This week will be filled with good news!!!!!!
Daily Bible Verse
And as he passed by,
he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the receipt of custom, an said unto
him, Follow me, And he arose ad followed him. ~Mark 2:14
Daily Inspiration
We can all admit we do not enjoy paying taxes! People in
Jesus’ time were not big fans either. They condemned tax collectors and wanted
nothing to do with them because they thought they were thieves. Jesus asked
Levi, a tax collector, to follow Him and Levi immediately rose to action. Jesus
calls people we consider unfit to fulfill unexpected ministries. If we look
closely, we will see the Holy Spirit moving in the lives of others, and we must
seek to encourage them. We must remember that God calls the unlikely for tasks
that complete His plan.
Prayer
Dear Lord, Please help us see the world through Your eyes
and always encourage others as they step into new ministries. In Jesus’ Name,
Amen.
God is the reason why
I remain strong today!!!!!!!
Haman, the Evil Antagonist of Esther
By David Jacobs
Haman, the Evil Antagonist
of Esther: The Jews have been persecuted and killed in most times of recorded
history. Read these verses ad notice any modern similarities. ~Esther 3:1-12
You might think that anti-Semitism is a modern development. “Perhaps
it came about right before World War 2. Perhaps it came about as a result of
Christ’s crucifixion.” While these thought are logical, the Jews have attracted
enemies that wished to destroy them since their existence.
The primary antagonist of Esther is named Haman. Haman is
appointed by the king to a position above all the other princes (Esther 3:1). As
the king’s “right-hand man” all the servants should show their respect ad bow
to Haman when he approached. One man named Mordecai refused to bow. Haman
discovered that Mordecai was a Jew, and began plotting a way “to destroy all
the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus” (Esther 3:6).
Scholars debate the reason why Mordecai di not bow to Haman, which was
certainty a risky maneuver, but let us not ignore what happens net: Haman
approached the king with a plan for genocide. A plan to eliminate all Jews,
because they did not keep the same laws as the king. Haman offered to pay the
king ten thousand talents of silver, to which the king replies to Haman to keep
his money and do with the Jews as he pleases. It is truly terrifying.
There are certainly differences between people: different
sizes religions, cultures, language, and laws.
Prayer
Are we not equals in the sight of God? Are we not to be
judged the same way by the one true Lord? Whether a person be Christian,
Muslim, Buddhist, atheist, Hindu, or Jewish, as Christians we have been given a
new commandment by Christ himself: love each other as he has loved us. Go from
this place to serve the Lord, the people, to love the Lord, and love the
people. Leave the rest of it to God.
Life is good because
God is great!!!!!!!!
When You Feel Loved
The LORD thy God in
the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy;
he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing. ~Zephaniah 3:17
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