This morning’s verses talk about His grace. The Lord seems to punish and correct Israel in one season but shows grace in another. As the vine needs pruning to bear much fruit, His cutting back of ungodly areas produces abundance (See John 15:2). Today, let us willingly prepare for the season of prosperity and abundance. We may feel uncomfortable about His pruning, but it is needed. May the Lord continue to bless you richly!

This morning’s verses speak of the consequences of greed, drunkenness, unwillingness to know God, and pride. God is interested in our character growth because a lack of it will result in negative, ungodly consequences. Are we striving to obey the Lord only to experience success, prosperity, and abundance? What He is interested in is our spiritual, heart, and mind transformation that leads to character development, because it is the character transformation that leads to Godly

This morning's verses talk about going for more for the Lord. We may not want to take the risk of receiving more from the Lord because...