Exodus 39:42-43
40:12-35
*Build the tabernacle with the best material
*The Lord commanded repeated 18 times
*The tent becomes the temple of God-a place where we can worship the Lord
*A tent is transformed to a moving temple
*The Spirit comes to you, you will be changed to another person
*Without God's presence, we are nothing
*The Tabernacle was nothing until God's presence came to it
*When God's presence comes, a beautiful building will transform to a temple of God
*Think about what God is doing about our lives
*What is your prayer life like?
*When we are nothing, we must seek him even more
*Are you and I doing everything God ask us to do?
*Are we serious in doing everything the Lord wants?
*Pursue God
*Exodus 33-how Moses sought God
*Seek ---> Presence--->Church & People renewed
*God 's presence is also known in many of our churches
*We must seek in repentance and humility
*Pride eats up everything and God can't go in
*Seek in studying his word seriously
*Seek in prayer and fasting
**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Day 5 & 6, September
Stay Out of Strife
He who is of a greedy spirit stirs up strife, but he who puts his trust in the Lord shall be enriched and blessed. Proverbs 28:25
Probably 80 percent of the places we visit in our ministry have church members who are riddled with strife. Strife is the devil's tool against us. It takes personal self-control to stay out of strife.
If you want to keep peace, you can't always say everything you want to say. Sometimes you have to control yourself and apologize even when there is nothing in you that wants to do so. But if you sow the godly principle of harmony and unity today, a time will come when you will reap the blessings of all it can bring to you.
Keep Your Promises
He who honors those who fear the Lord (who revere and worship Him); who swears to his own hurt and does not change; (he who) does not put out his money for interest (to one of his own people) and who will not take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be moved. Psalm 15:4-5
There are times when I make a commitment to do something that later I regret. Then I try to figure out some way to get out of doing what I said I would do. I argue, "God, surely You don't want me to do this thing and miss this other great opportunity."
The only thing the Lord ever says to me is, "You gave your word. Be a woman of integrity, and I will bless you." If we are people of integrity, God will bring other good opportunities around another time with even more blessings.
**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**
He who is of a greedy spirit stirs up strife, but he who puts his trust in the Lord shall be enriched and blessed. Proverbs 28:25
Probably 80 percent of the places we visit in our ministry have church members who are riddled with strife. Strife is the devil's tool against us. It takes personal self-control to stay out of strife.
If you want to keep peace, you can't always say everything you want to say. Sometimes you have to control yourself and apologize even when there is nothing in you that wants to do so. But if you sow the godly principle of harmony and unity today, a time will come when you will reap the blessings of all it can bring to you.
Keep Your Promises
He who honors those who fear the Lord (who revere and worship Him); who swears to his own hurt and does not change; (he who) does not put out his money for interest (to one of his own people) and who will not take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be moved. Psalm 15:4-5
There are times when I make a commitment to do something that later I regret. Then I try to figure out some way to get out of doing what I said I would do. I argue, "God, surely You don't want me to do this thing and miss this other great opportunity."
The only thing the Lord ever says to me is, "You gave your word. Be a woman of integrity, and I will bless you." If we are people of integrity, God will bring other good opportunities around another time with even more blessings.
**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**
Friday, September 4, 2009
Day 4, September
Walk in Integrity
The Lord rewarded me according to my righteouness (my conscious integrity and sincerity with Him); according to the cleanness of my hands has He recompensed me. Psalm 18:20
Talking about the Word isn't enough; we need to do what we say we believe. God will bless us if we are people of integrity. As believers, we need to keep our promises and do what we say we will do.
Look for ways to demonstrate integrity today. If you can't follow through with something you said you would do for someone, at least call or write a letter, saying, "Please forgive me; I was not being led by God, and I just cannot do what I said." This way you will honor God and keep your steps going in the right direction.
**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**
The Lord rewarded me according to my righteouness (my conscious integrity and sincerity with Him); according to the cleanness of my hands has He recompensed me. Psalm 18:20
Talking about the Word isn't enough; we need to do what we say we believe. God will bless us if we are people of integrity. As believers, we need to keep our promises and do what we say we will do.
Look for ways to demonstrate integrity today. If you can't follow through with something you said you would do for someone, at least call or write a letter, saying, "Please forgive me; I was not being led by God, and I just cannot do what I said." This way you will honor God and keep your steps going in the right direction.
**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Series: Celebrating God's Faithfulness with Praises and Prayers Part 3- "The Church's One Foundation"
Rev Ricky Ho
Satan, Yourself, God
Love of God=Word of God
*Christianity is a praying faith because our Lord is a praying Lord
*John 17 is the occasion of Jesus' Longest Prayer in the Bible
*The hour came for Jesus glorification of his death
*What did Jesus pray for his hour of crisis?
Destiny?Deliverance?Dignity?
NO
but..
The Salvation of the Lost
*Long live, personal safety, divine intervention not high on Jesus prayer list when he was about to leave the world
*Instead, he offered Eternal Life to sinners.
*The Word "Give" occurs 17 times in this chapter
*Life on earth without God is unsatisfying, unbearable and unproductive
*Life without God is colossal rollercoaster, a downward spiral and a futile exercise
*Jesus has authority to forgive sins
Matthew 9:6 I will prove to you, then, that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins." So he said to the paralysed man, "Get up, pick up your bed, and go home!"
Luke 5:24 "I will prove to you, then, that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins." So he said to the paralysed man, "I tell you, get up, pick up your bed, and go home!"
The Santification of the Saints
*While conversion is one-time act and decision, santification is a lifetime process and determination
*Work of conversion on going with the work of the Holy Spirit to sanctify you
*E. Stanley James "conversion is the act of a moment and the work of a lifetime"
The Solidarity of the Church
*Thomas Jefferson said, "An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which has never existed.
*The word "one"-another keyword in John 17
*v23 reveals to us the nature of his unity
I in them and you in me, so that they may be completely one, in order that the world may know that you sent me and that you love them as you love me.
*The son is obedient to the father and the father loves the son
*Disunity, weakens, scatters & muffles the church
*It has been said many churches were planned not by design but by default through church divisions, splits and fights
Conclusion
Lets pray for:-
1. Salvation of the lost
2. Santification of the saints
3. The solidarity of the church
**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**
Satan, Yourself, God
Love of God=Word of God
*Christianity is a praying faith because our Lord is a praying Lord
*John 17 is the occasion of Jesus' Longest Prayer in the Bible
*The hour came for Jesus glorification of his death
*What did Jesus pray for his hour of crisis?
Destiny?Deliverance?Dignity?
NO
but..
The Salvation of the Lost
*Long live, personal safety, divine intervention not high on Jesus prayer list when he was about to leave the world
*Instead, he offered Eternal Life to sinners.
*The Word "Give" occurs 17 times in this chapter
*Life on earth without God is unsatisfying, unbearable and unproductive
*Life without God is colossal rollercoaster, a downward spiral and a futile exercise
*Jesus has authority to forgive sins
Matthew 9:6 I will prove to you, then, that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins." So he said to the paralysed man, "Get up, pick up your bed, and go home!"
Luke 5:24 "I will prove to you, then, that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins." So he said to the paralysed man, "I tell you, get up, pick up your bed, and go home!"
The Santification of the Saints
*While conversion is one-time act and decision, santification is a lifetime process and determination
*Work of conversion on going with the work of the Holy Spirit to sanctify you
*E. Stanley James "conversion is the act of a moment and the work of a lifetime"
The Solidarity of the Church
*Thomas Jefferson said, "An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which has never existed.
*The word "one"-another keyword in John 17
*v23 reveals to us the nature of his unity
I in them and you in me, so that they may be completely one, in order that the world may know that you sent me and that you love them as you love me.
*The son is obedient to the father and the father loves the son
*Disunity, weakens, scatters & muffles the church
*It has been said many churches were planned not by design but by default through church divisions, splits and fights
Conclusion
Lets pray for:-
1. Salvation of the lost
2. Santification of the saints
3. The solidarity of the church
**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**
Day 3, September
A New Direction
O Lord, You have heard the desire and the longing of the humble and oppresed; You will prepare and strengthen and direct their hearts. Psalm 10:17
Sometimes we come to an unhappy place in our lives. If we examine ourselves on those days, we will most likely discover that the things that make us most unhappy are the fruit of the choices that we made earlier.
Today can be a new start, I think God gave us twenty-four-hour days because He knew that was all we could handle. His mercies are new every morning
Lamentations 3:22-23 The Lor'ds's unfailing loveand mercy still continue, Fresh as the morning, as sure as the sunrise.
You can start over this morning and live today for the Lord. Determine to follow wherever God leads you, and do whatever He tells you to do. You can expect better tomorrows when you live right today.
**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**
O Lord, You have heard the desire and the longing of the humble and oppresed; You will prepare and strengthen and direct their hearts. Psalm 10:17
Sometimes we come to an unhappy place in our lives. If we examine ourselves on those days, we will most likely discover that the things that make us most unhappy are the fruit of the choices that we made earlier.
Today can be a new start, I think God gave us twenty-four-hour days because He knew that was all we could handle. His mercies are new every morning
Lamentations 3:22-23 The Lor'ds's unfailing loveand mercy still continue, Fresh as the morning, as sure as the sunrise.
You can start over this morning and live today for the Lord. Determine to follow wherever God leads you, and do whatever He tells you to do. You can expect better tomorrows when you live right today.
**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Day 1 & 2, September
Admirable Virtues
But I say, walk and live (habitually) in the (Holy) Spirit (responsive to and controlled and guided by the Spirit); then you will certainly not gratify the cravings and desires of the flesh (of human nature without God). Galatians 5:16
"The fruit of the (Holy) Spirit, (the work which His presence within accomplishes) is love, joy (gladness), peace, patience (an even temper, forbearance), kindness, goodness (benevolence), faithfulness, gentleness (meekness, humility), self-control (self-restraint, continence)" (Galatians 5:22-23).
People throughout the world try to acquire these virtues through counseling or self-help books. Yet the Bible says that if we walk with God, the Spirit-filled life will produce all these things within us. Give your life to God each day, and He will create a right heart in you, one that will want to do the things He would have you do.
Sowing and Reaping
So then, as occasion and opportunity open up to us, let us do good (morally) to all people (not only being useful or profitable to them, but also doing what is for their spiritual good and advantage). Be mindful to be a blessing, especially to those of the household of faith (those who belong to God's family with you, the believers). Galatians 6:10
"For he who sows to his own flesh (lower nature, sensuality) will from the flesh reap decay and ruin and destruction, but he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life" (Galatians 6:8).
We can enjoy our life (and avoid trouble) if we follow the Holy Spirit's leading. The Word tells us not to grow weary from doing what is right, because God promises that whatever we sow today we will also reap sometime in the future
Galatians 6:9 So let us not become tired of doing good; for if we do not give up, the time will come when we will reap the harvest.
Be courageous, act nobly, and continue doing what you know is right.
**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**
But I say, walk and live (habitually) in the (Holy) Spirit (responsive to and controlled and guided by the Spirit); then you will certainly not gratify the cravings and desires of the flesh (of human nature without God). Galatians 5:16
"The fruit of the (Holy) Spirit, (the work which His presence within accomplishes) is love, joy (gladness), peace, patience (an even temper, forbearance), kindness, goodness (benevolence), faithfulness, gentleness (meekness, humility), self-control (self-restraint, continence)" (Galatians 5:22-23).
People throughout the world try to acquire these virtues through counseling or self-help books. Yet the Bible says that if we walk with God, the Spirit-filled life will produce all these things within us. Give your life to God each day, and He will create a right heart in you, one that will want to do the things He would have you do.
Sowing and Reaping
So then, as occasion and opportunity open up to us, let us do good (morally) to all people (not only being useful or profitable to them, but also doing what is for their spiritual good and advantage). Be mindful to be a blessing, especially to those of the household of faith (those who belong to God's family with you, the believers). Galatians 6:10
"For he who sows to his own flesh (lower nature, sensuality) will from the flesh reap decay and ruin and destruction, but he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life" (Galatians 6:8).
We can enjoy our life (and avoid trouble) if we follow the Holy Spirit's leading. The Word tells us not to grow weary from doing what is right, because God promises that whatever we sow today we will also reap sometime in the future
Galatians 6:9 So let us not become tired of doing good; for if we do not give up, the time will come when we will reap the harvest.
Be courageous, act nobly, and continue doing what you know is right.
**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**
Day 31, August
Initiate Solutions
I have set before you life and death, the blessings and the curses; therefore choose life. Deuteronomy 30:19
Sometimes we complain about things that we could change if we would stop feelings sorry for ourselves long enough to do something about them. For example, if we are lonely, we can make the effort to be a friend to someone else. We can choose to be free or remain in bondage to self-pity. We can choose to be pitiful or powerful.
Psalm 25:12-14 says, "Who is the man who reverently fears and worships the Lord? Him shall He teach in the way that he should choose. He himself shall dwell at ease, and his offspring shall inherit the land. The secret (of the sweet, satisfying companionship)of the Lord have they who fear (revere and worship) Him, and He will show them HIs covenant and reveal to them its (deep, inner) meaning."
**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**
I have set before you life and death, the blessings and the curses; therefore choose life. Deuteronomy 30:19
Sometimes we complain about things that we could change if we would stop feelings sorry for ourselves long enough to do something about them. For example, if we are lonely, we can make the effort to be a friend to someone else. We can choose to be free or remain in bondage to self-pity. We can choose to be pitiful or powerful.
Psalm 25:12-14 says, "Who is the man who reverently fears and worships the Lord? Him shall He teach in the way that he should choose. He himself shall dwell at ease, and his offspring shall inherit the land. The secret (of the sweet, satisfying companionship)of the Lord have they who fear (revere and worship) Him, and He will show them HIs covenant and reveal to them its (deep, inner) meaning."
**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**
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