Do you possess a teachable spirit? What is that you may ask. Proverbs 17:10 tells us, “A reprimand goes deeper into one who has understanding and a teachable spirit, than a hundred lashes into a fool.” My devotional reading for today was a remarkable lesson on having a teachable spirit. Please take note of what it said. The lesson started with a paraphrase of Proverbs 17:10, “You can get more through a wise person with one gentle conversation than you can to a fool by whacking him over the head a hundred times.” There are some individuals who refuse to Read More
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864 Hours: 36 Days of Obedience
It’s November 25, 2018, exactly 30 days before Christmas, and 36 days until January 1, 2019; you have 864 hours left in 2018. Can you believe that 2018 is already coming to a close? When you think about it, 864 hours seems like a very long time. However, as the days pass and the end of the year draws closer, you realize that 864 hours will come and go at light speed. Now is the time to start planning. Here are five things to consider: Give a little extra: . There are many ways to honor God; however, giving to Read More
Obedience: Better than Sacrifice
Obedience is crucial. In the Biblical sense, obey means “to hear God’s Word and act accordingly”. 1 Samuel 15:22-23 (NLT) states, “But Samuel replied, ‘What is more pleasing to the Lord: your burnt offerings and sacrifices or your obedience to his voice? Listen! Obedience is better than sacrifice, and submission is better than offering the fat of rams. Rebellion is as sinful as witchcraft, and stubbornness as bad as worshiping idols. So because you have rejected the command of the Lord, He has rejected you as king’.” In this verse Saul was rejected as king because he failed to utterly destroy the Read More
Offenses: Stop Talking and Pursue Peace
Over the past few weeks, I heard the Holy Spirit say, ‘People are in agreement with the wrong spirit and are taking on the offenses of others.’ The Holy Spirit said ‘Stop’, right now. Stop it. Not long ago my pastor taught a sermon on taking on offenses. If someone does something to another person, we are not to take on that offense. It did not happen to us. Sure we can empathize with others, but we are not to take on their offense. I know sometimes that is hard because we all want to make sure people are being Read More
Hear O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is One!
Shema! Hear O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is One! (). Can you believe we are already into August 2017? It seems like yesterday that I started Inspiration Flows; it has been over a year ago. This was the first post on Inspiration Flows and I thought in celebration of my blog birthday I would repost it. Being reminded to hear, listen and obey God is always a good thing. Have you ever been somewhere and thought, it’s so noisy in here I can’t even think? Would you like to know how to live above the noise? There are Read More
Pruning: The Fruit Bearing Process
Has God been pruning your life? To grow and flourish into your purpose, there will be pruning in your life, in every area. This is done so you can bear even greater fruit and a greater harvest (). You don’t want to carry dead weight around or anything that’s dried up or dead that’s not bearing fruit. These dead things become a hindrance and a weight. It will eventually drain all the life out of you. Be careful what you hang around and what you allow through your ear and eye gate and into your heart(spirit). So, when God says “let Read More