2Co 10:4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, The word stronghold carries a military metaphor. it means a strong fortification. It is used in this context to denote various obstacles resembling a fortress which are designed, exists and adapted to oppose believers. This includes…
DON’T LET YOUR FAILURES DEFINE YOU.
Psa 32:5 I acknowledged my sin to You, And my iniquity I have not hidden. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” And You forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah The truth is that all of us occasionally are overtaken by faults. But you need not live a life filled with…
FASTING MELTS PERILS OF THE JOURNEY
Ezra 8:22,23 I was ashamed to ask the king for soldiers and horsemen to protect us from enemies on the road, because we had told the king, “The gracious hand of our God is on everyone who looks to him, but his great anger is against all who forsake him.” So we fasted and petitioned…
THE LORD IS ON MY SIDE.
Psa 118:6 The LORD is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me? Sometimes we feel as if everyone has left and we are on our own. We feel abandon , neglected, dismissed and eclipsed. You need to know that God has not left you and has not given up…
RISK – TAKING LEAPS OF FAITH.
1Sa 17:45 Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin. But I come to you in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. Goliath had begun his psychological warfare earlier. He had…
“YOUR FACE, LORD, I WILL SEEK”
Psa 27:8 When You said, “Seek My face,” My heart said to You, “Your face, LORD , I will seek.” Seeking the Lord refers to seeking his presence. ” Presence ” is a common Hebrew phrase for the word ” face”. To be before his face is to be in his presence. It is a…
MAXIMUM RETURNS DURING THE FASTING SEASON.
Neh 9:3 And they stood up in their place and read from the Book of the Law of the LORD their God for one-fourth of the day; and for another fourth they confessed and worshiped the LORD their God. The Israelites had gathered together fasting and wearing sackcloth and having dust on their heads. The…
ABOVE EVERYTHING ELSE.
Pro 4:23 Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. The heart has always been regarded as the seat to knowledge and affection. It is the ” control center” of all our activities. Whatever is manifested by our physical being, whether positive or negative emanates from the heart. Your heart…
YOU CANNOT KEEP THE RIGHTEOUS DOWN.
Pro 24:16 for a righteous man may fall seven times and rise again, but the wicked shall fall by calamity. occasionally ,we go through trying and scaring moments that make us think that our end has come. We are hard pressed from all sides, struck down , perplexed and persecuted until we come to a…
WAITING PATIENTLY
Psalms 40:1-3 I waited patiently for the Lord ; he turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. He put a new song in my mouth, a…