Choose Your Kingdom Week 2: Monday Recap

Jesus took an opportunity that was before Him to teach a crowd that had gathered. This has become know as the "Sermon on the Mount". He used what was transpiring around Him as the fodder for the sermon. It says in the opening verses of Matthew 5 that when He was settled in a spot where everyone could hear Him, He opened His mouth to speak. What came out was not politically correct mush. The words of Jesus were direct and to the point. Like the business end of a sharp double-edged sword. That is actually what the phrase- "opened His mouth to speak" means. Jesus always wants to get to the heart and soul of a person and deal with matters of eternity. Today, allow His Word to pierce you soul.

Choose Your Kingdom Week 1: End of Week Encouragement

Sometimes with God, things get turned upside-down. Rather than be blessed, you become one who blesses. The last become first. The poor in Spirit become rich. The cross becomes your avenue for reaching into the life of someone in need. Make a decision today to step out of your comfort zone and become a servant leader in God's Kingdom on earth.

Choose Your Kingdom Week 1: Midweek Miracle

Imagine getting a new job and immediately, the first day, as you are just getting started, you are given an opportunity to cheat the company. You are told it will be very lucrative to do so. What will you do? That is what happened with Jesus. Just as He is starting His ministry, after He is baptized, He is told by the tempter that if only He would bend His knee to the devil, He would be handed the world on a platter. People would fall all over Him and serve Him. The only catch... He would have to bow before the devil. Thank God that He resisted the temptation with scripture. When Jesus came from His wilderness temptation, He began the task of establishing His Kingdom that has not ended to this day. Thank God that He has set an example for us of using Scripture to fend off the tempter's snare.