Tag: Spiritual Digest

My Sad Story With A Good Ending

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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What is Your Default?

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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You Can Have the Best Job on Earth

You Can Have the Best Job on Earth

He had people working his fields and vineyards in the hills and in the fertile lands, for he loved the soil (2 Chr. 26:10b). Yesterday was Labor Day in America, a day to pause, reflect, celebrate, and refocus on the various tasks that we engage in regularly. Congratulations to all. Work is good. God is a worker. Adam and Eve […]

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The Problem With Success!

The Problem With Success!

The Israelites sampled their provisions but did not inquire of the Lord. Then Joshua made a treaty of peace with them … (Jos. 9:14, 15). The Gibeonites tricked Joshua and the Israelites to avoid being annihilated as God commanded Joshua to do to all the nations in Canaan. Joshua has learned from his mentor, Moses, to always inquire of the […]

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Why Are Christians Imposing Their Beliefs and Morality on Others?

Why Are Christians Imposing Their Beliefs and Morality on Others?

As postmodernity and humanism take center stage, Christians, especially in nations that were once majority Christian are frequently accused of imposing their values or beliefs on others. Such accusations are unheard of in countries that deny their citizens freedom of religion. Morality is defined as “Standards about what is right, or wrong, good or evil,” crossing such lines attracts reproof. […]

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United State Coast Guard Rescued 12 People From the Water During Lahaina Fire (Courtesy: County of Maui)

Where Do Suffering and Bad Things Come From?

Only one Creator created everything that exists, including Satan, the architect of all evil. “When times are good, be happy; but when times are bad, consider this: God has made the one as well as the other (Ecc. 7:14). I “form the light and create darkness; I bring prosperity and create disaster; I, the Lord, do all these things” (Isa. […]

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Only God Can Bring Good Out of Bad

Only God Can Bring Good Out of Bad

But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God’s grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, overflow to the many (Rom. 5:15). The plight of humanity was sealed by only one act of sin which Adam […]

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Why Pay for Something That Is Free?

Why Pay for Something That Is Free?

Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. Mat. 11:28, 29 If you are alive and engaged with people and work in our world today, this invitation […]

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Satan Is Still Deceiving; Don’t Be A Victim!

Satan Is Still Deceiving; Don’t Be A Victim!

Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.” Gen. 1:13 A dam and Eve were created sinless but had the moral responsibility of obeying God to remain sinless. God gave only one warning to the couple: “You must not eat from the tree of […]

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God Does Not Play Foolery

God Does Not Play Foolery

The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” Ps. 14:1a Chambers dictionary defines a fool as someone without wisdom, judgment, or sense. An excellent example of a fool using our verse for today is someone who denies the existence of God despite the glaring evidence before him or acknowledges His existence but ignores and refuses to submit to […]

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