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Beloved, I pray that in all respects you may prosper and be in good health, just as your soul prospers ( 3 John 2) Although this was a typical opening statement in the Greco- Roman world of the first century, it can effectively be applied today. Apostle John prays for his recipient’s ( Gaius) prosperity…
Look not every Man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others ( Phil. 2:4 KJV) The key word here is “also”. It is not that believers are not to take interest in their own affairs, but they are not to make them a priority to the exclusion of others….
However do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven. ( luke 10:20) Jesus had sent out the seventy two for evangelism. God gave them great success. They returned with joy and said ” even the demons submit to us in your name”(lk.10:17) Indeed even Jesus…
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace to the hearers. (Eph 4:29 kjv) Words have the capacity to tear down or build. Paul cautions the Ephesians to be careful with what proceeded from their mouths. They were to…
With praise and thanksgiving, they sang to the Lord ” He is good; His love for Israel endures forever”. And all the people gave a great shout of praise to the Lord, because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid. (Ezra 3:11) Zerubbabel, Jeshua, the priests, Levites and all who had returned…
Whatever your lips utter you must be sure to do, because you made your vow freely to the Lord your God with your own mouth (Deut 23:23) There is nothing more devastating as making a promise that is important to someone and then fail to fulfill it. People tend to build their hopes around promises,…
Joshua 1:5 No one will be able to stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you. This promise was made to Joshua when he was about to lead the people into the promised land. It…
Neh4:2, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they fortify themselves? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they complete it in a day? Will they revive the stones from the heaps of rubbish–stones that are burned?”. Now Tobiah the Ammonite was beside him, and he said, “Whatever they build, if even a fox goes up on…
1Ch 12:32 of the children of Issachar who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, their chiefs were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their command; As indicated in the above portion of scripture, this were intelligent men who understood the signs of the times. They were well…
Heb 12:1 Therefore we also,since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, Heb 12:2 Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter…