Kingdom Seekers

                   Talk To Things MARK 11:23 NKJ 23 "For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, `Be removed .... Too many people think of the Bible only as a Holy book to be revered. So they put it up on a shelf and make sure no one mistreats it. But the Bible is a message from God. It gives us instruction for our benefit -- practical advice. It's time to take the Bible down off the pedestal, read it, and act on its instructions. Here is one seldom acted upon: talk to things. The devil wants you to think it would be crazy to talk to things. But it's not. Jesus did it. He talked to sickness. He talked to the storm and told it to be still. He talked to dead bodies and commanded them to get up. He talked to trees. And He talked to the devil and told him to get behind him. Jesus talked to things. You should too. You should talk to fear and worry. You should talk to confusion. You should talk to l...

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The Joy Of The Lord Is Your Strength NEHEMIAH 8:10 NLT 10 . . . Don't be dejected and sad, for the joy of the LORD is your strength!" I do not claim it is the only meaning, but one thing the Lord showed me from this verse is that our level of joy is like a thermometer revealing our spiritual strength. If our joy is low -- our spiritual strength is low. That is because the Lord is our strength, and in His presence there is fullness of joy. PSALM 16:11 NKJ 11 You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore. So, if our joy is low, it means we have not been spending time in God's presence, receiving His strength and help. It means we have got our focus off God and onto something else. (Although God is always with us, as we worship Him and praise Him and thank Him, God manifests His presence.) Being gloomy is not a sign of being spiritual. God did not intend for His people to be downcas...

  The Lord Is Your Helper HEBREWS 13:6 NRSV 6 So we can say with confidence, "The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can anyone do to me?" Can you imagine how things could improve if God Himself was helping you? It can happen. But, to receive God's help you must cooperate with Him. God is ready, willing, and able to help you. He desires to help you. But the choice is yours. When you act contrary to God's principles, you stop God from helping you as much as He desires. To cooperate with God, you must trust Him and walk in faith. You must agree with God and speak in agreement with His Word. And you must walk in love. To do that, constant meditation on God's Word will be required. You will also need to humble yourself and ask the Lord to help you in everything you do. God does not force His help on you without you requesting His help. Does this sound too hard? It's not. Just ask the Lord to help you and He will! ISAIAH 41...

            Jesus Will Give You Rest MATTHEW 11:28-30 NIV 28 "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light." Are you struggling? Do you feel like you are barely keeping your head above water? If you feel like you are struggling and striving just to make it -- you need to turn to Jesus. He will give you rest. If you say that you have turned to Jesus and you think His yoke is hard and His burden is heavy -- you are deceived. You need to cast your care on the Lord and learn of Him. So many people are striving and struggling to get God to love them when He already loves them and accepts them. Living a successful Christian life is not done by our own strength or willpower. It is the result of depending on the Lord. On...

Crosswalk Reading: Luke 18:18-23 "If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me" (Lk 9:23) These words of Jesus set the supreme condition for discipleship. All the four Gospels record them. Actually in  Matthew and Luke this saying of Jesus is found twice (Mt 10:38; 16:24; Mk 8:34; Lk 9:23; 14:27; Jn  12:25). Many people come "to" Jesus; but very few come "after" Him. "Come to Me" was Christ's message to the  unsaved; "Come after Me" was His message to those who joined Him. Coming to Jesus means enjoying  privileges, primarily; but going after Him involves enduring problems, essentially. When we come to Jesus we  receive forgiveness of sins; when we go after Him, we must renounce our sinful self. The percentage of backsliders is high these days because the call to come to Jesus is proclaimed repeatedly  whereas the challenge to go after him is presented rarely. There are n...

   Hold Fast Your Confession Your confession is what you say. The Bible tells you to hang on tight to saying God's Word. HEBREWS 10:23 NKJ 23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. God has no reason to tell us to hold fast, or hang on tight, to our confession, unless someone, or something, will be trying to get us to turn loose of it — and say something else. HEBREWS 3:1 NKJ 1 Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Christ Jesus, HEBREWS 4:14 NKJ 14 Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. Jesus is the High Priest of our confession — what we say. He represents us before God with the words we speak. The Bible says: You are righteous in Christ. Romans 3:22 You are forgiven. Colossians 2:13 You are healed. 1 Peter 2:24 You are ...