What we really lack? CHARACTER?

What we really lack? CHARACTER?

We have taller buildings but shorter tempers.

We have more conveniences but less time

We have more knowledge but less judgment

We have fancier houses but broken homes

We clean up our air but pollute our souls 

We travel to the moon but not to our neighbors

We add years to life but not life to years

-Author unknown-

ü "Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking."Jackson Browne 

ü “Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.” — Martin Luther King 

ü "Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character."   
— Albert Einstein (1879-1955) Scientist

ü  Proverb 12:4 A wife of noble character is her husband's crown

ü "Reputation is what the world thinks a man is; character is what he really is."Anonymous 

ü "Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down with incredible swiftness."Faith Baldwin 

ü "Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved.
Helen Adams Keller 

ü "Character is like a tree and reputation its shadow. The shadow is what we think it is; the tree is the real thing."Abraham Lincoln 

ü "Character is what you are in the dark."Dwight L. Moody 

ü "Sow a Thought, and you reap an Act;
Sow an Act, and you reap a Habit;
Sow a Habit, and you reap a Character;
Sow a Character, and you reap a Destiny."
Charles Reade 

WARNINGS!

WARNINGS!

1 Chronicles 10:13- so Saul died because he was unfaithful to the LORD. He didn't obey God's words. Instead of praying, he went to a witch to seek guidance.

Ezekiel 33:31, 33-So my people come pretending to be sincere and sit before you. They listen to your words, but they have no intention of doing what you say. They hear what you say, but they don’t act on it

Ezekiel 7:14 They have blown the trumpet and have made all ready, but none goes to the battle, for My wrath is upon all their multitude.

1 Samuel 15:22-23
"Does the lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the voice of the lord? To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams. For rebellion is like the sin of witchcraft, and arrogance like the evil of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the lord, He has rejected you as king." 

Strong words from the prophet Samuel to Saul, Israel’s king.

May the Lord help us to practice the word as we listen daily. Obedience is better than sacrifices.

Do you really believe God for the answers to your prayers?

ACTS 12: 14

Acts 12:5-but while Peter was in prison, the church prayed very earnestly for Peter. 

12:14, 15-When she recognized Peter’s voice, she was so overjoyed that, instead of opening the door, she ran back inside and told everyone, “Peter is standing at the door”. They responded “you are out of your mind”. When she insisted, they decided, “it must be his angel”

In early church, they were earnestly praying for Peter as he was in the jail.  but they didn’t believe what they were praying for. God was @ work in the jail to rescue Peter but the church didn’t realize the power of prayer. God sent his angel and saved Peter miraculously [all the gates open for them all by itself]. Peter felt like a vision and in the end he realized that he is out of the jail. Our God is still alive to do wonderful things for us. 


This happens to us many times; you may be praying for a bright future, new door to be open, for an opportunity, for a new provisions and direction from the Lord. Are you really believing the answer to your prayers in a supernatural ways?  Some of the believers in the early church they didn't believe fully the answer for their prayers-finally they decided," it must be his angel" not peter. They were praying even in the midnight but not fully trusting God to answer to their prayers. God is control of everything; so trust God beyond your circumstances.

The church is praying for Peter’s deliverance but the answer is on their door [peter is standing right there] but they could not believe it though they prayed. Our God is a prayer answering God and he does it in a supernatural ways. Sometime he will surprise us with things that we never expect from him though we pray regularly. Our God is in the throne and he is @ work in and through our lives.


Sometimes answer to our prayers are in our door step but we don't have enough faith to open the door to see it.

Application: Trust God beyond your circumstances and believe God in an extraordinary way to answer to your prayers.