REVIVALTALK

  Hebrews 8:13 - “In that He says, ‘A new covenant,’ He has made the first obsolete. Now what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.”             The Old Covenant is identified with the Law. God gave the Law to Moses on Mount Sinai after the exodus from Egypt. There are three parts to the Law: 1)     The Moral Law – this included the Ten Commandments. 2)     The Civil Law – these laws govern the social life of Israel. 3)     The Ceremonial Law – ordinances concerning the religious life of Israel. These three divisions together form the Law as it is expressed in the New Testament.             Kevin Conner writes in his book  The Covenants , “The Bible reveals that God is a covenant-making, covenant-keeping and covenant-revealing God. The Bible itself is a covenantal book being divided into two...

  Psalms 84:10 – “For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand.  I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.”      In a recent time of prayer, the Lord gave me permission to speak the word better over my life, family, finances, and ministry. What is God saying? He is saying, “in the midst of chaotic times and shaking I have better for my children.” We do not have to live in fear, but we can pray in faith and expect to experience better things.                   Dictionary.com defines the word better as follows: 1.     “to increase the good qualities of; make better; improve: 2.     to improve upon; surpass; exceed:” The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines better as “to make more tolerable or acceptable, to make more complete or perfect, and to surpass in excellence.”   ...