Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to Him, and He will make your paths straight (Proverbs 3:5-6) Here is an oft-repeated story – The only survivor of a shipwreck washed up on a small, deserted island. He prayed fervently for God […]
Psalms 44:2-3 – “you with your own hand drove out the nations, but them you planted; you afflicted the peoples, but them you set free; for not by their own sword did they win the land, nor did their own arm save them, but your right hand and your arm,band the light of your face, […]
Luke 18:14 —”Everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.” In today’s world, especially in the corporate world, we hear the idioms ‘blow your own trumpet’ and ‘the crying baby gets the milk’. Both these phrases are used to encourage people on how to behave to “grow”. Let’s […]
Acts 8:18–“When Simon saw that the Spirit was given when the apostles laid their hands on people, he offered them money to buy this power.” On the day of the Pentecost, the Holy Spirit descended on the disciples and they got the powers of: giving the Holy Spirit empowerment to others, healing people, exorcising demons, […]
John 11:11: I am the good shepherd, the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. Jesus is the good shepherd. A good shepherd is the one who gives his life for the sheep and always protects the sheep from all kinds of danger. He leads the sheep to good pasture. He is bothered about […]
Colossians 4:6: Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how he ought to answer every man. The way we speak and communicate our feelings and expressions matters a lot. Our language and our speech should be refined. There should be clarity and transparency in what we speak. How […]
Psalm 84:11: For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord will give grace and glory; no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. The Lord God is a sun and shield meaning to guide His people in the light and to give them direction. Shield means to protect them […]
Luke 5:32: I came not to call the righteous but sinners to repentance. The gospel is the power of salvation to everyone who believes in Jesus. Jesus says He came to call sinners to repentance. The Bible says that all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. Jesus came that we might […]
Acts 1:8: But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem and in all Judaea and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. The Holy Spirit fills us with power. He is one among the Trinity and […]
John 14:14: If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another’s feet. Washing of the feet does not mean the literal washing of feet, it means having a humble attitude and the mind of a servant-leader. Jesus was actually carrying on a Jewish ritual performed at […]
