‘God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it.’ Genesis 2:15 NIV God created the Garden of Eden, placed Adam in it, and told him to ‘work it’. God said, ‘Be fruitful and multiply.’ (Genesis 1:22 NKJV) In other words, ‘Be successful.’ But notice,...
‘I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.’ Genesis 12:2 NIV God promised to bless Abraham and make his name ‘great’ for one reason—so he would be a blessing to others. Jesus taught His disciples to be distributors of blessing and...
‘A great door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many who oppose me.’ 1 Corinthians 16:9 NIV Nothing becomes truly great until it overcomes something that looks insurmountable. Paul writes, ‘I will stay on at Ephesus until Pentecost, because a great...
‘God’s purpose in all this was to use the church to display His wisdom in its rich variety.’ Ephesians 3:10 NLT Here are three of the challenges the church faces today: (1) We can’t experience a new move of God if we insist on clinging to an old one. ‘God’s purpose in...
‘Write down the revelation and make it plain.’ Habakkuk 2:2 NIV Put your goals in writing. God told the prophet Habakkuk, ‘Write down the revelation and make it plain… so that a herald may run with it. For the revelation awaits an appointed time…Though it linger, wait...
