Peniel Pentecostal Holiness Church

3239 Rosebud Road Walnut Cove NC 27052
Pastor: Dr. Tim Nelson -  Church Office 336-591-36112
A Place To Encounter God Face To Face. Gen. 32:3

A Word From The Pastor Archives 2022
February 2022
 

Are you looking for God right now?  Are you seeking Him out for the help you desperately need?  Are you facing a situation or circumstance that requires the Lord's help?  If you answered yes to either of these questions, scripture declares that if you seek Him with your "whole heart" you will find Him.

Seeking God means seeking His presence, seeking fellowship and intimacy with Him one on one, seeking His thoughts and His ways of doing things and seeking Him for guidance and direction for your life.

God is waiting to hear from you today with arms open wide to receive you once you seek Him.  He wants to have fellowship with you and He wants you to know that your conversations with Him are desired.

Adapted From:
http://www.tellthelordthankyou.com/blog/2015/7/10/jeremiah-2913-are-you-looking-for-god-he-can-be-found/

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart" - what does that mean?  It means placing our heart at the Lord's feet.  This surrender leaves no room for our own anxiety or worry, but completely entrusts our "being" to God's sovereignty.  And as unsettling as that may sound or even as frightening as it maybe, the next part of this verse is necessary for the "trusting" to lead to "His holding."  You see, to "lean not on your own understanding" is to lean completely into strong arms of God's holding.  It means to not rely on ourselves, essentially letting go of what we think we know and letting God take the helm of what He perfectly knows.

Solomon writes, "In all your ways acknowledge Him": not some ways or some days, but always with all our ways.  This means to admit the existence, reality, and trustworthiness of God.

Adapted From:
https://www.truthovertrend.com/post/what-proverbs-3-5-6-means-to-me

Samuel stated clearly in 1 Samuel 12 that the people were rebellious and sinful, most notably in asking for a king over them like the surrounding nations.  He tells them to stand and watch God's witness against them as He made thunder and rain to come during the harvest time, which was normally the dry season.  "So all the people stood in awe of the Lord and of Samuel.  The people cried out to Samuel: "Pray to the Lord your God for your servants so that we will not die, for we have added to all our other sins the evil of asking for a king."

Israel had sinned, yet God was merciful and gave Israel an opportunity to repent and serve the Lord with their whole heart.  Are you serving the Lord with your whole heart today?  Does your expression of love for Christ impact the example you display daily as you serve the Lord and others?

Adapted From:
http://www.progressandjoy.org/2013/06/1-samuel-1220-25-serve-lord-with-all.html

To many people, the word jealousy is laden with negative connotations.  In scripture, however, we read that "the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God."  God is rightfully jealous for His own glory and for the devotion of His covenant people.  Holy jealousy also characterizes the most godly men and women.

Elijah was one who served the Lord whole heartedly and was driven by his jealousness for the Lord God of hosts.  Elijah was God's prophet who deeply desired that Yahweh be glorified so that nothing competed with Him for his devotion and worship.  Do you have anything competing for your devotion and worship, if so, will you honestly examine your life and determine what you are most jealous or zealous for?

The Bible includes many examples of godly people who are jealous (zealous) for God's honor.  Whenever religious reform and revival were brought about in Israel, behind it always stood a jealous leader.  Whether it was Elijah praying down fire from heaven (1 Kings 18), Hezekiah smashing the sacred pillars and cutting down Asherah poles (2 Kings 18:3-4:  19:15-19), Jehoiada tearing down the house and altars of Baal (2 Kings 11:17-18), or Josiah removing the high places (2 Kings 23:19), jealousy on behalf of God's name, and His exclusive right to receive worship and covenant fidelity, was a primary motivating emotion.

Are you jealous for God?  Are you intensely desirous for the preservation of God's honor?  Be jealous for God!