Jer.29.11 For I know the thoughts and plans that I have for you, says the Lord, thoughts and plans for welfare and peace and not for evil, to give you hope in your final outcome. (AMP) Whenever we want to put up any building, it begins with a blueprint. A blueprint is a detailed plan…
FAITH IN ACTION.
Jas 2:26 As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead. Genuine faith is not an empty claim . It is not a mere acceptance of a creed. To know Christ is to emulate him, to live as he lived, to love as he loved and to give oneself to…
DON’T ALLOW YOUR HISTORY TO DEFINE YOU.
Rut 4:16 Then Naomi took the child and laid him on her bosom, and became a nurse to him. Rut 4:17 Also the neighbor women gave him a name, saying, “There is a son born to Naomi.” And they called his name Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David. This is…
IS YOUR BIRTHRIGHT WORTH A MORSEL OF BREAD AND BOWL OF LENTIL SOUP?
(I DON’T CARE ABOUT THE BIRTHRIGHT,I AM HUNGRY RIGHT NOW!) Ge 25:30-34 He said to Jacob, “Quick, let me have some of that red stew! I’m famished!” (That is why he was also called Edom.) Jacob replied, “First sell me your birthright.”“Look, I am about to die,” Esau said. “What good is the birthright to…
STAND ON YOUR FEET
Ezekiel 2:1 And He said to me, “Son of man, stand on your feet, and I will speak to you.” Ezekiel 2:2 Then the Spirit entered me when He spoke to me, and set me on my feet; and I heard Him who spoke to me. “God cannot use men to do his will who…
THE ULTIMATE MESSAGE IN EVERY MESS
Pharaoh will think, ‘The Israelites are wandering around the land in confusion, hemmed in by the desert.’ 4 And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and he will pursue them. But I will gain glory for myself through Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord.” So the Israelites did this.(Ex.14:3,4)…
DEALING WITH TOXIC TIES
Pro 13:20 Make no friendship with a man given to anger, nor go with a wrathful man, lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare. 1Co 15:33 Do not be deceived; evil company corrupts good habits. Toxicity is the quality of being toxic or poisonous. It is the quality of being very…
SIMPLE BUT NOT SIMPLISTIC
A scribe came to Jesus early in His ministry and said, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.” And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head” (Matthew 8:19-20). Simple is about being uncomplicated, straightforward, unadorned, easy…
FASTEN YOUR BELT
Acts 12:8 And the angel said to him, “Fasten your belt, and tie on your sandals”. And so he did. And he said to him, “Put your cloak around you and follow me”. When taken literally, it means to put on one’s seatbelt and secure it in place. This would usually be said in the…
THE PRICE TAG MAY SURPRISE YOU.
“Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? And not one of them is forgotten before God. Fear not; you are of more value than many sparrows.” — Luke 12:6-7 (ESV) We live in a world that places value on material wealth, fame, and external success. Many are surprised to discover that what God prizes…