Pray for Expansion – Part Two

Pray for Expansion – Part Two

Marked by pain, and yet Jabez asked God for blessing, expansion, God’s presence (guidance), and protection from “trouble and pain”.   “There was a man named Jabez who was more honorable than any of his brothers. His mother named him Jabez because his birth...
Pray for Expansion

Pray for Expansion

“There was a man named Jabez who was more honorable than any of his brothers. His mother named him Jabez because his birth had been so painful. He was the one who prayed to the God of Israel, ‘Oh, that you would bless me and expand my territory! Please be...
Epiphany

Epiphany

Matthew 2:1-12 3 kings “magi” – men of wisdom who studied the stars, a person noted for unusual capacity of understanding, combining both the secular and religious, one with special wisdom about the meaning of the course of the stars and its interconnection with world...
Purpose in Reproduction

Purpose in Reproduction

Genesis 1:26-28  “Then God said, ‘Let us make human beings in our image and likeness. And let them rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the tame animals, over all the earth, and over all the small crawling animals on the...
Purpose in Stewardship

Purpose in Stewardship

“Then God said, ‘Let us make human beings in our image and likeness. And let them rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the tame animals, over all the earth, and over all the small crawling animals on the earth.’ So, God...
Purpose in Character

Purpose in Character

We may find ourselves asking: What am I doing here? Why do we exist? First, we should understand that God has purpose. “We know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.” – Romans 8:28 Why am I...