Author: Monalisa Pattanayak

05
Aug

DOUBLE HONOUR

Isaiah 61:7 “Instead of your shame you shall have double honor, And instead of confusion they shall rejoice in their portion. Therefore in their land they shall possess double; Everlasting joy shall be theirs.”. God desires to bless His people. Jesus came to give us abundant life, “I have come that they may have life and that they may have it […]

04
Aug

GOD’S THOUGHTS

Psalm 139:17-18 “How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them! If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand; When I awake, I am still with You”. David wonders with praise and expresses the greatness and majesty of God’s thought for […]

03
Aug

THE MIGHTY GOD IN THE MIDST

“The Lord your God in your midst, the Mighty One, will save; He will rejoice over you with gladness, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing“. – Zephaniah 3:17 The capitalization of “LORD” indicates the use of God’s personal, covenantal name, Yahweh or Jehovah. This demonstrates His personal, […]

02
Aug

PROVIDENCE OF GOD

Genesis 50:20 “As for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive“. In these words, Joseph acknowledged God’s providence in his life. As we look at Josheph’s life we can see, the evil intentions of others have […]

01
Aug

GOD IS YOUR GLORY

Isaiah 60:1 “Arise, shine; for your light has come! And the glory of the Lord is risen upon you”. Wake-Up! The glory of the Lord is shining on you. What gets us up in the morning? Is it the pressure of an alarm clock? Is it the desire to jump on our to-do list, or […]

10
May

The Secret of Satisfaction

Matthew 5:6 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled.” The Bible word we translate “as righteousness” here is a Greek word (“dikaiosune”) which means to be “right” with God. This word was used in ancient literature to describe a person who did the “right” thing before both God […]

09
May

Joy Will Have The Final Say

Psalm 30:5“For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for life; weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.” Some of us today may be going through or be in a difficult season of life. Some of us may be facing wild heights only to catapult in an […]

08
May

Rescuer Of His People

2Peter 2:9 “The Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations and to reserve the unjust under punishment for the day of judgment.” We are living in a fallen world surrounded by moral decay and perversion. The world where behaviors that were recognized as clearly wrong are now being protected by law and […]

07
May

Holiness Of God

Psalm 99:5 “Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at His footstool—He is holy”. Holiness is the character of GOD. It is who He is. He is not like anything or anyone we can come up with. He is above us and beyond us. When we encounter the Holiness of God, it brings us to […]

06
May

Obedience Brings Blessing

Deuteronomy 28:6 Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out. What a beautiful blessing! Imagine yourself, walking in and out, every day as a blessing. Everything that you do glorifies God. If we read Deuteronomy 28:1, God says, “If we fully Obey His Commandments…. This blessing […]