Therefore, keep up your courage, men, for I believe God that it will turn out exactly as I have been told ( Acts 27:25) Our heavenly father is a promise keeper. He had assured Paul that despite whatever would happen, he must stand trial before Caesar. Paul encouraged the distressed men who were with him….
Author: PCC Team
HE WILL NOT CAST YOU OUT
Joh 6:37 “All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out. Christ will never turn away all those who come to him. No matter how unworthy we are, if by faith we come to him, he will accept us. We…
CHANGED AND STILL CHANGING.
Eph 4:13 Till we all come to the unity of the faith and the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; All Christians should move progressively towards christ likeness. The first goal is the unity of faith and the knowledge of…
SEEKING WHAT IS ABOVE
If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God.(Col 3:1) The raising of Christ from the dead was an amazing event. But just as amazing is the fact that we believers are also raised. And having been raised, we received new…
WHEN RELIEF DELAYS
Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. Yet when he had that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was two more days ( Jh 11: 15, 16) Mary and Martha never doubted that Jesus would quickly avert every obstacle to keep their brother from death. Yet when Jesus heard that Lazarus was sick,…
WE WISH TO SEE JESUS
These then came to Philip , who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and begun to ask him saying, ” sir, we wish to see Jesus ( Jh 12:21) Some Greeks ( gentiles) were among the people who had gone to worship at the passover feast. This means they were God “fearers” who had converted to…
NOT EVERYONE WILL CELEBRATE YOU.
When King Herode heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. ( Mat 2:3) King Herode was not happy to hear from the wise men that there was now another King of the Jews beside himself. He even pretended that he was finding out where Jesus had been born so that he “would…
FOR WHEN I AM WEAK , THEN I AM STRONG
That is why for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong ( 2Cor12:10) Paul gives a brief summary of his ministry trials. God, s grace, power and glory is accentuated in yielded, inadequate human vessels. Paul does not only…
BE STRONG!
Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; Be men of courage; Be strong! ( 1Cor 16:13) This is military language. The writer is not giving a suggestion of what they should do; He is giving a command. He is encouraging them to act appropriately as mature and brave believers. All believers should be…
YOU HAVE BEEN HEARD
The Lord said,” I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering. So I have come down to rescue them… ( Ex 3 : 7, 8a) Sometimes we pray and think we have not been…