from today's bible study

ZECHARIAH 4-6

'You can't force these things. They only come about through my Spirit,'

i can't force healing, it only comes about with the spirit

i love this expression, day of small beginnings:
Does anyone dare despise this day of small beginnings?

The ones going north are conveying a sense of my Spirit, serene and secure. No more trouble from that direction."

if i led myself be led from the spirit i am serene and secure and have a sense of direction


All this follows as you put your minds to a life of responsive obedience to the voice of your God."

god has to be my priority and everything else will follow


LUKE 12

Save your fear for God, who holds your entire life—body and soul—in his hands.

8-9"Stand up for me among the people you meet and the Son of Man will stand up for you before all God's angels. But if you pretend you don't know me, do you think I'll defend you before God's angels?
10"If you bad-mouth the Son of Man out of misunderstanding or ignorance, that can be overlooked. But if you're knowingly attacking God himself, taking aim at the Holy Spirit, that won't be overlooked.

21"That's what happens when you fill your barn with Self and not with God."

let me fill my life with god, not with self!

If God gives such attention to the wildflowers, most of them never even seen, don't you think he'll attend to you, take pride in you, do his best for you?

scriptures like that are hard to swallow for, god really loves me like that if i let him?

29-32"What I'm trying to do here is get you to relax, not be so preoccupied with getting so you can respond to God's giving. People who don't know God and the way he works fuss over these things, but you know both God and how he works. Steep yourself in God-reality, God-initiative, God-provisions. You'll find all your everyday human concerns will be met. Don't be afraid of missing out. You're my dearest friends! The Father wants to give you the very kingdom itself.
33-34"Be generous. Give to the poor. Get yourselves a bank that can't go bankrupt, a bank in heaven far from bankrobbers, safe from embezzlers, a bank you can bank on. It's obvious, isn't it? The place where your treasure is, is the place you will most want to be, and end up being.

It doesn't matter what time of the night he arrives; they're awake—and so blessed!
Just when you don't expect him, the Son of Man will show up."

LET ME BE READY AND MY FAMILY, TOO!

47-48"The servant who knows what his master wants and ignores it, or insolently does whatever he pleases, will be thoroughly thrashed. But if he does a poor job through ignorance, he'll get off with a slap on the hand. Great gifts mean great responsibilities; greater gifts, greater responsibilities!

I CAN'T USE IGNORANCE AS AN EXCUSE!

Do you think I came to smooth things over and make everything nice? Not so. I've come to disrupt and confront!

JESUS IS NOT A COMGORT GOD, MY FAITH WILL BE STRETCHED NOT COMFORTED!