Category: Spiritual Digest

Mother of All Sins

Mother of All Sins

If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 2 Chron. 7:14 This Old Testament passage is the most quoted promise by intercessors who pray for cities and nations. […]

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Don’t Just Suffer!

Don’t Just Suffer!

About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God; and the other prisoners were listening to them. Acts 16:25 Today many people have given up on God because of the ‘bad things that are happening to good people’ and the much evil going on in our world and God seems not to be doing anything at all. […]

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Seeking God’s Face or His Favors?

Seeking God’s Face or His Favors?

Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his face always. 1 Chron. 16:11 An infant looks to the mother to meet its needs. A student looks to the teacher to instruct him/her with right knowledge. A nation looks to its leader for good governance leading to peace, prosperity, etc. There is expectation and failure to deliver is not an […]

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Just A Job or A Calling?

Just A Job or A Calling?

Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church and, with prayer and fasting committed them to the Lord in whom they had put their trust. Acts 14:23 How do you manage your priorities? What is God’s calling for you? Any appointment into an office in service to the Lord is a serious matter and must be taken seriously. […]

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Recipe for Answered Prayers

Recipe for Answered Prayers

Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain. And God granted his request. 1 Chron. 4:10 The prayer of Jabez has made its rounds in books, talks, etc. People are always […]

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Keep The Main Thing The Main Thing!

Keep The Main Thing The Main Thing!

And will give our attention to prayer and the ministry of the word. Acts 6:4 In some circumstances keeping the main thing the main thing is easier said than done. Nevertheless, we must keep on striving in the right direction and not give up. The apostles apparently picked up the right priorities of life and ministry from Jesus Christ and […]

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How to Score Big with God!

How to Score Big with God!

Neither before nor after Josiah was there a king like him who turned to the LORD as he did – with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his strength, in accordance with all the law of Moses. 2 Kings 23:25. Israel had a few good kings who started and ended well according to God’s assessment. […]

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Rejoice Even In Hard Times

Rejoice Even In Hard Times

The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing because they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name. Acts 5:41 If the definition of “Joy/Rejoice” is intense gladness, rapture, delight, exult, make merry, etc. Chambers Dictionary), then it is ludicrous for the apostles who were beaten publicly and disgraced to rejoice. What is the secret for their joy? Recall that […]

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Replace Fear with Faith

Replace Fear with Faith

“Don’t be afraid,” the prophet answered. “Those who are with us are more than those who are with them.” 2 Kings 6:16. It seems to me that the adage: “One with God is majority” came from this verse. Elisha knew God as the Lord of Host. He did not need to see God’s army that are always around His children. […]

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Only One Way?

Only One Way?

Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved. Acts 4:12 This is a bold and clear statement that must be responded to as either the truth to be accepted or a lie to be rejected. If salvation is found only in Christ, then it […]

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