Shout for joy, daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, Israel! Rejoice and triumph with all your heart, Daughter of Jerusalem! Zephaniah 3:14   Prophet Zephaniah exploded certain judgment and horrible punishment for all who would oppose the LORD in the land of Judah. God’s awful wrath would sweep away everything in the land and destroy it. Zephaniah predicts the Babylonian exile and the eventual return…

Oh magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt His name together. Psa. 34:3 God does not need man’s praise to be God, He is already GOD. Our praise would not increase God’s glory, He is already GLORIOUS. God is our Creator, our sustainer, our provider, our protector, our Source of Salvation, atonement of our sins. He is the author and…

You therefore must endure hardship as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. 2 Tim. 2:3 Even though Lord Jesus Christ is 100% God, as 100% man, He endured hardships, persecution, rejection and suffering in His earthly ministry.  As followers of Christ, Jesus calls us to deny ourselves and follow His Cross daily. The early Christians faced persecutions and hardships because of their…