Week 22: Servant or Servantee

by Advocates International | Jul 30, 2020 | What Does the Lord Require of You? | 0 comments

So he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel round his waist. After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped round him.  He came to Simon Peter, who said to...

Week 21: Who is My Neighbor?

by Advocates International | Jul 20, 2020 | What Does the Lord Require of You? | 0 comments

Background Scripture: Luke 10:25-37   “Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?” The expert in the law replied, “The one who had mercy on him.”  Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.”  Luke 10:36-37 Did you...

Week 20: Gold from God

by Advocates International | Jul 13, 2020 | What Does the Lord Require of You? | 0 comments

Background Scripture: Haggai 2:1-9   “I will shake all the nations, and the desired of all nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory,” says the Lord Almighty. “The silver is mine and the gold is mine,” declares the Lord Almighty. Haggai 2:7-8 Do...

Week 19: Priorities, Part II

by Advocates International | Jul 7, 2020 | What Does the Lord Require of You? | 0 comments

Background Scripture: Haggai 1:12-15   Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the whole remnant of the people obeyed the voice of the Lord their God and the message of the prophet Haggai, because the Lord their God had...

Week 18: Priorities, Part I

by Advocates International | Jul 2, 2020 | What Does the Lord Require of You? | 0 comments

Background Scripture: Haggai 1:1-11   You expected much, but see, it turned out to be little. What you brought home, I blew away. “Why?” declared the Lord Almighty.  “Because of My house, which remains a ruin, while each of you is busy with his own house. Haggai...

Week 17: Marching Behind the Tenors

by Advocates International | Jun 23, 2020 | What Does the Lord Require of You? | 0 comments

Background Scripture: II Chron. 20: 1-29   You will not have to fight this battle. Take up your positions; stand firm and see the deliverance the Lord will give you, O Judah and Jerusalem.  Do not be afraid, do not be discouraged.  Go out to face them tomorrow,...

Week 16: Your God is too Small (J.B. Phillips) … And So is Your Devil (Lynn R. Buzzard)

by Advocates International | Jun 16, 2020 | What Does the Lord Require of You? | 0 comments

For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Ephesians 6:12   Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a...

Week 15: Liar, n. A lawyer with a roving commission (Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary)

by Advocates International | Jun 12, 2020 | What Does the Lord Require of You? | 0 comments

Simply let your “Yes” be “Yes,” and your “No,” “No”; anything beyond this comes from the evil one. Matthew 5:37   The tongue that brings healing is a tree of life, but a deceitful tongue crushes the spirit. Proverbs 15:4   A fortune made by a lying tongue is...

Week 14: The City – Symbol of Evil or Symbol of the Kingdom

by Advocates International | Jun 3, 2020 | What Does the Lord Require of You? | 0 comments

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not! Luke 13:34   Beautiful for situation, the joy of...

Week 13: Justice – Delivering the Oppressed

by Advocates International | May 28, 2020 | What Does the Lord Require of You? | 0 comments

Background Scripture: Isaiah 1:1-31   The righteous care about justice for the poor, but the wicked have no such concern. Prov. 29:7 Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, the famous Russian dissident, wrote of the lengthy prison sentences that Soviet children received for...