Monday, January 4, 2016

God's compassion never fail, they are new every morning and great is His faithfulness

God's compassion never fail, they are new every morning and great is His faithfulness

Lam 3:22 - 26

22 Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed,
    for his compassions never fail.
23 They are new every morning;
    great is your faithfulness.
24 I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion;
    therefore I will wait for him.”
25 The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him,
    to the one who seeks him;
26 it is good to wait quietly
    for the salvation of the Lord.

Lam 5:21


21 Restore us to yourself, Lord, that we may return;
    renew our days as of old

Eze 11:19

19 I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh. 20 Then they will follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. They will be my people, and I will be their God.

We learn the following from the above verses

1) God's compassion never fail, they are new every morning and great is His faithfulness
2) The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him to the one who seeks him
3) Restore us to you Lord, so that our days may be renewed
4) God gives us undivided heart and heart of flesh and put a new spirit in them, so that we can be His people.

Sunday, January 3, 2016

God rewards His people and makes an everlasting covenant with them

                God rewards His people and makes an everlasting covenant with them

Isa 61:8, 9

8 “For I, the Lord, love justice;
    I hate robbery and wrongdoing.
In my faithfulness I will reward my people
    and make an everlasting covenant with them.
9 Their descendants will be known among the nations
    and their offspring among the peoples.
All who see them will acknowledge
    that they are a people the Lord has blessed.”


Isa 65:17

17 “See, I will create
    new heavens and a new earth.
The former things will not be remembered,
    nor will they come to mind.

Isa 66:22

22 “As the new heavens and the new earth that I make will endure before me,” declares the Lord, “so will your name and descendants endure.

We learn the following from the above verses

1) God rewards His people and makes an everlasting covenant with them
2) All who see His people will acknowledge that they are a people the Lord has blessed
3) God will create new heavens and new earth, former things will not be remembered nor will they come to mind
4) As the new heavens and new earth endures so will your name and desendants endure

Saturday, January 2, 2016

God will reveal new things to you before they spring in to being

God will reveal new things to you before they spring in to being

Isa 42:9

8 “I am the Lord; that is my name!
    I will not yield my glory to another
    or my praise to idols.

9 See, the former things have taken place,
    and new things I declare;
before they spring into being
    I announce them to you.”

Isa 43:19


18 “Forget the former things;
    do not dwell on the past.
19 See, I am doing a new thing!
    Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the wilderness
    and streams in the wasteland.


Isa 48:6

6 You have heard these things; look at them all.
    Will you not admit them?
“From now on I will tell you of new things,
    of hidden things unknown to you.

We learn the following from the above verses

1) God will reveal new things to you before spring in to being
2) Forget the former things and do not dwell in it, God is doing a new thing, making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland
3) From now on God will reveal new things of hidden things unknown to us

Friday, January 1, 2016

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come The old has gone, the new is here!

                                  New beginning and new creation for the new year

2 Cor 5:17

17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come:[a] The old has gone, the new is here!

Psalm 104:27, 30

27 All creatures look to you
    to give them their food at the proper time.

30 When you send your Spirit,
    they are created,
    and you renew the face of the ground.

Isa 41:14,15

14 Do not be afraid, you worm Jacob,
    little Israel, do not fear,
for I myself will help you,” declares the Lord,
    your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
15 “See, I will make you into a threshing sledge,
    new and sharp, with many teeth.
You will thresh the mountains and crush them,
    and reduce the hills to chaff.


We learn the following from the above verses

1) Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come The old has gone, the new is here!
2) God provides for every creature and give their food at the proper time
3) God created everything through His Spirit and renews the face of the ground
4) Do not be afraid and do not fear God will help you and you will thresh the mountains and crush them and reduce the hills to chaff.


Wednesday, April 15, 2015

We must remain in Christ to bear fruit

We must remain in Christ to bear fruit

John 15:2, 4, 16

2 He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes[a] so that it will be even more fruitful.

4 Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.

16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you.

Rom 7:4

4 So, my brothers and sisters, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God.

We learn the following from the above verses

1) He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes[a] so that it will be even more fruitful.

2) No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine.

3) We must remain in Christ to bear fruit

4) God chose us and appointed us so that we might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever we ask in His name the Father will give us.

5) we died to the law through the body of Christ in order that we might bear fruit for God

Tuesday, April 14, 2015

When our roots are withered, we will not bearing the fruit. -- If we live in Christ we will bear good fruit

When our roots are withered, we will not bearing the fruit. -- If we live in Christ we will bear good fruit

Hos 9:16

16 Ephraim is blighted,
    their root is withered,
    they yield no fruit.
Even if they bear children,
    I will slay their cherished offspring.”

17 My God will reject them
    because they have not obeyed him;
    they will be wanderers among the nations.

Hos 10:1

Israel was a spreading vine;
    he brought forth fruit for himself.
As his fruit increased,
    he built more altars;
as his land prospered,
    he adorned his sacred stones.

Hag 2:19

19 Is there yet any seed left in the barn? Until now, the vine and the fig tree, the pomegranate and the olive tree have not borne fruit.

“‘From this day on I will bless you.’”

Mt 3:10 Lk 3:9

10 The ax is already at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.


Lk 13:9

6 Then he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree growing in his vineyard, and he went to look for fruit on it but did not find any. 7 So he said to the man who took care of the vineyard, ‘For three years now I’ve been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?’

8 “‘Sir,’ the man replied, ‘leave it alone for one more year, and I’ll dig around it and fertilize it. 9 If it bears fruit next year, fine! If not, then cut it down.’”

We learn the following from the above verses

1) When our roots are withered, we will not bearing the fruit. -- If we live in Christ we will bear good fruit

2) God will reject people if they did not obey Him.

3) We should be giving glory to God when we receive blessings in our lives.

4) When you live for Christ and ask for His blessings, God blesses you

5) Every tree that does not bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown in to fire.

6) God waits for us to repent and turn our ways to Him, so that we will bear good fruit.  

Monday, April 13, 2015

When we take root in Christ, we started to bear fruit for Him.(Being fruitful)

2 Kings 19:30, Isa 37:31

30 Once more a remnant of the kingdom of Judah
    will take root below and bear fruit above.

Neh 9: 19-25

19 “Because of your great compassion you did not abandon them in the wilderness. By day the pillar of cloud did not fail to guide them on their path, nor the pillar of fire by night to shine on the way they were to take.

20 You gave your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold your manna from their mouths, and you gave them water for their thirst.

21 For forty years you sustained them in the wilderness; they lacked nothing, their clothes did not wear out nor did their feet become swollen.

22 “You gave them kingdoms and nations, allotting to them even the remotest frontiers. They took over the country of Sihon king of Heshbon and the country of Og king of Bashan.

23 You made their children as numerous as the stars in the sky, and you brought them into the land that you told their parents to enter and possess.

24 Their children went in and took possession of the land. You subdued before them the Canaanites, who lived in the land; you gave the Canaanites into their hands, along with their kings and the peoples of the land, to deal with them as they pleased.

25 They captured fortified cities and fertile land; they took possession of houses filled with all kinds of good things, wells already dug, vineyards, olive groves and fruit trees in abundance. They ate to the full and were well-nourished; they reveled in your great goodness.

25 They captured fortified cities and fertile land; they took possession of houses filled with all kinds of good things, wells already dug, vineyards, olive groves and fruit trees in abundance. They ate to the full and were well-nourished; they reveled in your great goodness.

Jer 17: 7,8

7 “But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord,
    whose confidence is in him.

8 They will be like a tree planted by the water
    that sends out its roots by the stream.
It does not fear when heat comes;
    its leaves are always green.
It has no worries in a year of drought
    and never fails to bear fruit.”

We learn the following from the above verses

1)  When we take root in Christ, we started to bear fruit for Him.

2)   Being fruitful we receive God's blessings. Some of God's blessings are
       
          a) God did not abandon us because of His great compassion
   
          b) God did not fail to guide us in our path

          c) God gave us His good Spirit to instruct us

          d) God did took care of our needs

          e) God filled us with all kinds of good things



3) Blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord,
    whose confidence is in him.

4)  The one who trusts in the Lord will be like a tree planted by the water
    that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes;
    its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought
    and never fails to bear fruit.