11. Build your Temple on the right foundation
Last week we finished discussing the second Temple and we concluded that the second Temple was merely used for religious activities. The religious leaders followed the Torah to the tee, but their hearts were far away from God. They didn’t follow all the rules to draw closer to Him. They rather followed it to receive […]
10. Beware of religious activities
The Jews rebuilt the Temple of God and dedicated it to Him as we’ve seen last week. They rejoiced and were glad that they had a Temple again to worship God in. Unfortunately the backsliding of the Jews continued. They never truly worshiped God as they were supposed to. They never truly loved Him and […]
9. Do not compare, just be thankful
The Jews experienced a lot of opposition when they rebuilt the Temple as we’ve seen last week. It was not all smooth sailing, because the devil didn’t want them to finish the Temple. He didn’t want them to live within God’s will and God’s blessings for them. But they continued and finally finished the Temple! […]
8. Just keep going
Last week we saw that the Jews continued to build the Temple, though the foundations were much smaller than the Temple Solomon built. They cried at the small beginnings. But God was with them and they continued to build the Temple despite the fact that the Temple will be less imposing and spectacular than Solomon’s […]
7. Do not despise small beginnings
As we’ve seen last week God led a group of Jews back to Jerusalem from their exiled life in Babylon. He wanted them to rebuild the second Temple. He gave them all the supplies that they needed to rebuild the Temple and He gave them favor with the ruling authorities of the day. All they […]
6. God supplies (1)
The first Temple was destroyed by king Nebuchadnezzar. He took the Israelites with him to Babylon and forced them to work for him. The Israelites were in exile for 70 years, the number of years that the land didn’t have its ‘Sabbath’ rests due to Israel’s disobedience. But God was gracious and good and allowed […]
5. Get rid of the ‘gods’ in your life
The first Temple built by Solomon was awesome in splendor and truly something to behold. God entered the Temple with His Shekinah glory and dwelt amongst His people, as their God and King. Unfortunately the people’s hearts started drifting away from God. They started to worship the gods of the people they were supposed to […]
4. Celebrate life and thank God
King Solomon built the first Temple for God in Jerusalem within 7 years. He was obedient to God and built the Temple exactly as He specified. God blessed his obedience and helped him in all ways possible. The construction of the Temple happened without any glitches and God was mightily with them. Then Solomon did […]
3. God will help you (1)
King Solomon was the one that built the first Temple to God. As we’ve seen last week, King David wanted to build the Temple to God, but God said no, Solomon will. So David started preparing for the building of the Temple. He helped Solomon by collecting a vast number of materials as we have […]
2. Temple 1 – Continue doing good
As you all probably know, King Solomon built the first Temple for God. His father, King David desperately wanted to build the Temple for God, but God said no, he had shed too much blood in the process of securing the safety of Israel. God said he could help his son prepare for the Temple, […]
1. The seven Temples of God
I am very excited to announce that we are starting with a new series, entitled – The seven Temples of God. This might interest you that there was and is going to be seven temples in total. Within the next couple of weeks we are going to discuss these seven temples in detail and see […]
92. Let go and let God
Let go and let God. Haven’t we all heard that statement a number of times? I have heard it so often that it has lost its impact for me. It becomes one of those mundane things you hear. For me it became a cliché. But I heard it loud and clear again this week. I […]
45. Take up your armor as God’s son
This week I am ending off this series of Kingdom living. I truly hope you have learned as much as I have. His Kingdom is marvellously glorious and we are part of it. And we are not merely part of it; we are part of it as His sons, royalty. I know I wrote a […]
44. By His stripes you have been healed (1)
We are anointed because we have the Anointed One living within us. And as we have seen last week, because we are anointed we also have the authority given to us from Above. We have the authority to do what He would have done on this earth. And we need to walk in that authority. […]
43. You are anointed
Jesus nourishes us and takes care of us. We are partakers of Him and members of His body and therefore we can partake in His Divine nature and be as He is in this world. We can share the oracles of God with this world and be free to be like Him and to care […]
42. Share the oracles of God (1)
We are part of God’s Kingdom now already. We are the blessed ones, where everything will work out for our good. We live with the King of kings living within us. He nourishes us and therefore we can grow with the increase that is from God: “Let no one cheat you of your reward, taking […]
41. Blessed are those who believe (1)
The Gospel of Christ is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believes. We learned that last week. His amazing work on the cross and His resurrection opened up the way for us to have access to God the Father and because of that we have infinite power available. Ephesians 1:19, 20 confirm […]
40. God’s wonderful salvation
God wants us to fly on eagle’s wings. We saw that last week. He wants to work through us and bring His Kingdom to this fallen earth. He only wants us to be willing to be used. His Spirit will then flow through us into a broken world and bring healing where possible. He will […]
39. God’s Spirit is there for us (1)
God’s Spirit is with us to help us with our life’s tasks. His Spirit is bountiful and full of mercy and good fruit. His Spirit has the ability to do anything and everything for us and through us. He wants to rejoice in us and work through us in order to change this world into […]
38. Walk with His Spirit in true liberty
We have so many things to be grateful for. We have so many blessings to thank God for. And last week we learned that God wants us to thank Him for it. Not necessarily constantly walking and thanking Him, but living a lifestyle of gratitude. Waking up in the mornings with a song in your […]