The Bible records 104 appearances of angels specifically to help direct the lives of men. More than 1/3 of the 300 references to angels in the Bible show them...