Then the master called the servant in. ‘You wicked servant, … ‘I canceled all that debt of yours … Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you.’ Matt. 18:32- 33 As Christians, forgiving those who wrong us is not optional. God requires it. We are to forgive no matter the magnitude of the […]

You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being. Rev. 4:11. King James’ version states that God created all things for His pleasure. The point is that God did not create you for you but for Himself. We entertain the […]

“Then Jacob prayed, “O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, O Lord, who said to me, ‘Go back to your country and your relatives, and I will make you prosper,’” Gen. 32:9. God always fulfills His promises a hundred percent. Any unfulfilled promise is not from God. Specific promises like God promised Jacob are for Jacob […]

For Christ’s love compels us, … he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again. 2 Cor. 5:14-15 A personal encounter with Christ is necessary for a believer to respond to God’s compelling love and live only for Him. The following ten traits are […]

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge. But fools despise wisdom and discipline. Pro. 1:7 As we transition into the New Year, we need wisdom to live right and this verse gives us the perfect recipe. The starting place is the fear of the Lord which is reverence, dependence and absolute obedience to God. This is where […]

Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. 1 Mark 12:30 Love is an attribute of God and defies easy definition. Secular minds define love in a limited sense as “profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.” Love is a strong, positive, and sublime virtue. The Church works with the Greeks’ understanding of love found across the pages of the Bible: Philia – […]

Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know. Jer. 33:3 Infants naturally cry out when uncomfortable or in need of something. As children of God, we have needs that God wants us to call on Him. That was our default position before the fall. Sin led to a broken […]

God said to Jeremiah that even before He formed him in his mother’s womb, he set him apart and had plans for him. Jer. 1:5, 29:11 At age 16, I reasoned that religion was man-made ideology so people could live in peace with one another. I thought I could find the purpose for my life elsewhere and not in Christ. But […]

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jer. 29:11 Every one of us has at one time or the other, experienced disappointment, loss, or pain. We will do anything to shield ourselves from such painful situations; however, due […]

But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen and protect you from the evil one. 2 Thess. 3:3 When we can control a situation, we have no worries at all. But when that is not the case, we become anxious. People can become so worried that they develop a stress disorder. Sometimes our experiences in life make us think […]