Noah's Window

David tells us that freedom and joy come with repentance and being honest with God.

Key Verses: Psalm 51

If you trust God to guide your life, He will take you on the BEST path.

Key Verse:

Psalm 32:8

The Lord says, “I will guide you along the best pathway for your life.

David's self talk can be applied to our own lives. Especially, when we find ourselves in a difficult situation.

Key Verse:

Psalm 27:14

Wait patiently for the Lord.

Of all the things that seem essential in our situation, our greatest need is God's presence.  

Key Verse:  

Psalm 27:8 (NLT) My heart has heard you say, “Come and talk with me.”     And my heart responds, “Lord, I am coming.” 

Psalm 27:8 (AMP) When You said, “Seek My face [in prayer, require My presence as your greatest need],” my heart said to You, “Your face, O Lord, I will seek [on the authority of Your word].”

They asked Jesus to choose just one, but He gave them two.  

Key Verses: 

Matthew 22:34-37 

34 But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees with his reply, they met together to question him again. 35 One of them, an expert in religious law, tried to trap him with this question: 36 “Teacher, which is the most important commandment in the law of Moses?” 37 Jesus replied, “‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40 The entire law and all the demands of the prophets are based on these two commandments.”

How can religious experts make these two deadly mistakes? 

Key Verse: 

Matthew 22:29

29 Jesus replied, “Your mistake is that you don’t know the Scriptures, and you don’t know the power of God.

Satan wants to turn God's gifts into burdens.

Key Verse: Exodus 16:29

Everything good thing we have was gifted to us by God. 

Key Verses: 

Exodus 10:24. 24 Finally, Pharaoh called for Moses. “Go and worship the Lord,” he said. “But leave your flocks and herds here.  

1 Peter 2:11. 11 Dear friends, I warn you as “temporary residents and foreigners” to keep away from worldly desires that wage war against your very souls.

Satan and this world's system wants your children. 

Key Verses: 

Exodus 10:8-11.  8 So Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh. “All right,” he told them, “go and worship the Lord your God. But who exactly will be going with you?”  9 Moses replied, “We will all go—young and old, our sons and daughters, and our flocks and herds. We must all join together in celebrating a festival to the Lord.”  10 Pharaoh retorted, “The Lord will certainly need to be with you if I let you take your little ones! I can see through your evil plan. 11 Never! Only the men may go and worship the Lord, since that is what you requested.” And Pharaoh threw them out of the palace.  

1 John 4:4-6. 4 But you belong to God, my dear children. You have already won a victory over those people, because the Spirit who lives in you is greater than the spirit who lives in the world. 5 Those people belong to this world, so they speak from the world’s viewpoint, and the world listens to them. 6 But we belong to God, and those who know God listen to us. If they do not belong to God, they do not listen to us. That is how we know if someone has the Spirit of truth or the spirit of deception.

Which do we love, God or what this world offers? 

Key Verses: 

Exodus 8:28.  “All right, go ahead,” Pharaoh replied. “I will let you go into the wilderness to offer sacrifices to the Lord your God. But don’t go too far away.  

1 John 2:15-17.    Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. 16 For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this world. 17 And this world is fading away, along with everything that people crave. But anyone who does what pleases God will live forever.