For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother’s womb. Psalm 139:13 (NKJV) When God made you, He formed your inward parts, and this inward creation doesn’t just include physical structures such as bones, ligaments and organs. God also hand-crafted you with natural tendencies, gifts and desires. You may be aware of some of the gifts and desires He’s given you, but there are a lot more you haven’t yet discovered. Some are time-released at certain phases in your life. For example, not many boys who are eight or nine years old have a desire to get married, but if you give them a few years, things change! The fact is that you will be discovering new dreams, gifts and desires throughout …
IT’S TIME TO DREAM AGAIN!
In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people…your old men will dream dreams. Acts 2:17 (NIV) If you’ve gone through some difficult times in life and you have given up on your dream, Holy Spirit wants to help you dream again. He wants to lead you to fulfil your God-given dreams! In Acts 2, just following the moment when Holy Spirit made His entrance into believer’s hearts for the first time, Peter stood up in front of a crowd to preach. He quoted an Old Testament prophesy from Joel, and it’s interesting that it specifically mentioned the older generation when it comes to dreaming dreams. Sometimes in life, the more heartache and hurt we’ve been through, the more …
FOLLOWING JESUS ISN’T PAINFUL
You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand. Psalm 16:11 (NIV) It’s natural to be motivated by the desire to pursue pleasure and avoid pain. That’s why it is so important to understand that serving God is the greatest pleasure you will ever have. Our verse today says that eternal pleasures are at God’s right hand, but first it talks about the path of life and finding joy in God’s presence. You see, being focused solely on your pleasure can bring pain and heartache. But spending time in God’s presence and pursuing His path for your life brings a kind of pleasure that lasts! Now, don’t misunderstand. Eternal …
GOD SPEAKS TO YOU EVERY DAY
However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come. John 16:13 (NKJV) Sometimes the way we communicate can be misleading. For example, I’ve heard people say, “The Lord told me to give you a call.” They make it sound like they heard an audible voice, when that’s not what actually happened. Don’t be discouraged if you’ve never heard the audible voice of God. I’ve met several world-renowned Christian leaders, yet only a couple of them have ever heard God speak out loud (and it was only one time). Personally, it has never happened to me, and …
CREATED FOR MUCH MORE!
The Lord says, “I will guide you along the best pathway for your life. I will advise you and watch over you.” Psalm 32:8 (NLT) God has a call on your life—a destiny for you to follow. He guides you along the best pathways for your life. Often people assume that God has one grand task or role for them to fulfil in life, like writing a book or starting up a church. But He doesn’t call us to just one destination. No, we were created for much more! Your destiny is the lifelong path that God prepared for you ahead of time. Life is all about your faith-filled journey down that path. Once you arrive at a goal or fulfil a dream, it just means that …