Month: March 2015

20
Mar

Chosen for a reason

1 Peter‬ ‭2‬:‭9‬ – “But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.” If you could describe yourself in just three words, what would you say? Funny, hardworking, fun-loving, […]

19
Mar

By the will of God

Ephesians 1:1 – “Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, and are faithful in Christ Jesus:” Paul was a faithful apostle of Christ even though He did not know Jesus in real life as the disciples had. He had such a close relationship with God that […]

18
Mar

Build the temple of God

Haggai‬ ‭1‬:‭7,8‬ – “Thus says the Lord of hosts: Consider your ways. Go up to the hills and bring wood and build the house, that I may take pleasure in it and that I may be glorified, says the Lord.” The Israelites faced a lot of ups and downs in the Old Testament. They were […]

17
Mar

A balanced life

Matthew‬ ‭6‬:‭33‬ – “But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.” The quest for a balanced life can be quite exhausting. Most adults struggle to find time for everything they have heaped on their plates. Jobs, family commitments, higher education, ministry, friends, and things […]

16
Mar

Beauty for ashes

Isaiah 61:3 – “To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.” When we’re faced with depressing […]

15
Mar

He Calls You Friend

John 15:13-15—”Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command. I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my […]

14
Mar

Blessings! Blessings! Read all about it!!

Deuteronomy 28:2—”And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God.” As children of the most high we are privy to privileges i.e. Promises of God. In the Bible, Deuteronomy 2 tells us what we can expect. We can have blessings or curses based […]

13
Mar

Distributing God’s Love

1 John 3:18—”My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.” In today’s world, it is sometimes difficult to like some people around us. Maybe we get annoyed with the vegetable vendor who dumps their garbage beside the road? The old man down the street who […]

12
Mar

Pick The Cloak for Your Soul – Righteousness or Sin?

1 Corinthians 6:9-10—”Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.” Sexually immoral? Present. Idolater? […]

11
Mar

Christlike Virtue Charged 100% or Empty?

Mark 5:30—”And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes?” When a moving toy car slows down and then vrr vrrr refuses to move, we say ‘must be the battery’ and recharge the battery. Once it regains lost charge, […]