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POWER TO BECOME

"But as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name: which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God." (John 1:12, 13).   Power is something that many men and women seek in this world.  The power to amass wealth, the power to lead others, and the power to command respect are all ways in which people seek to wield power.  God offers us something more, however: the power to become the sons of God.  He is not promising us merely a title (for this would require no power at all), but He is promising us the ability to become spiritually mature sons of God, having the same characteristics as the only begotten Son, Jesus Christ.  He has promised us that we can be "partakers of the divine nature," and be changed into His image. (2 Peter 1:4).    How do we receive such power?  It is simply a matter of receiving Jesus Christ, and believing on the power of H
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REDECORATING THE TEMPLE

"And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof.  And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus: so Urijah the priest made it against king Ahaz came from Damascus.  And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered thereon.  And he burnt his burnt offering and his meat offering, and poured his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings, upon the altar.  And he brought also the brasen altar, which was before the LORD, from the forefront of the house, from between the altar and the house of the LORD, and put it on the north side of the altar.  And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening m
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THE SHUNAMMITE'S FAITH

"I will praise Thee: for Thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation." (Psalms 118:21).   During the time of Elisha, a prophet of Israel, there was a woman of some means who lived in the village of Shunem, which was part of the tribe of Issachar.  On his journeys around Israel, Elisha would often pass through this village as the Lord would direct him.  On one of these occasions, the  woman from Shunem stopped Elisha and constrained him to come to her home for a meal, and so it happened that, from that time on, when Elisha  would pass through town, he would stop at the woman's house to eat.   After some time had passed, the Shunammite woman said to her husband, "Behold now, I perceive that this is an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually.  Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.&q
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