How to know your calling
‘He has created us anew…so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.’ Ephesians 2:10 NLT Calling -When God called Moses to deliver Israel from Egypt, Moses first tried doing it his own way. Killing an Egyptian to save an Israelite’s life, he winds up a forty-year fugitive. After living in […]
Don’t let go of your vision!
‘Where there is no vision, the people perish.’ Proverbs 29:18 KJV God has a plan for your life; one that will help you see what’s truly important. It’s called a ‘vision’. Otherwise, things get blurred and you end up not knowing where you’re supposed to go. Athletes focus on one thing only: winning! To do it, they […]
Don’t keep your love in a box
‘She broke the jar and poured the perfume on his head.’ Mark 14:3 NIV Mark records: ‘A woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume…She broke the jar and poured the perfume on his head. Some of those present were saying indignantly to one another, ‘Why this waste of perfume? It could have […]
Obey God, regardless
‘So that it might go well with them.’ Deuteronomy 5:29 NIV What God commands you to do, He will give you the grace to do. But that doesn’t mean it will be easy. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were ordered by the king to be burned alive for refusing to worship his golden image. Notice their […]
Obey God, regardless
‘We thought we would never live through it.’ 2 Corinthians 1:8 NLT Job describes the rewards of obedience: ‘If they obey and serve Him, they shall spend their days in prosperity’ (Job 36:11 NKJV). John adds, ‘Whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do those things that are pleasing in His sight’ […]
Meeting Jesus at the communion table
‘He sat at the table with them.’ Luke 24:30 NKJV Just before Jesus went to the cross, He instituted what has become known as ‘The Lord’s Supper’, or Holy Communion. He said that the cup represented His shed blood and the bread represented His broken body. Then He ended by saying: ‘Do this in remembrance […]
Lazarus’ story and your story
‘Even now I know that whatever You ask of God, God will give You.’ John 11:21-22 NKJV Here are three more things we learn from the story of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead: 1) Whatever you have lost, God can restore. One of the great promises in Scripture is that God can ‘restore to you the […]
Lazarus’ story and yours
‘This…is…for the glory of God.’ John 11:4 NKJV Observe: 1) God has a plan in mind that you don’t see. Why did Jesus wait four days after hearing Lazarus had died before going to visit the family? God waits for two reasons: a) That your faith may be strengthened. Jesus said, ‘I am glad for your sakes […]
You’re ‘perfect’ while being made ‘holy’
‘He forever made perfect those who are being made holy.’ Hebrews 10:14 NLT Holy & Perfect-Stop putting yourself down by saying, ‘I keep failing, so I’m no good. I never do anything right.’ If you keep telling yourself that, you will find evidence to prove it. One counsellor says: ‘Putting yourself down reinforces rather than […]
Instead of worrying, stand on God’s Word
worry-‘Be strong and courageous. Be not afraid or dismayed…for there is…with us…our God to help us.’ 2 Chronicles 32:7-8 AMPC Have you lost your sense of peace? Is your mind besieged with worry? If so, begin to program your thinking with these Bible promises – write them down, carry them with you, and read them […]