Posts tagged with ‘Sovereignty of God’

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5/4/23 FIRST IMPRESSIONS CAN OFTEN LEAD TO WRONG CONCLUSIONS

by Barry Lovett

 “For man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”  I Samuel 16:7. When Samuel was to select the next king of Israel from the sons of Jesse, he made a judgment based on first impressions. However, God’s chosen was not any of the older sons.  The Spirit told Samuel, “Do […]

3/24/20 GOD IS OUR AUTHORITY, NOT THE MAJORITY

by Barry Lovett

“Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and Your law is truth.” Psalm 119:142. Majority rule is right and fair for electing mayors, representatives and presidents, but people go too far when they want to apply the principle of majority rule to moral standards.  Some things are not up for a vote. Just as God has established […]

11/14/19 GOD IS OUR AUTHORITY, NOT THE MAJORITY

by Barry Lovett

“Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and Your law is truth.” Psalm 119:142. Majority rule is right and fair for electing mayors, representatives and presidents, but people go too far when they want to apply the principle of majority rule to moral standards.  Some things are not up for a vote. Just as God has established […]

7/30/19 WE ARE DEPENDENT CHILDREN

by Barry Lovett

“In Him we live and move and have our being.”  Acts 17:28. We are dependent children reliant on our Father in heaven.  We should not think of ourselves as totally independent because we are not. The Lord sustains us day by day.  In many ways, we’re as needy as a newborn baby. Depending on God isn’t weakness, it’s […]