RUSSELL SANDERS

3-6-2025

SATAN MESSED UP

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1 Corinthians 2:7-8 says, “But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory. Which none of the princes [demons] of this world knew. For had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.”

Satan knows the bible and he can quote it, but he does not have a full and complete understanding of it. If he did, he would never have incited the crowd to demand that Pilate would crucify Jesus.

Verses 8 and 9 say that Holy Spirit reveals the deep things [scriptures – truths] of God to us. The Holy Spirit reveals nothing to Satan except his destiny. Satan “shot himself in the foot” by orchestrating Jesus’ crucifixion.

God allowed Satan to push for the death of Jesus because Jesus’ sacrifice was part of his plan for our redemption. In essence, Satan played right into God’s hand.

Satan is not the sharpest tool in the spiritual tool shed. We have the ability to be smarter than him because we have the resource of our Father’s wisdom and understanding available to us if we just ask for it.

HELEN SANDERS

2-6-2025

UNGODLY ADVICE

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In studying the life of Solomon and his son Rehoboam, we see Solomon as a man who was given extreme wisdom from God and then pride and lust caused him to be misled into marrying pagan women. To satisfy these wives, he allowed their pagan gods to come into Israel. It was his downfall.  

1 Kings 11:9 says, “And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the LORD God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice.” His sin caused the kingdom to be taken from him.

When he died, his son Rehoboam became king. He would be the fourth king of Israel. Jeroboam, an old enemy of his father’s came to Rehoboam to make peace. He had fled from Israel to Egypt while Solomon was king. He thought things would be better with Rehoboam than they had been with Solomon.  He told Rehoboam that he and his followers in Israel would become his servants if the king would “lighten the yoke” from them. 

Instead of consulting with godly older men that his father Solomon had trusted, Rehoboam listened to his younger unseasoned friends and took their counsel to make the “yoke” even heavier upon Jeroboam and his followers. By doing this he made an enemy with Jeroboam, which caused Israel to become a divided kingdom. Ten tribes sided with Jeroboam and formed their own northern kingdom.

From then on, there was war between the northern kingdom, which consisted of ten tribes and the southern kingdom which consisted of only two tribes (Judah, where Jerusalem was located and Benjamin).  

By Solomon’s not listening to God when he took wives, and Rehoboam’s not listening to seasoned, godly counsellors when an enemy wanted peace, it cost both kings their kingdoms.  

When we need counsel, we should always seek God and go to godly counsellors, so we are guided by the Spirit of God. When we turn to the world for advice, we can be sure that it will not give us the wisdom that godly counsellors give. It cost Rehoboam and Solomon their kingdoms, and it is guaranteed to cost us also, if we do not seek God for direction in our lives.  

HELEN SANDERS

PROPHETIC EXHORTATION

3-6-2025

Be determined to be all that God made you to be. Remember, He does not make mistakes. You are not an accident, so rise up in his strength and conquer those giants that he has assigned you to take out!

DEBRA TOPE

SEER/INTERCESSOR

Thursday Thought For Today



“Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”

‭‭John‬ ‭14‬:‭6‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

He is our only hope. We have made messes of everything and yet God has been there helping us repair our messes. So remember that God loves us, but He expects us to turn back to Him and recognize Him for Who He is. He is the creator of everything. So WORSHIP Him! Praise Him, for He is deserving of all our praise and all of our worship!!

APOSTLE PAT MURRAY

PROPHETIC EXHORTATION

Sometimes we often forget this important truth; God never intended for us to put our TRUST in THINGS and PEOPLE…BUT He DID teach us to LOVE people and to TRUST Him. I’m sure it would do us all good to realize the DIFFERENCE; For our JOY and our VICTORY could easily depend on it. So don’t put your TRUST in THINGS and PEOPLE; But always TRUST GOD and LOVE people. Oh, don’t we know that could be difficult at times? Just go ahead and have yourself a blessed day; But remember to TRUST God…And try and show the people you meet some LOVE. 

  Precious Gold! HCC

                   Precious Gold was buried in the Earth

                   By our Creator, God.

                   He will line the streets of Heaven,

                  This gold, this gold, from God.

                  We will walk on streets of gold,

                  It’s hard to comprehend.

                  Streets of gold, you, and I

                  Holding our Lord and Savior’s hand.

                  There’ll be peace, peace at last.

                  Majestic mansions everywhere.

                  So much we’ve been waiting for,

                  Where here now, in this Eternity. No cares!

                  Are you making ready for this day?

                  Have you come to Christ? Please come today!

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