When a man satisfies only the body and ignores the spirit, he is bound to be frustrated. He is bound to yearn for that which is still missing. That is why people who are rich, famous and popular are often still unhappy and unfulfilled. Only God’s Word can truly satisfy the spiritual needs of man. Jesus said, "Man does not live by bread alone, but on every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God" (Mt. 4:4).

Taking Jesus at His word: (John 4:46-53)   The Bible records of a Royal official whose son was sick. The official heard about Jesus and he begged him to come and heal his son who was sick and close to death. The father was concerned about his son and was afraid the he would die. His only hope was Jesus. Jesus did not have to go into his house, but he simply said: “Go,” Jesus replied, “your son will live.” The man took Jesus at his word and

Be silent In the heat of anger - (Prov 14:17) Be silent When you don't have all the facts - (Prov 18:13) Be silent When you haven't verified the story - (Deut 17:6) Be silent If your words will offend a weaker person - (1 Cor 8:11) Be silent when it is time to listen - (Prov 13:1) Be silent When you are tempted to make light of holy things - (Eccl 5:2) Be silent When you are tempted to joke about sin - (Prov 14:9) Be silent If you would be ashamed

After a long day of work man needs rest; God rested from his work of creation, after He saw that everything He had made was good. (Whether it was 6 Literal days or 1000 years I don’t know(2Pt 3:8) Sleep out of hard work is sweeter than sleep out of tranquilizers!!! 2Pt 1:11  - I will remind you of this things, though you know them.  V13 It’s right for me to refresh your memory before I put the tent I am in aside.  God has promised an eternal

Definition: Forbearance, tolerate delay, suffering without becoming annoyed/anxious, long suffering. When everything is going our way, patience is easy to demonstrate. The true test of patience comes when our rights are violated — when another car cuts us off in traffic; when we are treated unfairly Hebrews 12:1: “Therefore since we also are surrounded with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily

Be silent In the heat of anger - (Prov 14:17) Be silent When you don't have all the facts - (Prov 18:13) Be silent When you haven't verified the story - (Deut 17:6) Be silent If your words will offend a weaker person - (1 Cor 8:11) Be silent when it is time to listen - (Prov 13:1) Be silent When you are tempted to make light of holy things - (Eccl 5:2) Be silent When you are tempted to joke about sin - (Prov 14:9) Be silent If you would be ashamed

This will take place straight away on the overthrow of Babylon because this could not be celebrated while the harlot Babylon, who represents the false church and pretended to be the bride of Christ remained not judged. The great prostitute had corrupted the earth by her adulteries and she was drunk with the blood of the saints, the blood of those who bore testimony of Jesus(Rev 17:6)  In the Spirit John heard great shouting in heaven like the roar

Jesus used the story of Naaman and Elisha as an illustration of Israel’s problem of unbelief – Luke 4:27. 2 Kings 5:1-14, v 17-18 Naaman: Naaman comes from the Hebrew verb name, “be delightful, pleasant and beautiful”. It has the idea of “gracious” or “well formed”. Because of the significance of names in the scripture, this tells us something about the man. His names suggest he had undoubtedly been a handsome man, at least before

Luke 1 records a story of a Couple: Zechariah and Elizabeth. v6 - They were righteous, blameless, very old and they were childless because Elizabeth was barren. v13 - An angel appears to Zechariah who was burning incense in the temple. The angel (Gabriel) had a message. "YOUR PRAYER HAS BEEN HEARD & ELIZABETH WILL BEAR YOU A SON(JOHN)" From the text, the couple had been praying for a son, who at the God's appointed time would be a JOY and DELIGHT