Fortress

Psalm 65

5 Let all that I am wait quietly before God,
for my hope is in him.
6 He alone is my rock and my salvation,
my fortress where I will not be shaken.
7 My victory and honor come from God alone.
He is my refuge, a rock where no enemy can reach me.
8 O my people, trust in him at all times.
Pour out your heart to him,
for God is our refuge.

Drunks, Gluttons and Lazies

Avoid hanging out with people who are

•drunks

•gluttons

•lazy

Proverbs 23

19 My child, listen and be wise:
Keep your heart on the right course.
20 Do not carouse with drunkards
or feast with gluttons,
21 for they are on their way to poverty,
and too much sleep clothes them in rags.

Predestined

If you are a Christian, you were predestined by God that the blessings of Abraham are on your life. The Bible says the people of the world will be blessed through the promise God gave Abraham. Jesus is his descendant. As a Christian we are also, spiritually speaking, descendants of Abraham because Jesus rules our life. All the blessings of Abraham are on our lives to help spread the Good News of Jesus to everyone. We are predestined to be leaders and have financial influence so we can share the Gospel with others. We are predestined to share God’s immeasurable love and the hope of Christ to hurting people!

God’s Rejection

God is without sin. If people continue to sin. He has to send a strong message to stop. That’s what God’s wrath is.

Psalm 60:

1 You have rejected us, O God, and broken our defenses.
You have been angry with us; now restore us to your favor.
2 You have shaken our land and split it open.
Seal the cracks, for the land trembles.
3 You have been very hard on us,
making us drink wine that sent us reeling.
4 But you have raised a banner for those who fear you—
a rallying point in the face of attack. Interlude
5 Now rescue your beloved people.
Answer and save us by your power.

Crucified Christian

Paul said that as Christians we die to our selfish wants and follow what Jesus would want us to do.

Jesus put it another way:

Matthew 16:

24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. 25 For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it.

Gospel Responsibility

God told Paul to spread the Good News of Jesus Christ to non-Jews.

Galatians

6 And the leaders of the church had nothing to add to what I was preaching. (By the way, their reputation as great leaders made no difference to me, for God has no favorites.) 7 Instead, they saw that God had given me the responsibility of preaching the gospel to the Gentiles, just as he had given Peter the responsibility of preaching to the Jews. 8 For the same God who worked through Peter as the apostle to the Jews also worked through me as the apostle to the Gentiles.

9 In fact, James, Peter, and John, who were known as pillars of the church, recognized the gift God had given me, and they accepted Barnabas and me as their co-workers. They encouraged us to keep preaching to the Gentiles, while they continued their work with the Jews. 10 Their only suggestion was that we keep on helping the poor, which I have always been eager to do.