The Living Word

King Solomon was a living testament to the failure of wealth and power to satisfy the soul. The opening statement of Ecclesiastes “Meaningless! Meaningless! Everything is meaningless!” comes from a place of squander. Despite having wealth and wisdom beyond measure as Solomon reached old age he realized how much he misused his time and position. Today Pastor Danny will challenge us to make sure our own priorities are straight only a life focused on serving God can truly have any meaning.

If you ever dream about having everything that you could ever want, you could be imagining the life of Soloman. This man was blessed to a measure that very few humans passed or present could comprehend. Not only did he posses physical treasures, resources and wealth, but God gave him wisdom and position in the world. Yet as Pastor Danny will point out in today’s message, Solomon starts out the book of Ecclesiastes expressing feelings of depression and extreme pessimism.

Satan often doesn’t use the worst temptations in his attempt to pull you away from God. Sometimes that is part of his scheme and you might face those things from time to time but he often works in a much more subtle way. Using small distractions and partial truths to lead down a path that is away from God’s will. As Pastor Danny will warn us in today’s message, if you find yourself making the excuse that it’s not that bad or just once won’t hurt then you’re in dangerous waters and you need to retrain your eyes on Jesus.

This world has many distractions. Most are completely harmless in and of themselves. They can really good things like family, jobs or hobbies. But just as the enemy lured Adam and Eve in the garden using God’s creation, he’ll use good things to distract us from dedicating ourselves fully to God. As Pastor Danny will encourage us in today’s message, if we want to experience the fullness of joy we need to keep God at the forefront of our focus. Serving Him needs to be our #1 priority.

Quite often God doesn’t use the most talented capable or best-looking people for His work. It’s not that He won’t use them, cause He loves everybody just as much as anybody else. But it’s not until they humbly realize their need for His help that He moves in and works through them. He loves to use the weakest among us to accomplish His purpose. As Pastor Danny will point out in today’s message it allows for His strength to shine. Bringing the glory to Him instead of the individual.

If you’re a parent you know the desire to give your children an even better life than what you had. If you grew up in poverty you probably want to make sure that they never grew up lacking. If you grew up spoiled you might want to raise them to be hard working with a desire to earn their own in this world. Whatever it might be you know that you want good for them. As Pastor Danny will point out in the example of Nehemiah’s parents, the absolute best thing that you can give your children is a deep faith in God.

Don’t lose your passion and ZEAL for the Lord! In today’s message from Pastor Danny, he opens up on the difficulties that arise when living a life of faith. This world is dark and so can the relationships within it. As a follower of Jesus, you have a sort of target painted on your back from the enemy. However, don’t let that discourage you from keeping on in the faith journey. Pastor Danny encourages you to know that the Lord promises to never leave or forsake you. He’s always with you! So keep persevering with Him!

In this life, you will have trouble. There’s no way to escape it and today Pastor Danny teaches you that Jesus even mentioned the hard time life would bring for his disciples and if you follow Jesus you’re included in that group. After all, Jesus had to insure various hardships and trials himself. But Pastor Danny assures you that you have a choice. You can preserve and turn to the Lord for His help, or you can try to get through on your own. Here is a hint though: God’s way is always going to be better.

It’s one thing to fear the Lord, but it’s another thing to put your trust in Him. As you listen to today’s message from Pastor Danny, he’s going to explain that even the demons believed and feared the Lord. However, they didn’t put their trust and faith in Him. Pastor Danny encourages you to surrender your life to the Lord. Don’t put your faith and trust in yourself or in this world anymore, turn to the Lord and receive Jesus as your savior by faith and live a life that’s glorifying Him for eternity. Today is the day of your salvation!

Are you disciplined in giving a tithe every month to your local church? In todays message from Pastor Danny, he teaches you the importance of having a giving spirit. When you have a giving spirit, you’re representing the character of the Lord. Because God himself is generous, it is important as His followers we are to. Pastor Danny urges you to understand that when you tithe and give, you’re forwarding on the mission of the Gospel. You’re giving back to God the blessings that He’s given you.