Psa 107:18 Their soul abhorred all manner of food, And they drew near to the gates of death. Psa 107:19 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, And He saved them out of their distresses. This is a vivid description of a dying man. The appetite is gone and all the desire…
WE ARE NO LONGER ALIENS.
1Pe 2:9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; 1Pe 2:10 who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained…
TURN THE OTHER CHEEK.
Mat 5:39 “But I tell you not to resist an evil person. But whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also., Turning the other cheek is a Christian doctrine from the sermon on the mount that refers to injury without revenge. The phrase ” slap on the face” is a…
THE UNCHANGING GOD IN CHANGING TIMES.
Heb 13:8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. The proposition that ” Jesus Christ is the same yesterday today and forever” is absolute and means that he is unchangeable. This was meant to encourage believers to persevere by showing them that their saviour is/was always the same. That he who had sustained…
BREAKING THE SIEGE
Psa 18:4 The pangs of death encompassed me, And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid. Psa 18:5 The sorrows of Sheol surrounded me; The snares of death confronted me. Psa 18:6 In my distress I called upon the LORD, And cried out to my God; He heard my voice from His temple, And my…
GRATITUDE IS THE BEST ATTITUDE
1The 5:18 Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. It is so easy to forget how blessed we are! That’s why maintaining an attitude of gratitude is something we need to do on purpose. Paul exhorts the brethren, that in everything, the will of God…
STOP WHEN DONE BUT NOT WHEN TIRED
1 Kings 19:4,7 But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom tree; and he asked that he might die, saying, “It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life; for I am no better than my fathers.” After Mt.Carmel victory experience, Elijah receives death…
UNTIL YOU WORK ,NOTHING WORKS
Prov 24:30-34 I went past the field of a sluggard, past the vineyard of someone who has no sense; thorns had come up everywhere, the ground was covered with weeds, and the stone wall was in ruins. I applied my heart to what I observed and learned a lesson from what I saw. The sluggard…
BE A RIVER; NOT A RESERVOIR.
Joh 7:38 “He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.” The life of God in us is not meant to be a stagnant pool with no inflow, nor a dammed up reservoir with no outflow, but rather a moving, mighty flowing river of…
UNCTION TO FUNCTION.
Isa 61:1 “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; Through out history ,God has raised…