Sound Doctrine: Beyond the Milk with Pastor Bo

1.     Do not to avenge yourselves (Pro 24:29, Pro 20:22, Rom 12:17, Mat 5:38).

2.     Understand that the Lord knows about it (Pro 24:12b, 2Cor 5:10).   

3.     Let Go and Let God handle it (Rom 12:19).   

4.      Guard Your heart (Luk 17:1, Pro 4:23).

Morning Devotion from Pro 21:23:  Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles. 

Our mouth and tongue can put us into trouble and can save us from trouble if we know how to use it effectively.

"Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him" (Col 3:16-17).

5 Spiritual Warfare Prayers from Luke 10:17-19.

And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name. And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as

1.      The devils are subject unto me through the name of Jesus   

2.      I behold Satan as lightning fall from heaven over my situation in the name of Jesus  

3.      The Lord has given unto me power to tread on serpents and scorpions (slippery, situations, etc)

4.     The Lord has given unto me power and authority over all the power of the enemy: and

5.     Because of the power in the name of Jesus, nothing shall by any means hurt me.

Text: 1Cor 2:14: "But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them,

One of the things of the spirit that sounds foolish to the "natural man" to accept or receive is to praise God in the midst of the storm.

It sounds so ridiculous because it is the time of great displacement for many, where people run helter-skelter and justifiably so.

But the Bible is full of situations and circumstances where God requests people who are in the eye of the storm to do ridiculous things.

More often than not, what usually follows after the obedience to do the ridiculous is always the miraculous. But it is difficult for people "the natural man," or Christians whose faith is weak to receive such message while in the midst of the storm. However, if you do not do the ridiculous, you may not get the miraculous.

Listen to this morning devotion about the miraculous in the ridiculous.

As you set out today, run with this Bible verse in 2Cor 9:8: "And God is able to give you more than you need, so that you will always have all you need for yourselves and more than enough for every good cause"

This means, the Lord will bring resources: human, material, spiritual, financial, etc., so that you will have:

1. Sufficient: enough for yourself

2. Overflow: to share with others

3. Good Cause: to begin something of benefit to your community.

Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites. And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.) Wherefore David said unto the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? and wherewith shall I make the atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance of the LORD? And the Gibeonites said unto him, We will have no silver nor gold of Saul, nor of his house; neither for us shalt thou kill any man in Israel. And he said, What ye shall say, that will I do for you. And they answered the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the coasts of Israel, Let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up unto the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, whom the LORD did choose. And the king said, I will give them.

But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the LORD'S oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul. (2Sa 21:1-7).

Php 3:10: That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death.

Despite Paul knew Jesus, he still said he wanted to know him. This knowing is about knowing that special power that could raise a man from the dead. If you haven't encountered that power, you really haven't known him yet. Knowing him means also knowing the power that raised him from the dead and also experiencing the blessing of his sufferings on the cross.

Praying, using 1Samuel 30:6 as a reference and Prayer:

Time for Warfare

Let us reflect the blessings of God in our lives for the outgoing month.

What better way to do that than to hear from David. A man who knew how to give thanks and praise to God on every occasion

Let’s read from Psalm 103.

David begins by saying in Psa 103:1-2: "Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless

It’s a reminder for all of us to also take time reflect on the past months.

The blessings, provisions, protection, mercies, and kindness of God.

How would you THANK the Lord for his kindness to you and your household in the month of March?

Many did not survive. So many evils yet God is faithful to us and our household.

As we come to the end of the month of March today, think on:

God has been faithful to you, your home, your health, family, children, parents, everything.

Take time to appreciate him for all this.

Let’s look at how David did it.

Psa 103:3-5:  Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness

-       Forgiveness: Who forgiveth all thineiniquities;

-       Health: Who healeth all thy diseases; 

-       Death: Who redeemeth thy life from destruction;

-       Blessing: Who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies; 

-       Provisions: Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.

Sing a song of thanksgiving and praise from your heart to God this morning.

What we call the Psalm of David is actually a song, a poem, a rendition, etc.

You also hear “the song of Solomon.”

You also sing a song to him today.

Write something down and say, Lord, I thank you for watching over my and my home…