Phi 3:13 Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, Apostle Paul was committed to forget not only all the hardships that he had encountered but also all his accomplishments. What was behind Paul…
LEARN TO IGNORE
Ecc 7:21 Also do not take to heart everything people say, lest you hear your servant cursing you. What a force public opinion is! We cannot see it, nor touch it and yet it is a great factor in shaping our actions and character. ( W.Park) Many get injured or severely worked up when they…
PROSPERING DURING CRISIS
Jer 17:7 “Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, and whose hope is the LORD. Jer 17:8 For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, which spreads out its roots by the river, and will not fear when heat comes; but her leaf will be green, and will not be…
NOT AS THE WORLD GIVES.
Joh 14:27 “Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. This was Jesus’ parting encouragement to his disciples. It is one of the greatest gifts Jesus left with the believers. This…
YOU ARE STRONGER THAN YOU THINK.
Jdg 6:14 Then the LORD turned to him and said, “Go in this might of yours, and you shall save Israel from the hand of the Midianites. Have I not sent you?” Jdg 6:15 So he said to Him, “O my Lord, how can I save Israel? Indeed my clan is the weakest in Manasseh,…
PULLING DOWN STRONGHOLDS.
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…