Good morning, I apologize for getting this mornings Fire-starter out late. We had wonderful services yesterday thank you for praying. I'm thankful for how God helped us. I had a late night traveling i... View MoreGood morning, I apologize for getting this mornings Fire-starter out late. We had wonderful services yesterday thank you for praying. I'm thankful for how God helped us. I had a late night traveling in.
This morning we will not be in 2 Chromicles. The Fire-starter thought is: reaching the full capacity of what you are capable of.
I was in a church yesterday morning, the church name is irrelevant for what I am about to say, and we had a wonderful service.
As I walked in the building I found myself in a building that could seat five hundred easily.
Out of five hundred that could fit in the auditorium there was five in the congregation six if you include me.
My whole purpose of telling you this this morning is not to down the church for having five but rather see the importance of the message.
See we can down a church for having five in a building that can seat five hundred while there are so many Christians that are not living up to capacity of their capability.
Five is a start but please don't be content with the five when you can reach five hundred.
When you are capable of helping someone live up to your capacity
When you can encourage someone encourage them up to your capacity.
See I don't know what you are capable of doing and you do not know what I am capable of doing. That's why we must be living up to our capacity.
You do as much as you can and I do as much as I can and we can get alot done for the Lord.
Friend live up to your capacity!!!!
Have a "capable" kind of day!!!!
Good morning, what a great day to serve Jesus!!!!
Thank you for taking time to read the Fire-starter each morning. Please continue to pass this along to others.
We are in 2 Chronicles 13 today and... View MoreGood morning, what a great day to serve Jesus!!!!
Thank you for taking time to read the Fire-starter each morning. Please continue to pass this along to others.
We are in 2 Chronicles 13 today and the Fire-starter thought is: a match that will never be won.
I want you to imagine this morning you are 3 feet tall fighting against a 7 foot tall person. You are weak and he works out every day and has muscles and your coach has ordered you to fight this opponent. Most will say, I am not going to do that because every time I fight him he will win and I will not stand a chance to winning the fight.
So many of us fight so much against God and we always lose and sometimes we are poor sports as well when it comes to losing.
God sometimes backs off of fighting so you will understand that it's easier to not fight against the Lord.
In what area are you fighting God this morning?
I like the advice given in verse 12 And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against the Lord God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.
..fight ye not against the Lord God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.
Some advice this morning don't fight against God because you will not prosper.
When you and I fight his will guess what? There is no peace, no joy, no happiness. But when we go along with God's will there is peace joy and happiness.
When we fight against God when he has told us to get something right with another brother then there is fellowship broken not only with God but also with man.
Don't fight against God!!!
This is the match he will always win!!!
Think about what you are fighting against God for.
Is there a reason you are fighting him?
It may be as simple as telling the gospel to someone and you fight him to not do it.
Maybe you need to in love show someone their sin and you haven't done that yet.
Don't fight against God, you will never prosper.
Hope you have a great day!!!!
2 Chronicles 13:1-22 KJV
Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah. [2] He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam. [3] And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, being mighty men of valour. [4] And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel; [5] Ought ye not to know that the Lord God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt? [6] Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, is risen up, and hath rebelled against his lord. [7] And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Belial, and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them. [8] And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the Lord in the hand of the sons of David; and ye be a great multitude, and there are with you golden calves, which Jeroboam made you for gods. [9] Have ye not cast out the priests of the Lord, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the nations of other lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams, the same may be a priest of them that are no gods. [10] But as for us, the Lord is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and the priests, which minister unto the Lord, are the sons of Aaron, and the Levites wait upon their business: [11] And they burn unto the Lord every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also set they in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the Lord our God; but ye have forsaken him. [12] And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against the Lord God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper. [13] But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them. [14] And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind: and they cried unto the Lord, and the priests sounded with the trumpets. [15] Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah. [16] And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God delivered them into their hand. [17] And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men. [18] Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied upon the Lord God of their fathers. [19] And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Beth-el with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephrain with the towns thereof. [20] Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah: and the Lord struck him, and he died. [21] But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters. [22] And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, are written in the story of the prophet Iddo.
Good morning, thank you for taking this time to read the Fire-starter devotional. Please pass this along to family and friends. We will pick back up in 2 Chronicles in a few days!
The next few days ... View MoreGood morning, thank you for taking this time to read the Fire-starter devotional. Please pass this along to family and friends. We will pick back up in 2 Chronicles in a few days!
The next few days I want to talk about something that will be mentioned alot and that is freedom.
Freedom is a great thing but can I remind us this morning nothing is Free!!!! Let me state that again, NOTHING IS FREE!!!!!
You can say I got something for free at the store or someone gave me a gift. That's great but it wasn't free because someone paid the price for it. Something you must realize is the gift that has been extended to you through Jesus Christ was not free in fact he had to pay the price so you could have it free!!!! Someone paid for our freedoms!!!! Next time you see a soldier treat them with the upmost respect because they lay down their lives on the line so you can have a cookout watch fireworks and be with family and get a paid vacation at work.
Thank a police officer, while you are out having a good time they are out making sure everything goes smoothly. I know how sometimes we get aggravated with things in out country but truth be known we are living free because someone paid the price. Hope you have a wonderful free day!!!!
Justin Baker
Good morning, our Fire-starter comes from 1 Chronicles 17. Our Fire-starter thought is: there's none like him!!!!
Our Fire-starter verse is verse 20.
In our text we read where David has a desire to... View MoreGood morning, our Fire-starter comes from 1 Chronicles 17. Our Fire-starter thought is: there's none like him!!!!
Our Fire-starter verse is verse 20.
In our text we read where David has a desire to build a house for the Lord yet he would not build it, his son Solomon will.
As we fast forward to Verse 20 David's words were,
O Lord, there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
David said there is none like thee!!!
There will never be anyone like our Savior, King, Friend, Guide and Shepherd. There have been others but there has not been one like Christ!!!!
There's none like him to give comfort in sorrows, give peace during a hard time, give guidance through a storm, be an anchor to make sure you don't lose everything!!! When the waves are beating and the thunder is crashing there is a God in Heaven that is not seen to the human eye on earth yet that takes care of me and you during our storms. He is the best Shepherd you will have, best guide you will follow after. You say how is that possible because it seems like what I am going through is not looking good, listen if God made the storm you are in you can rest assure he knows how to bring you through the storm he has created!!!
Just because he didn't put the fire out in Daniel 3 doesn't mean he was there walking with them in the fire. How about Daniel 6 where the lions are ready to eat Daniel and he sent his angels to shut the mouths of the lions. We would say why did God allow these things to happen? The same reason he allows things to happen in our life and that's to show that we can trust in him. He is trustworthy friend!!! You will never find one like our Savior!!!!
There has been many that has died but there will never be one that died for our sins just like our Savior on the cross !!! There is none like him! Hallelujah
Hope you have a great day today
1 Chronicles 17:1-27 KJV
Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord remaineth under curtains. [2] Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for God is with thee. [3] And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying, [4] Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the Lord, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in: [5] For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel unto this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another. [6] Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me an house of cedars? [7] Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, even from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel: [8] And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee, and have made thee a name like the name of the great men that are in the earth. [9] Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the beginning, [10] And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel. Moreover I will subdue all thine enemies. Furthermore I tell thee that the Lord will build thee an house. [11] And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom. [12] He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever. [13] I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee: [14] But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore. [15] According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David. [16] And David the king came and sat before the Lord, and said, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto? [17] And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast also spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O Lord God. [18] What can David speak more to thee for the honour of thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant. [19] O Lord, for thy servant's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making known all these great things. [20] O Lord, there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears. [21] And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt? [22] For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, Lord, becamest their God. [23] Therefore now, Lord, let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house be established for ever, and do as thou hast said. [24] Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for ever, saying, The Lord of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and let the house of David thy servant be established before thee. [25] For thou, O my God, hast told thy servant that thou wilt build him an house: therefore thy servant hath found in his heart to pray before thee. [26] And now, Lord, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant: [27] Now therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may be before thee for ever: for thou blessest, O Lord, and it shall be blessed for ever.
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