Chilly Chilton

With God’s help we will do mighty things,  for He
will trample down all of our foes. Psalm 108:13

BOOM! I have always LOVED this verse! There used to be an old song that we sang from this passage (it was taken, of course, from the King James Version). Check out the verse the way we sang it: Through God we will do valiantly, For it is He who shall tread down our enemies.

VALIANT! What a word!! I love it! Try to use it in a sentence maybe as an adverb:  ”valiantly” — No, no, no! You’ve got to do it with an English accent – try again! Brilliant!

Ok, back to today’s topic. Let’s look at the original Hebrew meaning for this amazing little word: Chayil. It’s definition means – force; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, and strength. Note: this word also pertains to all of you lady warriors — it’s the same word that is used for virtuous woman in Proverbs 31:10!  Then as we look further at today’s dictionary the word gains even greater definition: To be of worth; to be strong; possessing or acting with bravery or boldness; courageous; marked by, exhibiting, or carried out with courage or determination; heroic; (Webster’s Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary). Are you valiant? My friend, THROUGH GOD, you can be – in fact, YOU MUST BE!

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Today, at Real Church (both campuses), I shared a message entitled “Righteous Top Ten”. During the message, I shared a ‘report card’ that David submitted to God for His evaluation and ‘grade’…

So, as promised, here is that report card! I encourage you to take this card & your Bible (opened to Psalm 26) and spend time with God — allow Him to grade each category and then write the grade in the box next to each subject. Yes, it may be a bit painful — take a deep breath — this is NOT the FINAL GRADE!

You can bring those grades UP by submitting yourself to prayer, God’s Word and the Holy Spirit – the ultimate tutor! Let’s commit ourselves to strive for straight A’s.

*You can hear this message, and/or subscribe to
all messages, on iTunes. Simply click: iChilly 

Let’s begin the week committed to excellence
and with lots of exuberant JOY!

It’s homework time,
Chilly 

When I was a child, I grew up in a neighborhood (and time) where kids just played outside all day long in the summer or evenings after school. The only time I returned home was when my mom called me home for dinner. So, I KNEW her voice and hustled home (fearing the wrath of mom … or NO dinner). I listened for her CALL!

That’s how we should listen for God. Seems like today, however, we hear what we want to hear and ONLY when we want to hear. But, friend, that’s not how it works. God’s our Father – He speaks when He chooses – we must simply LISTEN and OBEY. And guess what?? God IS calling you!

God doesn’t just call “us” (Christians) … HE CALLS YOU. Many people today excuse themselves from applying and obeying God’s orders – yes, ORDERS! You see, His call for the believer is NOT optional – or when it’s convenient. In the New Testament the Greek verb to ‘call’ occurs about 150 times, and in most cases God is calling human beings… and, you are  human, right?

In the Old Testament God called Moses, Samuel and the prophets; in the New Testament Jesus called the Twelve and later Saul of Tarsus.

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