Your Spirit In The Desert!

1 Thessalonians 2:13…“We also constantly give thanks to God for this, that when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human word but as what it really is, God’s word, which is also at work in you believers.” vs. 13 When Paul came to Thessalonica he believed with all his heart that the gospel of Jesus Christ that he was proclaiming was the Word of God. This message had come…

1 Thessalonians 2:9-12…“You remember our labour and toil, brothers and sisters; we worked night and day, so that we might not burden any of you while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.” vss. 9-12 Paul could have taken advantage of people’s hospitality in the cities that he visited. Even Jesus told his disciples that they could stay in people’s homes as they conducted their ministry. But Paul wanted to put no burden on the people as he proclaimed…

Psalm 43…“Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause against an ungodly people; from those who are deceitful and unjust deliver me! vs. 1 It almost sounds as though the psalmist were running for election and had discovered that his opponents were unleashing a barrage of well-funded attack ads at the last minute, ads that were both deceitful and unjust. Of course there were no elections during the time of the psalmist but his words are a reminder that ungodly…