Deuteronomy
8:10-20 When you have eaten your fill, be sure to praise the Lord
your God for the good land he has given you.11 “But that is the time to
be careful! Beware that in your plenty you do not forget the Lord your
God and disobey his commands, regulations, and decrees that I am giving
you today.12 For when you have become full and prosperous and have built
fine homes to live in, 13 and when your
flocks and herds have become very large and your silver and gold have
multiplied along with everything else, BE CAREFUL! 14 Do not become
proud at that time and forget the Lord your God, who rescued you from
slavery in the land of Egypt.
When people need a job, they
pray and cry out to HIM. When God gives them a job, many are too busy
for HIM. When people are sick or their loved ones are sick, they pray
and cry out to HIM. When they are healed, they are back to their own
time. When people are hungry, they pray and cry out to HIM for food.
When God answers, their stomachs are full and then they go back to
doing their own things again rather than continuing to move forward with
HIM.
Too many of God's people use God as their servant. They
do not serve HIM because HE is God but because HE can give them
something. This is why so many of our lives are in chaos and without
peace.
James 4:3-4 (AMP) [Or] you do ask [God for them] and yet
fail to receive, because you ask with wrong purpose and evil, selfish
motives. Your intention is [when you get what you desire] to spend it in
sensual pleasures. 4 You [are like] unfaithful wives [having illicit
love affairs with the world and breaking your marriage vow to God]! Do
you not know that being the world’s friend is being God’s enemy? So
whoever chooses to be a friend of the world takes his stand as an enemy
of God.
God will answer and receive you when you separate
yourself from the world. Just because you profess to be a Christian does
not mean everything is fine. You are called to cleanse yourselves from
the world. This is the sanctification process after accepting Jesus as
Lord and Savior.
2 Corinthians 6:17-18 (AMP) So, come out from
among [unbelievers], and separate (sever) yourselves from them, says
the Lord, and touch not [any] unclean thing; then I will receive you
kindly and treat you with favor, 18 And I will be a Father to you, and
you shall be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.
2
Corinthians 7:1 (AMP) Therefore, since these [great] promises are ours,
beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that contaminates and
defiles body and spirit, and bring [our] consecration to completeness in
the [reverential] fear of God.
Serve God because you Love HIM.
If you love HIM then you will keep His commandments and have
reverential fear of HIM. If you love HIM then you will obey HIM. If you
love HIM then you will spend TIME with HIM. If you love HIM then you
will tithe and offer what is already HIS. If you love HIM then you will
keep the Lord's Day Holy keeping the 4th commandment. But where is your
time with HIM? Spending all day in Facebook is not spending His Time
with HIM. Seek HIM because HE is God and NOT because HE can answer your
needs. They will be added on to you if your order is correct.
Seek to KNOW HIM rather than just knowing about HIM.
You must remove all sin from your lives. Do not say you are not perfect
and God sees your heart. The bible says our hearts are wicked. HE looks
at your works of obedience or disobedience. To the seven churches in
Revelation, HE says "I know your works!" to all the churches (KJV). HE
didn't say he knows your heart. He is looking at your works of obedience
or disobedience. We can overcome all sin because the bible says we can
do all through Christ who strengthens me.
Fire of God International Church
Pastor Steve Yong Kim
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