One who is slack in his work is a brother to the one who destroys ( Pro 18:9) Laziness is the habit of resting before working.One who slacks works slowly or sluggishly without showing enough care and attention. There is no difference between one who slacks and the one who destroys; One who is slack…
TRANSPARENT WORSHIP
Yet the time is coming and has now come when the true worshippers will worship the father in spirit and truth for they are the kind of worshippers the father seeks. ( Jh 4:23) The Jews emphasized that Mt Moriah ( site of Jewish temple) in Jerusalem was the ideal place of worship while Samaritans…
WHERE DOES MY HELP COME FROM?
I lift up my eyes to the hills – where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth (Ps 121:1,2) This is one of the songs the Jewish pilgrims sang while ascending the hills towards Jerusalem and up the steps into the temple. They knew for…
VICTORY IN THE WILDERNESS
Therefore behold I will allure her, bring into the wilderness and speak kindly to her, then I will give her vineyards from there, and the valley of Achor as a door of hope. And she will sing there as in the days of her youth…. ( Hos 2:14, 15) The chapter describes God’s plan to…
FIND THE COURAGE TO ASK, SEEK AND KNOCK.
Mat 7:7 “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. Christians have an obligation of bringing every need to their heavenly father. In the original Greek, the words ask, seek and knock mean ” keep on asking” , ” Keep on seeking”…
THE GREAT ASSURANCE
Heb 13:5 Let your conduct be without covetousness, and be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” Men are good in promising things that they don’t even have capacity to provide. Others will make promises but trash them later. But that is…
NO PURPOSE OF YOURS CAN BE THWARTED
I know you can do all things, no plan of yours can be thwarted ( Job 42:2) From the Lord’s questions to Job, Job is able to understand two things; that God is all powerful and all knowing. He also knows that He can do anything and none of His purposes and plans can be…
OPEN GATES
Isa 60:11 Therefore your gates shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day or night, that men may bring to you the wealth of the Gentiles, and their kings in procession. The chapter deals with the glorious future of God’s people depicted in the restoration of Jerusalem. In the new dispensation, the gates…
OVERCOME EVIL WITH GOOD.
Rom 12:21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. Evil is all around us. Sometimes Christians suffer on account of evil men. As a result, their faith weakens and their relationship with God also becomes faint. With time they are separated from God. Let this not happen to us! Even though…
UNDAUNTED LIFE
The Lord said to Satan,” Have you considered my servant Job?, There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil ( Job 1:8) God initiated the conversation with Satan in relation to one of His faithful follower. There are four things That pleased…