Gen 28:16 When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he thought, “Surely the Lord is in this place, and I was not aware of it.” After Jacob attained his brother’s birthright and blessings ,Esau held a grudge and purposed to kill him. Jacob had to flee to his uncle Laban’s place. When he reached a certain…
DOING GOOD BUSINESS
Psa 125:4 LORD, do good to those who are good, to those who are upright in heart. After the world cup in South Africa, a cartoon was depicted showing how the organizers of the world cup were happy of the proceeds and exclaimed “ it was good doing business with you ” meaning the locals…
PREPARED THINGS FOR PREPARED PEOPLE
1 Corinthians 2:9-10 However, as it is written: “What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived”— the things God has prepared for those who love him— these are the things God has revealed to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep…
THE UNSUNG HEROES OF FAITH.
Jer 38:9 “My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon, and he is likely to die from hunger in the place where he is. For there is no more bread in the city.” Jer 38:10 Then the…
SOWING INTO YOUR FUTURE
Ecc 11:4 He who observes the wind will not sow, and he who regards the clouds will not reap. Ecc 11:6 In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening do not withhold your hand; for you do not know which will prosper, either this or that, or whether both alike will be good….
GOD’S APPROVAL IS NOT BASED ON YOUR PERFORMANCE.
Rom 8:29 For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. Rom 8:30 Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified. The concept of…
FULLY KNOWN, FULLY LOVED
Isa 43:1 But now, thus says the LORD, who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine. 1Jo 4:19 We love Him because He first loved us. ” To be loved but not known is…
THE CLOUD IS FORMING.
1Ki 18:42-44 And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; then he bowed down on the ground, and put his face between his knees, and said to his servant, “Go up now, look toward the sea.” So he went up and looked, and said, “There is nothing.” And seven times he said, “Go again.”Then…
GOD HELP’S US NOT JUST START, BUT FINISH THINGS
Ezr 6:15 Now the temple was finished on the third day of the month of Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius. Nebuchadnezzar had burned down the temple in the fifth month 586 BC ( 2Ki 25:11). It was about 23 years after Cyrus had issued a decree allowing…
GREAT SHAKING PRECEDES GREAT FAVOUR
1Pe 5:10 But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you. Many times a great shaking precedes great favor. Great difficulty precedes great promotion. Great opposition precedes great influence ( @joelOsteen) Apostle Peter was affirming…