handling over the mantel

Hi there people,

How are you?
I hope that you're good and well, and enjoying the last little bit of winter.

Today I want to talk to you about handling over the Mantel, and what does that look like?

As I look around, and hear things on the news, there's been a lot of murder suicides, and awful things, happen to people, not only in the world but in our cities, in our communities.

We were talking about, it as a family, and how we can change it.

Have we accepted this as our norm now?


Have we got so engrossed with our phones, and devices, we're not picking up the signals of others?
Are we even watching out for them?

Have we glorified, ourselves to the point that we all have insta-gram, and all that to take photos,  and post them around to friends, all the while feeling like there's something missing?
Or that face book post, that you've just posted, and you are constantly checking how many people, like, comment, and all that?

Have we lost ourselves, so much we don't want to pass on good values to our friends and family?

One thing that King David, did was to make a good exit plan, when he was ready to die, he had it all planed out, he even did a census, to find out how many fighting people he had so that Soloman when he became king, he knew the exact ammount.

He had left one person out, and that was Adonijah, an enemy, he conned Bathsheba to have power, and set himself up as king.

David, makes Soloman king, and then swears an oath to God, now swearing an oath, isn't one thing to be taken lightly. David knew what he was doing, and because of his righteous heart, the Lord granted success to David before he died.

And that graciousness was passed on to, Solomon, so when he became king, he was the wised king there was.

He even came head to head with Adonijah,  he told him to go to his own home.

My friend, what do you need from the Lord today?

Is it peace of mind that the lord will come through for you?
 That he will fulfill his promises to you?

My friend, take heart, he always does.