Ministry

My Bible Journey

Oct 23, 2007

Picking up in Ezekiel and moving forward…

  • Ezekiel 34:1-2, God is SERIOUS about His call to leadership…and will deal with those who misuse their call to the ministry.
  • Ezekiel 36:9, This verse rocked my world!
  • Ezekiel 36:10-11, I prayed this for our church!
  • Ezekiel 38:23, YES, YES, YES!!!
  • Ezekiel 40:4, God told Ezekiel to pay attention on what was shown to him…before I can effectively speak God’s Word…I must take it to heart.
  • Daniel 2:20-23, Daniel offered this praise offering after God had answered a really tough prayer request, it caused me to think—do I say “thank You” to God enough for all of the amazing things I have seen Him accomplish?
  • Daniel 3:16-18, This is quite possibly one of the most outstanding acts of faith in Scripture. These three guys were told they were going to die by burning to death…and they replied that they would not bow AND that God was able to save them, and then the phrase “but even if he does not” appears. They were not fair weather followers…they were serious. I want to be this serious!
  • Daniel 4:17, God IS Sovereign—and leadership is a gift!
  • Daniel 4:25, God IS Sovereign—and leadership is a gift!
  • Daniel 4:32, God IS Sovereign—and leadership is a gift!
  • Daniel 4:37, God hates pride and will humble those who walk in it!!! By the way…if you worry as to whether or not you are prideful…you probably aren’t! The prideful would not worry!
  • Daniel 5:21, in case you missed it…God IS Sovereign—and leadership is a gift!
  • Daniel 6:1-5, Daniel had SO MUCH INTEGRITY that no one could find fault with him…wow…this challenged me BIG TIME!
  • Hosea 1:2-3, talk about RADICAL OBEDIENCE!
  • Hosea 3:1-3, AGAIN, radical obedience to prove God’s love for us!
  • Hosea 4:4-6, God is SERIOUS about His people knowing His Word—and is SERIOUSLY ticked when leaders do not teach exactly what He says. This reminded me to fear Him—not man!!!
  • Hosea 6:3, I should never cease to try to know Him more…pressing on should be my goal.
  • Hosea 8:4, When leaders are put into place that are not of God—things can get really bad!
  • Hosea 10:12, the best is yet to come…in Christ there is always potential!
  • Hosea 11:1-4, I can NEVER forget what God has done for me! I am a Christian not because of my goodness but because of His kindness!!!
  • Hosea 12:10, God spoke in parables through prophets? I’ll bet the bloggers went nuts when these guys “watered down” His Word by not going line by line, verse by verse! :-)
  • Hosea 13:4, Can it be any more clear?

Those are just a few of the things the Lord has been showing me.