We Love God!

God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

Behold the beauty of God’s design for man, woman, and marriage. Two dignified people, both molded in the image of their Maker. Two diverse people uniquely designed to complement each other. A male and a female fashioned by God to form one flesh, a physical bond between two bodies where the deepest point of union is found at the greatest point of difference. A matrimony marked by unity and diversity, equality with variety, and personal sanctification through shared consummation.
David Platt

Oh, it’s more than just the fear of being persecuted. When we choose to live lives that are not pleasing to the Lord, we do so because we fear missing out on fun, or fear that our idols of dependency will be snatched away, or fear God’s way won’t effectively get the job done, or fear we will be pulled out of our comfort zone, or fear that it is going to cost us too much. The list continues, but it all comes back to fear, and fear results because we walk by sight and a lack of faith in God’s promises (cf. 2 Cor. 5:7). We don’t always live to please God because we think we know better than God as to what it takes to make us more productive and content and happy.
Randy Smith

VISIONS

VISIONS

VISIONS

  1. God often made known his will by # Ps 89:19
  2. God especially made himself known to prophets by # Nu 12:6
  3. OFTEN ACCOMPANIED 3a) A representative of the divine person and glory

    # Isa 6:1

3b) An audible voice from heaven # Ge 15:1 1Sa 3:4,5 3c) An appearance of angels # Lu 1:22,11 24:23 Ac 10:3 3d) An appearance of human beings # Ac 9:12 16:9 4) Frequently difficult and perplexing to those who received them # Da 7:15 8:15 Ac 10:17 5) OFTEN COMMUNICATED 5a) In the night season # Ge 46:2 Da 2:19 5b) In a trance # Nu 24:16 Ac 11:5 6) Often recorded for the benefit of the people # Hab 2:2 7) Often multiplied for the benefit of the people # Ho 12:10 8) MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE 8a) To Abraham # Ge 15:1 8b) To Jacob # Ge 46:2 8c) To Moses # Ex 3:2,3 Ac 7:30-32 8d) To Samuel # 1Sa 3:2-15 8e) To Nathan # 2Sa 7:4,17 8f) To Eliphaz # Job 4:13-16 8g) To Isaiah # Isa 6:1-8 8h) To Ezekiel (See chapters 10, 40-48 of Ezekiel) # Eze 1:4-14 8:2-14 11:24,25 37:1-10 8i) To Nebuchadnezzar # Da 2:28 Da 4:5 8j) To Daniel (See chapters 7, 8, and 10 of Daniel) # Da 2:19 8k) To Amos # Am 7:1-9 8:1-6 9:1 8l) To Zechariah # Zec 1:8 3:1 4:2 5:2 6:1 8m) To Paul # Ac 9:3,6 16:9 18:9 22:18 27:23 2Ch 12:1-4 8n) To Ananias # Ac 9:10,11 8o) To Cornelius # Ac 10:3 8p) To Peter # Ac 10:9-17 8q) To John (See also Rev chapters 4 – 22) # Re 1:12 9) Sometimes withheld for a long season # 1Sa 3:1 10) The withholding of a great calamity # Pr 29:18 La 2:9 11) False prophets pretended to have seen # Jer 14:14 23:16 12) The prophets of God skilled in interpreting # 2Ch 26:5 Da 1:17