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Knowing the Will of God (Part 2)

Matthew 6:9-13 New King James Version (NKJV)   In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as  it is  in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, As we forgive our debtors. And do not lead us into temptation, But deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen. In Matthew chapter 6, after Jesus taught the disciples about the Lord’s prayer, Jesus said to them, “Do not worry…” 3 times . (From v14 to v34, 20 verses.) v25 “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life…” v31 “Therefore do not worry...:” v34 “Therefore do not worry about tomorrow…” The way Jesus put it, it is almost like an order. It is a concluding statement . If you have done mathematics in school, you would know that when we work out a problem sum, we would give a concluding statement with our calculated an...

Don't Give Up; Don't Quit on God

We live in an imperfect, broken down world. Life is not a bed of roses and we will go through seasons of good and bad times. When all is well, it is easy to thank and praise God. But when things go wrong, can we still believe that He is good? Or we may even entertain thoughts of blaming God that He allows bad things to happen to us. God is not a schizophrenia. He is not good one day and bad the next. He is a good and unchanging God. The scriptures in Heb 13:8 assures us that Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever. You may be encountering a roadblock. Things are stuck and you wonder if you will ever get out of this fix. There seems to be no solution and no way out. You may feel that you are stuck in a season and nothing will change in your situation. Our seasons in life is much liken to the four seasons of nature: Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. Seasons come and seasons go. Seasons change but never cease. Likewise our life seasons are constantly moving and they w...