The More You Give Out, The More Returns to You
‘It is more blessed to give than to receive’ (Acts 20:35). As stewards of God’s manifold blessings, we are to serve as conduits and not reservoirs. Every blessing God gives us is meant to be passed on to others. God is not in the business of accumulation and hoarding; He is on a mission of distribution and blessing and wants […]
Read more »What Scars Do You Have?
Every one of us has a scar on our body following an accidental or intentional bruising of the skin. These scars are reminders of past experiences we delight in replaying constantly or memories we wish to delete if we could permanently. God could have decreed healing without any residual physical or emotional scars. When Jesus rose from the dead, He […]
Read more »A Case for Solitude
Solitude is an indispensable discipline for believers who want to remain Christ-centered and glorify God in their lives. Solitude is a lost art in our fast and busy world. Sadly, even many gospel ministers confess to the pressure and ministry demands that they cannot devote an hour a day to solitude with the Lord. No one can connect with God […]
Read more »Who Does God Love More: Sinner or Saint?
We know that God created all people, and He loves us so much that while we were sinners, He gave His Son to die for us. God is portrayed in the story of the prodigal son (Luke 15) as a father who loves the compliant son and the prodigal son equally. However, we see the father preoccupied with longing for […]
Read more »Fasting in the 21st Century?
“When you fast, …” (Mat. 6:16). Millions of people fast each day because they lack food. Thousands fast daily because their doctors order it before a particular test can be performed or to lose weight as the best option to manage their health conditions. Some fast to keep in shape, be attractive, or fit into the wedding dress. In the […]
Read more »Peace
“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid” (John 14:27). Environmental peace has eluded us, and we cannot stake our hope on what the world offers. See daily news from the Middle East, Russia, Ukraine, Ethiopia, […]
Read more »Love
Love is a word that means different things to different people in different contexts. Generally, it is an affection for something that gives pleasure (Chambers Concise Dictionary). The Bible personifies love as God; “God is love” (1 John 4:16). This means that any meaning we give to love that is out of sync with the character and nature of God […]
Read more »Bearing Fruit Is Automatic
if you have never been let down at one time or another by a person or a situation you had hope in, which later turned negative, then you have been living on a planet different from ours. Jesus Christ was let down by a green tree from which he hoped to get fruit to eat. He got nothing. He was […]
Read more »Is Death Terrorizing You? Here Is the Solution!
The facts, first. Death was literarily nonexistent until the fall. Death is both spiritual and physical and separates us from God, our Creator. It was introduced as the sentence for sin. Jesus Christ offered Himself as the substitute who redeemed us and paid in full the penalty for our sins. Jesus defeated death when He rose from the dead. Now, […]
Read more »Why God Ask Questions
We ask questions, and everyone does that often because we do not know or understand something or want to challenge a particular situation. Generally, we will not ask questions about things we already know. God is Omniscient, Omnipresent, and Omnipotent; that is, He knows everything, He is present everywhere, and He is all-powerful. The Bible also tells us that God […]
Read more »Christian Life
Is Death Terrorizing You? Here Is the Solution!
The facts, first. Death was literarily nonexistent until the fall. Death is both spiritual and physical and separates us from God, our Creator. It was introduced as the sentence for sin. Jesus Christ offered Himself as the substitute who redeemed us and paid in full the penalty for our sins. Jesus defeated death when He rose from the dead. Now, […]
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Ministry
We Must Tell What Christ Has Done For Us
Jesus … said, “Go home to your own people and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.” Mark 5:19 The story of the demonic-possessed man in Mark 5 could be the story of each of us. God, in His mercy, delivered us from the different situations we were enslaved […]
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Culture
Critical Race Theory, Campus Culture, and Reformed Theology
No diploma and no graduation, that was the punishment. Five students had organized a large public protest on their university campus. A scholar who opposed the #blacklivesmatter movement had come to their school to deliver a public lecture. In response, the students formed a blockade in front of the venue disrupting the speaker’s event. A violation of school policy, the […]
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Connecting.....
Intimacy With Jesus: It’s More Than a Trip to Israel
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Prayer
Prayer Warriors Are Power Brokers
“Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak” (Mat. 26:41). The weakness of the flesh is exemplified in Israel’s battle against the Amalekites in Exodus 17. Despite Moses’ strong spirit, the battle would have been lost if Aaron and Hur had not lifted his hands, which had become […]
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Spiritual Digest
The More You Give Out, The More Returns to You
‘It is more blessed to give than to receive’ (Acts 20:35). As stewards of God’s manifold blessings, we are to serve as conduits and not reservoirs. Every blessing God gives us is meant to be passed on to others. God is not in the business of accumulation and hoarding; He is on a mission of distribution and blessing and wants […]
Read more »Religion
What is Your Default?
The Lord would speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his young aide Joshua son of Nun did not leave the tent (Exo. 33:11). If God is who He is and we believe Him, then it is inconceivable for anyone to ever seek help elsewhere except from […]
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Gospel
Living Out The Gospel
We loved you so much that we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God but our lives as well, because you had become so dear to us. 1 Thess. 2:8 Christians embrace the command to love fellow believers and even unbelievers as Jesus loved us. We must undergird each act of kindness to people with […]
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Spiritual Digest
The More You Give Out, The More Returns to You
‘It is more blessed to give than to receive’ (Acts 20:35). As stewards of God’s manifold blessings, we are to serve as conduits and not reservoirs. Every blessing God gives us is meant to be passed on to others. God is not in the business of accumulation and hoarding; He is on a mission of distribution and blessing and wants […]
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Texas Soul Singer Wrestles with ‘the Old Man’ and Finds God’s Grace in First Album
“Because of the faith we put in Jesus, we get to write a different story.” Micah Edwards – Jean Leon (Live) Christianity Today: Micah Edwards does not want to become like his father. At 27, the retro soul singer from Houston has reached the age when many men slip into a resemblance. It just happens. The timbre in their voices, […]
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Complaining Saints
Now the people complained about their hardships in the hearing of the Lord, and when he heard them, his anger was aroused (Num. 11:1). The most significant enemy the Church has today is not Satan, terrorists, governments, unbelievers, etc.; it is Christians who COMPLAIN. Yeah! And all of us, including myself, are guilty of this sin. The Church has learned […]
Read more ›How Much Heaven Is in Your Heart?
The difference between hope and despair, joy and sadness, peace and disquiet is how much space heaven occupies in your heart compared to earthly stuff. When Jesus declared, “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also” (Mat. 6:21), He asked if heaven was on your mind. Evaluate yourself through these four questions that require a YES or […]
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GETTING ACQUAINTED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT “The earth was without form, and void; and the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.” Gen.1:2. “ The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.” Job 33:4. “ The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, because the LORD has […]
Read more ›How God Prepared the World for The Coming of His Son
“But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son…to redeem those who were under the law that we might receive the adoption as sons.” Gal.4:4-5. The coming of the Son of God into the world was timely on God’s program. Although the occasion itselfwas a humble and ordinary incident, its impact has remained the greatest […]
Read more ›The Jonah in Us
He prayed to the Lord, “Isn’t this what I said, Lord, when I was still at home? That is what I tried to forestall by fleeing to Tarshish. I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in love, a God who relents from sending calamity (Jonah 4:2). We do not wish good for […]
Read more ›Head Or Tail, You Will Be Hit By Trials
Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds … (Jam. 1:2). We all face trials daily. You cannot program your trials’ timing, place, nature, and intensity. Trials are no respecters of persons. They come unannounced, do not negotiate, and care less about your beliefs. Since Jesus Christ encountered trials here on earth, don’t […]
Read more ›When Waiting is Hard Work!
Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord (Ps. 27:14). I t is much easier to keep busy than wait. Waiting feels like a waste of time and even sinful. The truth is that we are impatient and want to have control of our situation. King Saul was told to wait for seven days […]
Read more ›Radical Obedience to God’s Word Is What True Faith Is All About
All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance, … (Heb. 11:13). A braham is called the father of FAITH for a good reason. God told him to leave his people and go to a place he knew nothing about, and […]
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The Meaning of the Godhead “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Gen.1:1. “Then God said, ‘Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness…So God created man in His own image; in the image of God, He created them; male and female He created them” Gen.1:26-27. “Therefore, a man shall leave his father and mother and […]
Read more ›My Sad Story With A Good Ending
Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, (Gen. 1:26). I was created a perfect man by my Father, God, and was gifted with a perfect woman called Eve, who became my wife. We lived in a paradise called Eden and managed the whole estate called ‘The Earth.’ We and everything we had belonged to God, but as […]
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