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Daniel chapter 3 continues to demonstrate how God is the sovereign God, the God of gods, the Lord of lords, the Most High God, Who rules over King Nebuchadnezzar’s kingdom and all the kingdoms of mankind – for His kingdom rules over all. (Daniel 2:47, 3:26, 4:25, Psalms 103:19) So, you can be convinced that every detail of your life is continually woven together for good to fulfill the destiny God...

Daniel chapter 2 continues to reveal how God is sovereign, stirring through the Holy Spirit the course of all the details of your life, just as he does the world's kingdoms. He changes the times and the seasons of your life, just as He removes kings and sets up kings. And He gives you a Spirit of wisdom and knowledge to know what to do as He did in Daniel’s life! (Ephesians 1:17, Daniel. 2:21) God...

The Book of Daniel is called in the Latin "the Prophecy of Daniel," written by Daniel in the sixth century BC. The name “Daniel” means “God is my judge.” The Holy Spirit reveals in the book of Daniel God’s sovereign control over the kingdoms of men (Daniel 1:21, 4:17) and reveals through the life of Daniel to convince you that every detail of your life is continually woven together for good to ful...

God’s sovereignty is one of the most important attributes to grasp. God is Sovereign over all the affairs of the Universe and nations. He has established his throne in heaven. His kingdom rules over the entire universe. (Psalms 103:19) He is infinite, transcending, and ultimate authority in every realm, time and place, seen and unseen; all things were created and existed through Him and in Him and...

Joseph’s story reveals God is in sovereign control of all the events of your life and every detail He is continually weaving together for good, for you who love Him to fulfill His designed purpose. (Romans 8:28) For you who He knew before you were ever born wrote all your days in His Book (Psalms 139:16). God has a definite purpose and goal for your life to fulfill His designed plan that He is goi...

God reveals through Joseph’s story that every detail of your life is sovereignly woven together for good to fulfill His design purpose. (Romans 8:28) He planned in advance your destiny before you were ever born and the good works you would do to accomplish it as Joseph’s life demonstrates. It is God, not you, who orchestrates all the events of your life to mature you to reign in His kingdom as a k...

God wrote all of Joseph’s days and your days in His Book, even before you were born. (Psalm 139:16) He planned in advance your destiny and chose the steps you would take to get there, doing the good things He prepared in advance and the good works to fulfill them – Just as He did with Joesph. You may feel like you are in a pit, not recognizing God has already made His palace available to you as a...

God’s presence and favor were with Joseph, and although he was enslaved, God had his hand in everything that happened to Joseph, and he has his hand in everything that happens to you. Joseph excelled in everything and became successful and prosperous even while living in bondage in the house of Potipher, the captain of Pharoah’s guard. God’s presence and favor caused everything Joseph did to prosp...

God reveals through Joseph's story that you can rest in the fact that God can work all things for your good, even when you cannot readily see how that may happen. He reveals that all things are under His complete control over everything in your life. God wants you to see that He always knows what you need and keeps His promises even in your trying or impossible situations. He works all things toge...

Moses writes more about Joseph in Genesis than he does any of the other main characters: Adam, Noah, and the patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Joseph’s story is an integral part of our redemptive history. God uses Joseph to highlight that putting your trust in His sovereignty guarantees His promises to you. Through Joseph's story, you find that nothing is too hard for Him to do for you. (Nehem...

The appearance of Jesus after the resurrection for forty days gives powerful witness that He is not only risen but is indeed – Alive. It is a witness to the immense power of God Himself available in you and for you and operating through you to carry out His purposes and do superabundantly greater than you can even think, hope, ask or imagine. Jesus' post-resurrection appearances clearly prove He i...

He is risen! (Matthew 28:6) The resurrection is the foundation of your new life in Christ Jesus. He is the Living God, the Resurrection, and Eternal Life! Even though you die, whoever believes in Him will live with Him forever. Do you believe this? (John 11:25-26) He is your Great Savior who saves you from sin, spiritual blindness, and death. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus, the...

At the moment of Jesus' death on the cross (Matthew 27:51), the curtain veil in the Holy of Holies was torn from top to bottom in the presence of the High Priest offering the Passover Blood. God reveals that Christ's death made a new and living way to restore you to Himself. Christ is the way (John 14:6) God reconnects you to Himself through His death to present you as holy, flawless, and blameles...

The prophet Isaiah foretold the Passover sacrifice of the Lamb of God more than 700 years before Jesus died on the cross. Isaiah details Jesus' last hours as one who was standing at the foot of the cross writing His prophecy in the past tense. (Isaiah 53:1-12) His words are referred to about eighty-five (85) times in the New Testament. Jesus is the only person in history who could fulfill all of I...

Jesus loved those who hated Him and even betrayed Him because He being love incarnated, knows love never fails. He is so rich in mercy because of the great love for you; when we were dead and doomed in our many sins, He united you into His very life and saved you by His wonderful grace! (Ephesians‬ ‭2:5‬) At the Last Supper, Jesus clearly demonstrates His Great Love by giving food to His friend wh...

The Gospels make it clear Jesus is the Messiah, the Suffering Servant, the Lamb of God to be slaughtered for our sins. The Passover Lamb, according to Jewish law, required four (4) days for the chief priest to inspect. (Exodus 12:3-6). Beginning on Nissan 10, four days before Passover, the Lamb was thoroughly inspected for blemishes or defects, for anything that would disqualify it from being an a...

The Passover Exodus is a momentous event for all humanity. As a believer, God wants you to fully comprehend the Passover in the context of His atoning work through the Messiah. You more fully appreciate your redemption when you understand that all the observances of the Passover were foreshadowed of the redemptive work the Messiah would ultimately accomplish for you. The Passover in the gospel of...

Palm Sunday, the Sunday before Ressurection of Jesus, is a celebration of Jesus' return to Jerusalem riding on a donkey colt with cloaks and prayers shawls on its back. (Matthew 21:1-9, Mark11:1-10, Luke 19:28-40, John 12:12-19) There was an exceptionally large crowd who carpeted the road before him with their cloaks and prayer shawls. Others cut down branches from trees to spread in His path. As...

The Passion Week, also called Holy Week, is the week beginning with Palm Sunday reaching to Jesus Resurrection Sunday. The name encompasses both the intense emotion and suffering with which Jesus Christ willingly went to the cross to pay for all your sins. We follow Jesus’ life events during the week and reflect on how He fulfilled all the requirements as our Passover Lamb, Who has been sacrificed...

The Holy Spirit is the living voice of God, Who divinely births faith continually in you to know what God prefers in every circumstance of life. So faith comes by spiritual hearing as the Holy Spirit testifies with your spirit, assuring you the revelation of God’s promise will come to pass. As a born-again believer, you can hear the living voice of God because the Holy Spirit lives within you. (Jo...

The Holy Spirit operating on you and within you stirs your inner spiritual hearing to discern God’s voice. The living voice of the Spirit of Christ births His dynamic, living word in you through faith - His divine persuasion. The Spirit Himself thus testifies together with your spirit to hear the voice of God. As you believe the Word of God the Holy Spirit births in you, then you hear the living v...

God wants you to know how to hear His voice and discern His direction in every detail of your life. God deeply loves and cares about you, which is demonstrated by the great price He paid to redeem you entirely back to Himself from the power of darkness and transfer you into the Kingdom of His Son. (Psalm 46:10, Romans 5:8, Colossians 1:13) God is speaking to you. He stirs your innermost being by H...

Faith for you as a born-again child of the Living God is "God's divine persuasion." It is always received from God and never generated by you. God wants you to know His voice, which comes by the Holy Spirit Himself testifies together with your own spirit, guaranteeing you that the revelation God births in you will come to pass, His way. (Romans 8:16) Faith proceeds from hearing the spoken word, ma...

God is moving mountains for you even when you can't see Him working. When you believe the Father is at work on your behalf (John 5:17), every day, continually weaving every detail of your life together for good, then you are walking by faith – His Divinely Persuading you. (Romans 8:28) The Lord continuously births faith in you through His living word so that you can know what He prefers, and guara...

God wants you to understand the power of authority given to you and see that authority operating through you. God gives you authority as His child (John 1:12) the privilege of delegated empowerment – authorizing you to act or operate under His authority as He directs you, not by your own initiative. The Lord continuously births faith in you, "God's divine persuasion," to know what He directs (auth...