Based On: 1 Chronicles 16:7-11 (NIV)

 7 That day David first appointed Asaph and his associates to give praise to the Lord in this manner: 8 Give

Excerpt: Every healthy relationship requires that each party make the other a priority. Such as it is with our relationship with God, Jesus Christ, and Holy Spirit. With approximately eight billion people in this known world, by grace we still remain Heaven’s top priority. We praise God when we make Heaven our top priority by practicing a preference for God.

Based On: Hebrews 4:16 (KJV)

Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace,

It is impossible to come boldly before God when

Based on: Psalm 42:5 (NIV)

Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed

Excerpt:

Consequently, it is quite easy to find ourselves in a “sorrow season.” However, we get to choose whether to wallow in our “sorrow season” or “catch ourselves.” When we wallow we go deeper into the muck and mire of our pains and problems, but when we “catch ourselves” we remind ourselves of Who we are and Whose we are.

Based On: Ecclesiastes 3:1 (NIV)

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens:

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I suggest that one of the reasons that we fail to grasp the full benefit of this text is because we think it only refers to earthly circumstances, and human situations. The Truth is this text is not only describing the timing of earthly matters, but also the timing of the working of the Heavenly realm.

Based On: John 15:15 (NIV)

Instead, I have called you friends,  for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.

Based on: Luke 4:18b, 21 (NIV)

He began by saying to them, “Today this scripture is

Excerpt:

My Brothers and Sisters, because death could not keep Jesus in the tomb, our past mistakes and failures will not keep us in bondage. We are not just free; we are free indeed.

Based On: John 12:17-18 (NIV)

17 Now the crowd that was with him when he called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to spread the word. 18 Many people, because they had heard that he had performed this sign, went out to meet him.

Excerpt:

The “Many people…” never saw Jesus perform a miracle, show a sign, or display a wonder. Yet, based upon someone else’s testimony they still believed enough to gather up all of who they were and all that they had to join the eyewitnesses in an outpouring of praise and adoration to Jesus of Nazareth.

Based On: John 12:12-13a (NIV)

12 The next day the great crowd that had come for the festival heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem. 13 They took palm branches and went out

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The Truth is Jesus is calling us up and out of our places of suffering. It is quite simple. If the place that you are in is filled with pain and oppression, then leave that place and go out to meet Jesus.

Based On: Matthew 5:16 (NIV) 

In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.

Excerpt:

We have a personal life coach at our disposal 24/7. Whether it’s finances, relationships, children, or just plain ole family drama – Holy Spirit has a solution tailor made for every situation.

Based On: 2Corinthians 3:18 (CEB)

All of us are looking with unveiled faces at the glory of the Lord as if we were looking in a mirror. We are being transformed into that same image from one degree of glory to the next degree of glory. This comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

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Our Lenten journey toward the empty tomb is a journey of transformation. As we make our way up to Jerusalem as Jesus did, we are being transformed from one degree of glory to the next degree of glory. Soon we will be able to say of ourselves with confidence, “Truly, the glory of the Lord is  alive in me.”