by Bill Elliff
April 20, 2020
God honors men who depend upon Him. Study the early life of the young King David. You will find him overwhelmed with the magnitude of his task and continually crying out to God for leadership. His dependence allowed God Himself to lead through him.
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by Bill Elliff
April 17, 2020
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by Bill Elliff
April 17, 2020
There is nothing that wakes me up spiritually any quicker than when it seems that God is not communicating with me. The reason? I know that my life can bear no fruit if God is not leading me. In fact, it does just the opposite. Jesus said to His disciples in
John 15:5, “Apart from Me you can do nothing.”
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by Bill Elliff
April 16, 2020
If we fail to forgive and seek to retaliate, the “correcting” of the one who offended us is in our hands. And we’re terribly deficient in our ability to accomplish the right results. In fact, we can do great harm both to others and ourselves. Often our efforts put is in the prison of unforgiveness and even bitterness.
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by Bill Elliff
April 15, 2020
Everything has changed.
If we fail to look up and ask God what He is saying during this moment, we are the most foolish. God always has an agenda. He has slowed us down and shut us up to Himself. There are no real answers or explanations anywhere else.
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by Bill Elliff
April 14, 2020
Real friendship means that I protect my friend, regardless of the loss to me. Happy is the man who has such friends in this life. And, wonderful the man who comes to know the perfect Friend, Jesus Christ, who always “sticks closer than a brother.”
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by Bill Elliff
April 13, 2020
It is the common, national pastime to laugh at and ridicule our leaders. To castigate anyone who disagrees with us and seek to destroy them. To exalt their sins and weakness instead of praying for them (as Paul instructed in 1 Timothy 2). Not so with David.
Because David honored others, others honored him, and, most importantly, God honored him also. It would raise the spiritual and emotional temperature of our nation if we would follow the example of this great king and the ultimate King who “when reviled, reviled not again.”
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by Bill Elliff
April 10, 2020
God made us. Like anything that is made, God designed us with a pattern and a purpose. He created us to live in dependency upon Him. And the foundational component of this faith is obedience. If He is our Lord, when He speaks we must believe that His will is good, and we must respond in obedience.
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by Bill Elliff
April 08, 2020
Are you a believer? Do you have God’s Spirit living in you? If not, it is time to turn from a life without Him and cry out for His salvation and the incoming of His Spirit. Only this can bring the change your heart desires.
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by Bill Elliff
April 07, 2020
There is nothing the world needs more than men and women who know how to hear God and are unashamed to speak His word. People who understand His Scriptures and pay attention to His Spirit. If we position ourselves to be such men and women, God has the opportunity to lead His people. And there is nothing more important than being led by God.
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by Bill Elliff
April 06, 2020
All of us are distressed. All know times of grief. But are you discharging your burden in the one place that will make a difference? To the Omnipotent One who rules heaven and earth? The Promise-Keeper and Way-Maker? The Creator of all of life?
He is a merciful God and will hear your prayer. And, you can trust Him to answer your desperation in the way that is right, regardless of when and what you think that answer should be. He knows what He’s about.
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by Bill Elliff
April 03, 2020
Ruth was faced with multiple choices where she could have chosen an easier path, a more selfish decision. But her continued submission to the will of God led her to be a great woman in God’s redemptive plan. She had no idea in the moment of the legacy that she would leave or the part she would play. She just decided to take the next steps in obedience to the Lord and service to her family. And God used her to save the world.
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