Job 42:10 When Job prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his fortunes. In fact, the LORD gave him twice as much as before! God’s 1st best unfurls in the lives of those who show compassion, empathy and forgiveness. The Bible doesn’t say how long Job suffered from the loss and grief. Bible scholars believe that...
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03 March 2023 – Second Best – Part 6
Number 14:12 Now give me this hill country that the Lord promised me that day. You yourself heard then that the Anakites were there and their cities were large and fortified, but, the Lord helping me, I will drive them out just as he said.” God’s 1st best never comes easy. “You don’t get what...
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02 March 2023 – Second Best – Part 5
Genesis 12:1 Now the LORD had said to Abram: “Get out of your country, From your family And from your father’s house, To a land that I will show you. I will make you a great. To get to God’s 1st best, Abraham had to leave back the 2nd best. Abraham had a lucrative business and a...
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1st March 2023 – Second Best – Part 4
Romans 11:35 “Who has ever given to God, that God should repay them?” We cannot out give God. God is no man’s debtor. The Lord God does not give us the best because we are generous. Whatever we own and possess is God’s anyway. Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the LORD, and he...
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28 February 2023 – Second Best – Part 3
Proverbs 4:18 The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday. Most people who settle for the 2nd best struggle to look at themselves as “righteous” before God. They hear the mocking noise of the enemy smearing and reminding them of all of their past mistakes even if...
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27 February 2023 – Second Best – Part 2
Job 1:21 “The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; Blessed be the name of the Lord”. It is not easy to praise in the middle of a loss. Most times we will not have a rational or logical explanation for the loss. “Sometimes letting things go is an act of far greater power than...
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26 February 2023 – Second Best – Part 1
Numbers 32:1 Now the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad had an exceedingly large number of livestock. So when they saw the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead, that it was indeed a place suitable for livestock, Taking “no” as an answer from God is very disappointing. After mustering all our...