Mat 4:2 And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward He was hungry. Mat 4:3 Now when the tempter came to Him, he said, “If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.”Mat 4:4 But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread…
BECOMING A BETTER ME
Phi 3:13,14 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. When Paul was…
LET NOTHING TERRIFY YOU.
Isa 41:10 Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’ Although life in captivity was not going to be easy, God promised the Israelites that he was going to be…
ATTACK THE STRONG AND THE WEAK SHALL SURRENDER
Jos 9:3-4 However, when the people of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai, they resorted to a ruse: They went as a delegation whose donkeys were loaded with worn-out sacks and old wine skins, cracked and mended. When God’s fame spread far and wide of the Israelites having destroyed all the…
A BREACH OF FAITH
1 Chr 10:13 So Saul died for his unfaithfulness which he had committed against the Lord, because he did not keep the word of the Lord, and also because he consulted a medium for guidance. Saul was the first man selected to become monarchial ruler of Israel. He was a military leader who led Israel…
TRUST THE POTTER
Isa 64:8 But now ,O LORD,thou art our father;we are the clay,and thou our potter and we all are the work of thy hand. The verse metaphorically portrays God as the potter and us as the clay. It shows trans-formative work that God desires to do in our lives when we willfully surrender to His…
SCALING NEW HEIGHTS
2Sa 22:34 He makes my feet like the feet of deer, and sets me on my high places. The deer referenced here can also be called a gazelle, a graceful, swift and sure footed animal that can confidently climb sheer rocky cliffs without stumbling or falling. In climbing, the deer can place her back feet…
REGAINING YOUR FIRST LOVE
Rev 2:4 “Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love. Rev 2:5 “Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent and do the first works, or else I will come to you quickly and remove your lampstand from its place–unless you repent. One of the recipient of the seven letters…
A VISION WITHOUT A STRATEGY REMAINS AN ILLUSION
Hab 2:2 Then the LORD answered me and said: “Write the vision and make it plain on tablets, that he may run who reads it. Hab 2:3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time; but at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; Because…
ARE YOU A PROBLEM SOLVER?
Gen 41: 38-39 And Pharaoh said to his servants, “can we find such a one as this, a man in whom is the Spirit of God?’’ And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Inasmuch as God has shown you all this, there is no one as discerning and wise as you. Pharaoh had a dream and was…