Bible Prophesy: Current

After attacks on 6/21/25

Israel scattered:

Jeremiah 9

Deut 28

The Fig Tree

MATTHEW 24

30 “Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven. And then all the peoples of the earth[c] will mourn when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory.[d] 

31 And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.

32 “Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. 

33 Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it[e] is near, right at the door.34 Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. 35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

The Day and Hour Unknown

36 “But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son,[f] but only the Father.

37 As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. 38 For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark;

39 and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. 

40 Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left. 

41 Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left.

42 “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. 

43 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. 

44 So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.

Ezekiel 37:

The Bible clearly foretold that Israel would be scattered and regathered—the begining of the fulfillment on May 14, 1948. 

The prophetic time clock began to tick. That was not just a sign, that was a super sign.

EZEKIEL 38

Scripture also predicts that in the last days, a great coalition from the north—including Persia (modern-day Iran)—will rise up against Israel. 

The alliance Commander: 

Gog (Ezekiel 38:1–2, 7)

• The name of a person rather than a nation.
• Some scholars believe Gog is a title rather than a personal name.

Nations in the Alliance:

Magog

• Modern-day “–stan” countries (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and perhaps Afghanistan)
• Home of Gog
• Noah’s second son (Genesis 10:2; 1 Chronicles 1:5; Revelation 20:8)
• Today, these nations are predominantly Muslim.

Rosh

• Modern–day Russia
• Ruled by Gog

Meshech and Tubal

• Many experts identify these as territories in modern Turkey
• The fifth and sixth sons of Noah (Genesis 10:2)

Persia

• Changed its name to Iran in 1935
• Fiercely opposes Israel today.

Ethiopia

• Modern–day Sudan and Ethiopia
• Founded by Cush, grandson of Noah (Genesis 10:6)
• Sudan is one of Israel’s greatest enemies

Libya

• The same as modern–day Libya
• Founded by Put, the grandson of Noah (Genesis 10:6)
• Has current ties with Russia

Gomer

• Modern Germany (theorized because the name sounds similar to “Gomer”)
• First son of Japheth, grandson of Noah (Genesis 10:2)

Togarmah

• “From the far North” (Ezekiel 38:6); possibly modern–day Turkey
• Third son of Gomer, great grandson of Noah (Genesis 10:3)

These are the nations that will form a coalition and march against Israel, setting the stage for this gigantic world war focused on the Holy Land. Though the northern armies of Russia and Turkey will lead the coalition, they will be joined by Iran from the east, Sudan and Libya from the south, and (possibly) Germany from the west in the form of a revived European coalition of nations.

EZEKIEL 38

The Lord’s Great Victory Over the Nations

1 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, set your face against Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief prince of[a] Meshek and Tubal; prophesy against him 

3 and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am against you, Gog, chief prince of[b] Meshek and Tubal. 

4 I will turn you around, put hooks in your jaws and bring you out with your whole army—your horses, your horsemen fully armed, and a great horde with large and small shields, all of them brandishing their swords. 

5 Persia, Cush[c] and Put will be with them, all with shields and helmets, 

6 also Gomer with all its troops, and Beth Togarmah from the far north with all its troops—the many nations with you.

7 “‘Get ready; be prepared, you and all the hordes gathered about you, and take command of them.

8 After many days you will be called to arms. In future years you will invade a land that has recovered from war, whose people were gathered from many nations to the mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate. They had been brought out from the nations, and now all of them live in safety. 

9 You and all your troops and the many nations with you will go up, advancing like a storm; you will be like a cloud covering the land.

10 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: On that day thoughts will come into your mind and you will devise an evil scheme. 

11 You will say, “I will invade a land of unwalled villages; I will attack a peaceful and unsuspecting people—all of them living without walls and without gates and bars. 

12 I will plunder and loot and turn my hand against the resettled ruins and the people gathered from the nations, rich in livestock and goods, living at the center of the land.[d]” 

13 Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish and all her villages[e] will say to you, “Have you come to plunder? Have you gathered your hordes to loot, to carry off silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods and to seize much plunder?”’

14 “Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say to Gog: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: In that day, when my people Israel are living in safety, will you not take notice of it? 

15 You will come from your place in the far north, you and many nations with you, all of them riding on horses, a great horde, a mighty army. 

16 You will advance against my people Israel like a cloud that covers the land. In days to come, Gog, I will bring you against my land, so that the nations may know me when I am proved holy through you before their eyes.

17 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: You are the one I spoke of in former days by my servants the prophets of Israel. At that time they prophesied for years that I would bring you against them. 

18 This is what will happen in that day: When Gog attacks the land of Israel, my hot anger will be aroused, declares the Sovereign Lord. 

19 In my zeal and fiery wrath I declare that at that time there shall be a great earthquake in the land of Israel. 

20 The fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the beasts of the field, every creature that moves along the ground, and all the people on the face of the earth will tremble at my presence. The mountains will be overturned, the cliffs will crumble and every wall will fall to the ground. 

21 I will summon a sword against Gog on all my mountains, declares the Sovereign Lord. Every man’s sword will be against his brother. 

22 I will execute judgment on him with plague and bloodshed; I will pour down torrents of rain, hailstones and burning sulfur on him and on his troops and on the many nations with him. 

23 And so I will show my greatness and my holiness, and I will make myself known in the sight of many nations. Then they will know that I am the Lord.’

EZEKIEL 39 

1 “Son of man, prophesy against Gog and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am against you, Gog, chief prince of[a] Meshek and Tubal. 

2 I will turn you around and drag you along. I will bring you from the far north and send you against the mountains of Israel.

3 Then I will strike your bow from your left hand and make your arrows drop from your right hand. 

4 On the mountains of Israel you will fall, you and all your troops and the nations with you. I will give you as food to all kinds of carrion birds and to the wild animals. 

5 You will fall in the open field, for I have spoken, declares the Sovereign Lord. 

6 I will send fire on Magog and on those who live in safety in the coastlands, and they will know that I am the Lord.

7 “‘I will make known my holy name among my people Israel. I will no longer let my holy name be profaned,and the nations will know that I the Lord am the Holy One in Israel. 

8 It is coming! It will surely take place, declares the Sovereign Lord. This is the day I have spoken of.

9 “‘Then those who live in the towns of Israel will go out and use the weapons for fuel and burn them up—the small and large shields, the bows and arrows, the war clubs and spears. For seven years they will use them for fuel. 

10 They will not need to gather wood from the fields or cut it from the forests, because they will use the weapons for fuel. And they will plunder those who plundered them and loot those who looted them, declares the Sovereign Lord.

11 “‘On that day I will give Gog a burial place in Israel, in the valley of those who travel east of the Sea. It will block the way of travelers, because Gog and all his hordes will be buried there. So it will be called the Valley of Hamon Gog.[b]

12 “‘For seven months the Israelites will be burying them in order to cleanse the land. 

13 All the people of the land will bury them, and the day I display my glorywill be a memorable day for them, declares the Sovereign Lord. 

14 People will be continually employed in cleansing the land. They will spread out across the land and, along with others, they will bury any bodies that are lying on the ground.

“‘After the seven months they will carry out a more detailed search. 

15 As they go through the land, anyone who sees a human bone will leave a marker beside it until the gravediggers bury it in the Valley of Hamon Gog, 16 near a town called Hamonah.[c] And so they will cleanse the land.’

17 “Son of man, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Call out to every kind of bird and all the wild animals: ‘Assemble and come together from all around to the sacrifice I am preparing for you, the great sacrifice on the mountains of Israel. There you will eat flesh and drink blood. 

18 You will eat the flesh of mighty men and drink the blood of the princes of the earth as if they were rams and lambs, goats and bulls—all of them fattened animals from Bashan. 

19 At the sacrifice I am preparing for you, you will eat fat till you are glutted and drink blood till you are drunk. 

20 At my table you will eat your fill of horses and riders, mighty men and soldiers of every kind,’ declares the Sovereign Lord.

21 “I will display my glory among the nations, and all the nations will see the punishment I inflict and the hand I lay on them. 

22 From that day forward the people of Israel will know that I am the Lord their God. 

23 And the nations will know that the people of Israel went into exile for their sin, because they were unfaithful to me. So I hid my face from them and handed them over to their enemies, and they all fell by the sword. 

24 I dealt with them according to their uncleanness and their offenses, and I hid my face from them.

25 “Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will now restore the fortunes of Jacob[d] and will have compassion on all the people of Israel, and I will be zealous for my holy name. 

26 They will forget their shame and all the unfaithfulness they showed toward me when they lived in safety in their land with no one to make them afraid. 27 When I have brought them back from the nations and have gathered them from the countries of their enemies, I will be proved holy through them in the sight of many nations. 

28 Then they will know that I am the Lord their God, for though I sent them into exile among the nations, I will gather them to their own land, not leaving any behind. 29 I will no longer hide my face from them, for I will pour out my Spirit on the people of Israel, declares the Sovereign Lord.”

NEXT EVENTS

1. I think the next event on the prophetic calendar is the Rapture of the Church. 
2. Then, the Antichrist emerges on the scene and the Tribulation period begins. 
3. The Tribulation ends with the Second Coming of Christ, and then the Lord establishes the Millennium (the 1,000-year reign of Christ).

Luke 21:28 NLT- Therefore, Jesus said, “So when all these things begin to happen, stand and look up, for your salvation is near”  

Jesus did not say, “When you see these things begin to happen, freak out because we’re all dead.” 

Jesus said, “look up.” Bible prophecy isn’t meant to scare us—it’s meant to prepare us.

OUR RESPONSE

I don’t know what will happen next, but here are two things you can do today. 

Ask yourself, “Am I ready for the Lord’s return?”

• Christ is coming again.
• This is a wake-up call to get right with God, walk closely with Him, and stay spiritually awake.

John 14:2–3 NKJV) Jesus said, “In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself. . .” 

John 14:27 NKJV – But then He says, “Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid”

Let’s obey Scripture and “pray for the peace of Jerusalem” (Psalm 122:6).

• God is in control. 
• But let’s pray for our friends in Israel.
• Let’s pray for the Jewish people. 

Let’s Live Soberly

TITUS 2:

11 For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. 

12 It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age,

13 while we wait for the blessed hope—the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ,

14 who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good.

15 These, then, are the things you should teach. Encourage and rebuke with all authority. Do not let anyone despise you.

LIVING SOBERLY

1. Self-Control and Moderation:

• Denying ungodliness and worldly lusts:
  This means actively rejecting sinful desires and behaviors that are contrary to God’s will.
• Living righteously and godly: This involves aligning one’s actions with God’s standards of righteousness and pursuing a life that is pleasing to Him.
• Self-control: This is a key aspect of sober living, encompassing the ability to manage one’s appetites, passions, and affections.

2. Focus and Vigilance: 

• Looking for the blessed hope:
  A sober person is mindful of the future, specifically the return of Jesus Christ, and lives with hope and anticipation.
• Girding up the loins of the mind: This signifies being mentally prepared and focused, not easily distracted by worldly temptations
• Being vigilant: Sober living requires being aware of the spiritual dangers and temptations that surround us, and being prepared to resist them.

Let’s Keep Watch

• Parable of the 10 virgins

MATTHEW 25

The Parable of the Ten Virgins

1 “At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. 2 Five of them were foolish and five were wise. 

3 The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any oil with them. 

4 The wise ones, however, took oil in jars along with their lamps. 

5 The bridegroom was a long time in coming, and they all became drowsy and fell asleep.

6 “At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here’s the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’

7 “Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps. 

8 The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.’

9 “‘No,’ they replied, ‘there may not be enough for both us and you. Instead, go to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.’

10 “But while they were on their way to buy the oil, the bridegroom arrived. The virgins who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet. And the door was shut.

11 “Later the others also came. ‘Lord, Lord,’ they said, ‘open the door for us!’

12 “But he replied, ‘Truly I tell you, I don’t know you.’

13 “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.

The Virgins: Represent members of the Church, all invited to the wedding feast, symbolizing those who anticipate Christ’s return

The Bridegroom: Symbolizes Jesus Christ and his Second Coming

The Lamps: Represent our Faith life or outward expressions of faith.

The Oil: Symbolizes spiritual readiness, faith, and the Holy Spirit. Some interpretations also include good works and a life lived according to God’s teachings.

The Wedding Feast: Represents the joy and blessings of eternal life with Christ.

 

GOD PART:

Shavuot – “Weeks” – 7 weeks after Passover

The fourth and final spring festival is called Shavuot, which means “weeks” in Hebrew. Beginning with Passover, Israel is commanded to count seven whole weeks until the 50th day at which point Shavuot is observed.

Exodus 23:14-16:

Details the Feast of Unleavened Bread and the Feast of Harvest (Pentecost)

Deuteronomy 16:9-12:

9 Count off seven weeks from the time you begin to put the sickle to the standing grain. 10 Then celebrate the Festival of Weeks to the Lord your God by giving a freewill offering in proportion to the blessings the Lordyour God has given you. 11 And rejoice before the Lordyour God at the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, the Levites in your towns, and the foreigners, the fatherless and the widows living among you. 12 Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and follow carefully these decrees.

LEVITICUS  23:15-21

(15) You shall also count for yourselves from the day after the sabbath, from the day when you brought in the sheaf of the wave offering; there shall be seven complete sabbaths. 

(16) You shall count fifty days to the day after the seventh sabbath; then you shall present a new grain offering to the Lord. 

(17) You shall bring in from your dwelling places two loaves of bread for a wave offering, made of two-tenths of an [c]ephah; they shall be of a fine flour, baked with leaven as first fruits to the Lord. 

(18) Along with the bread you shall present seven one year old male lambs without defect, and a bull of the herd and two rams; they are to be a burnt offering to the Lord, with their grain offering and their drink offerings, an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to the Lord.  

(19) You shall also offer one male goat for a sin offering and two male lambs one year old for a sacrifice of peace offerings. 

(20) The priest shall then wave them with the bread of the first fruits for a wave offering with two lambs before the Lord; they are to be holy to the Lord for the priest. 

(21) On this same day you shall make a proclamation as well; you are to have a holy convocation. You shall do no laborious work. It is to be a perpetual statute in all your dwelling places throughout your generations. 

(22) When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap the corners of your field when you reap, nor shall you gather any gleaning from your harvest. You shall leave them for the poor and for the stranger: I am the Lord your God.’ ”

BOOK OF RUTH READ

There are many HEBREW traditions associated with Shavuot:

1. reading the Book of Ruth.
2. spending the entire night studying Torah until dawn.
3. decreeing the Ten Commandments
4. decorating synagogues and homes with aromatic spices, and partaking of a dairy meal and dessert.

The Book of Ruth is traditionally read during Shavuot because the biblical account takes place during the summer harvest. 

The book of Ruth celebrates God restoring honor and dignity to Naomi and her Moabite daughter-in-law, Ruth. 

Ruth is a gentile who identifies with the Jewish people by committing herself to Naomi and Naomi’s people, the Jewish people. King David, Ruth’s great-grandson, was born and died on this festival.

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PENTECOST MEANING:

pentēkostḗ (from 4002 /pénte, “five”) – properly fiftieth, referring to the festival of Pentecost – a one day festival celebrated at the end of the barley harvest. This was a joyous time of giving great thanks to God. 

[The workers could only spare one day at this season of the year because the wheat harvest was already in process.]

FEAST OF WEEKS

Leviticus 23:15-16 instructs observers to count 50 days from the day after the Sabbath (the day the sheaf of the wave offering is presented) to the day after the seventh Sabbath, marking the Feast of Weeks

This 50-day period is also known as the “Counting of the Omer“

The Feast of Weeks commemorates the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai and, in the New Testament, the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the apostles. 

JUBILEE YEAR:

The Jubilee year is mentioned in Leviticus 25:8-13 and occurs after every seventh Sabbath year (49 years), making it the 50th year.

Jubilee involves social and economic resets, including the release of slaves and the return of ancestral lands.

Jubilee is a complete reset, a release from captivity, with themes of freedom and restoration.

2 Pentecost Thoughts:

Signs and Wonders

EXODUS 19

16 On the morning of the third day there was thunderand lightning, with a thick cloud over the mountain, and a very loud trumpet blast. Everyone in the camp trembled. 

17 Then Moses led the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain. 

18 Mount Sinai was covered with smoke,because the Lord descended on it in fire. The smoke billowed up from it like smoke from a furnace, and the whole mountain trembled violently. 

19 As the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke and the voice of God answered him.

20 The Lord descended to the top of Mount Sinai and called Moses to the top of the mountain. So Moses went up

EXODUS 20 

1 And God spoke all these words:

ACTS 1

4 On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about. 

5 For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”

 8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you;and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

9 After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight.

10 They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them. 11 “Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.”

15 In those days Peter stood up among the believers (a group numbering about a hundred and twenty)

ACTS 2

The Holy Spirit Comes at Pentecost

1 When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. 

2 Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. 

3 They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. 

4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues[a] as the Spirit enabled them.

14 Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised his voice and addressed the crowd: “Fellow Jews and all of you who live in Jerusalem, let me explain this to you; listen carefully to what I say. 15 These people are not drunk, as you suppose. It’s only nine in the morning! 16 No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:

41 Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day.

ACTION:

They  Obeyed: followed, waited.

God’s Promise:

They Received

They Spoke

FIRST FRUITS BLESSING:

1. First fruits reminds us that God is the source of ALL blessings and disciplines us to seek his kingdom FIRST and that he is to be our FIRST love!

1. First fruits gives us confidence that our Father will always provide and creates an EXPECTATION of VISITATION as we watch our inheritance and promises be mature!

1. First fruits releases revelation that directs us from the Wave offering to gathering the HARVEST and develops the final INGATHERING in our hearts.

• Hebrews 11:13-14
• Ephesians 1:11, 14, 18
• Colossians 1:12
• 1 Peter 1:4

1. First fruits giving honors God as your source … a declaration that your blessings come from God!

1. First fruits giving sanctifies (makes holy) the rest of your income!  

Romans‬ ‭11:16‬ ‭NLT‬‬

“And since Abraham and the other patriarchs were holy, their descendants will also be holy—just as the entire batch of dough is holy because the portion given as an offering is holy. For if the roots of the tree are holy, the branches will be, too.”

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1. First fruits giving releases the fullness of God’s blessing.  

Ezekiel‬ ‭44:30‬ ‭NLT‬‬ 

“The first of the ripe fruits and all the gifts brought to the Lord will go to the priests. The first batch of dough must also be given to the priests so the Lord will bless your homes.”

1. First fruits giving opens us to receive God’s overflowing provision.  

Proverbs 3:9-10

“Honor the Lord with your wealth and with the best part of everything you produce. Then he will fill your barns with grain, and your vats will overflow with good wine.”

 

PENTECOST DECLARATION:

Today as we  celebrate the Lord’s Pentecost, we rejoice that God has given His Word, poured out his Holy Spirit, and has brought us into an abundant provision. 

We recognize the Lord in His extravagant giving, has provided all we need to accomplish His purposes and fulfill our destiny.

In gratitude and faith, we give our first fruits offerings knowing our supply comes from the Lord most high.

Therefore, we declare and decree that we will walk in the power and spirit of Pentecost, that God’s kingdom might prevail for the glory and honor of the King of Kings! 

We decree the Right to take out enemies we’ve never taken out before because of honoring the Blood.

We decree a New Supply has opened.

We decree a New anointing is Here.

We decree New empowerment is mine!

AMEN!

Key Verse:
Proverbs 4:23 – Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.

POINT:
What is in our hearts always comes out—Guard your heart!

Common Enemies of the Heart

The major reason we rarely stop to monitor our hearts is that it was never encouraged. As children, we were taught to monitor behavior rather than our hearts. If we behaved, good things happened, regardless of what was going on inside us.

These enemies create a debt/debtor relationship—an “owe somebody” contract.

1. Guilt: “I Owe You”

Proverbs 22:7 – The borrower is slave to the lender.

2. Anger: “You Owe Me”

3. Greed: “I Owe Me”

Greedy people:

Talk and worry about money excessively
Are reluctant to share
Aren’t cheerful givers
Keep track of what they’ve done for others
Are never content with what they have
Attempt to control others with money

Greed isn’t a financial issue—it’s a heart issue. Fear is the driving force behind greed.

4. Jealousy: “God Owes Me”

At its core, jealousy says, God should have given me what He gave them.

TRANSFORMATION: How to Guard Your Heart

Confronting Guilt → Answer: Confession

1 John 1:9 – If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

Confession isn’t about guilt relief—it’s about true change.
Confession to God and others leads to healing (James 5:15-16).

Confronting Anger → Answer: Forgiveness

Ephesians 4:31-32 – Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as Christ forgave you.

Forgiveness is the decision to cancel a debt.
Matthew 18:21-35 – If we refuse to forgive, we are the ones who suffer.

Steps to Forgiveness:

Identify who you’re angry with.
Determine what they owe you.
Cancel the debt. (“They don’t owe me anymore.”)
Dismiss the case when memories resurface.

Confronting Greed → Answer: Give Generously

Luke 12:18-21 – “This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.”

Generous giving breaks the grip of greed on our hearts.
Give to the point that it impacts your lifestyle—if not, greed may be at work.
1 Chronicles 29:11 – Everything in heaven and earth is Yours, Lord.

Confronting Jealousy → Answer: Celebrate

Cain was jealous of Abel.
Esau was jealous of Jacob.
Joseph’s brothers were jealous of his favor.

James 1:17 – Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father.

Celebrating others’ success frees your heart from jealousy.
It’s hard to love someone you’re jealous of.
Jealousy shapes our attitudes toward people and can drive a wedge between us.

Lust → A Managed Appetite

Lust isn’t a problem you solve; it’s an appetite you manage.
It can’t be eliminated, but self-control is key.
Guilt, anger, greed, and jealousy weaken our spiritual resistance to temptation.

CLOSING: Guard Your Heart with These Actions

✅ Confession allows us to come out from hiding.
✅ Forgiveness allows others to come out from under cover.
✅ Generosity allows us to partner with God as He shows Himself in tangible ways to the world.
✅ Celebration turns our hearts toward gratitude.

Guilt is conquered with confession.
Anger is conquered with forgiveness.
Greed is conquered with generosity.
Jealousy is conquered with celebration.