It’s Christmas, what are you asking God for? Do you know what His beloved, treasured people – Israel – asked for? They asked not to hear His voice or see His face anymore. The intimacy was too overwhelming, His holiness too heavy. His presence got to be too much for them, and they thought theyContinue reading “Its Friday…How Much Intensity We Will Accept”
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It’s Friday…Remember His Irrefutable Answer
We are living in days which demand for the people of God to be courageous, to be champions who live and speak His Truth in love. Unfortunately, the warriors The Lord is looking for, whom He has resourced and equipped us to be, have become wimps, cowards, and, at best, reluctant. But I guess weContinue reading “It’s Friday…Remember His Irrefutable Answer”
It’s Friday…He Has Already Met It
God is a God of covenant. He makes promises and will not violate them. If we think He might renege because circumstances change or because we don’t deserve His fulfillment, we’ve forgotten who He is. He has perfect foreknowledge and He has perfect character. He makes His promises in full view of the future, andContinue reading “It’s Friday…He Has Already Met It”
It’s Friday…Out of Balance
“It’s a conspiracy.” That was the assessment of a paranoid priest warning a corrupt king of a prophet’s declaration of God’s plans for Israel. When the prophet Amos told the Truth of God, he was considered a troublemaker, a disturber of the national peace, a mudslinger void of constructive criticism. (Things haven’t changed much, haveContinue reading “It’s Friday…Out of Balance”
It’s Friday…Tell Him It’s His
It’s Christmastime. We are all familiar with heartwarming scenes of the season like this: “They saw the child with His mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped Him. Then they opened their treasures.” (Matthew 2:11) We’ve seen and heard this portrayal every year in nativity plays, television specials, movies, and our favorite Christmas cards.Continue reading “It’s Friday…Tell Him It’s His”
Vic Alvarado 