Then they prayed, “Lord, you know everyone’s heart. Show us which of these two you have chosen to take over this apostolic ministry, which Judas left to go where he belongs.” Then they cast lots, and the lot fell to Matthias; so he was added to the eleven apostles.
Acts 1:24-26 NIV
Decision making has become to stressful. Keep it simple. Pray and cast lots. Pray and simply flip a coin of faith.
You give me your shield of victory;
you stoop down to make me great.2 Samuel 22:36 NIV
Are you being led to victory? Are you stressing and straining needlessly? The Lord is your shield. The Lord stoops down to make you great!
We ought always to thank God for you, brothers, and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love every one of you has for each other is increasing. Therefore, among God’s churches we boast about your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and trials you are enduring.
2 Thessalonians 1:3-4 NIV
Is your faith and love growing toward God and one another? Are you stuck in the rat race with no end in sight?
For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.
Matthew 25:35-36 NIV
Are you a friend to the friendless? Is your heart to help people in need?
In the spring, at the time when kings go off to war, David sent Joab out with the king’s men and the whole Israelite army. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David remained in Jerusalem.
2 Samuel 11:1 NIV
Are you where you should be? David wasn’t. This led to regrettable choices in his life.
David and the whole house of Israel were celebrating with all their might before the LORD, with songs and with harps, lyres, tambourines, sistrums and cymbals.
2 Samuel 6:5 NIV
When was the last time you worshipped God with all your might?
David answered Recab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has delivered me out of all trouble,
2 Samuel 4:9 NIV
David was delivered from all trouble by the Lord. He will do the same for you.
These are the words of him who holds the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. I know your deeds; you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead. Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your deeds complete in the sight of my God.
Revelation 3:1-2 NIV
Are you dead or alive? Wake up and live!
This day you have seen with your own eyes how the LORD delivered you into my hands in the cave. Some urged me to kill you, but I spared you; I said, ‘I will not lift my hand against my master, because he is the LORD’s anointed.’
1 Samuel 24:10 NIV
Are you leaving room for God to decide how to treat the people who have wronged you? Or, do you take matters into your own hands?
Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
Galatians 6:2 NIV
All of us should be about the business of lifting burdens from each other. How is that going for you? Is there someone you should call?
