Gen 12:1-3 The lord had said to Abram, “Leave your native country, your relatives, and your father’s family, and go to the land that I will show you. I will make you into a great nation. I will bless you and make you famous, and you will be a blessing to others. I will bless…
IT’S A ROUGH ROAD THAT LEADS TO THE HEIGHT OF GREATNESS.
2Sa 23:20- 22 Benaiah was the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man from Kabzeel, who had done many deeds. He had killed two lion-like heroes of Moab. He also went down and killed a lion in the midst of a pit on a snowy day. And he killed an Egyptian, a spectacular…
DON’T SET YOURSELF FOR A FALL
2Ki 14:10 “You have indeed defeated Edom, and your heart has lifted you up. Glory in your success, and stay at home; for why should you meddle with trouble so that you fall–you and Judah with you?”2Ki 14:11 But Amaziah would not heed. Therefore Jehoash king of Israel went out; so he and Amaziah king…
WHEN LED WHERE THE BATTLE RANGES.
Act 20:22 “And see, now I go bound in the spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing the things that will happen to me there, Act 20:23 “except that the Holy Spirit testifies in every city, saying that chains and tribulations await me.Act 20:24 “But none of these things move me; nor do I count my life…
DON’T WAR AGAINST PEOPLE BUT AGAINST THE DEVIL
Eph 6:12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Why do people fight each other? Is it for power, resources or revenge ? In the midst of myriads…
STONE FOR A PILLOW
Gen 28:11 And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep. Genesis 28:12 Then he dreamed, and behold, a ladder was set up on…
WE LABOUR NOT IN VAIN
2Chr.15.7 – 8 Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded. And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the…
TOO BLESSED TO BE STRESSED.
Eph 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, ” Too blessed to be stressed” is an idiom used to downplay or shift focus from one’s feelings of stress by instead considering all that one has to…
BACK TO FACTORY SETTING.
Eze 36:26-27 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. A…
BETTER TO GET WISDOM THAN GOLD
Prov 16:16much better to get wisdom than gold, to get insight rather than silver! Baltes and Staudinger (2000, p. 124 ) define wisdom as “expertise in the fundamental pragmatics of life.” This is further defined as “knowledge and judgment about the essence of the human condition and the ways and means of planning, managing, and…