June

Acknowledge to encourage

Written by Dede Abebreser Tsonyake.

“May our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who loved us and by His grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed and word.” (NIV) 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17

Daily Inspirer (DI) is a non-profit organization. It aims to spiritually empower and inspire people through the word of God as well as be a source of hope, motivation and inspiration to people who are troubled emotionally and seek advice or answers from the Christian perspective. The brain behind the creation of DI is Ebenezer Ekow Essel. Today, I want us to celebrate one of own and all others who in diverse ways are helping keep Daily Inspirer alive.

The quest to make the word of God reach a greater number of people was the zeal that motivated Ebenezer to come up with this virtual organisation. The first time he discussed the idea, what I kept thinking was where is funding and the human resource going to come from? But just like in the case of Abraham, Ebenezer took a step of faith and God provided what was needed to accomplish the task. Today, the website for Daily Inspirer, www.dailyinspirer.org is funded and managed by Christians who are touched and feel obligated to do so. Some of the funding are used to support the Daily Inspirer Special Child Project. The project identifies brilliant but financially challenged students and offer some form of support.

The daily devotional messages posted on the website are written by dedicated authors and reviewed by committed Christians would are well-vested in the word of God. There are Christians who are also dedicated to praying and fasting regularly to ensure Daily Inspirer thrives. The readers of the devotional messages we post on the website and share on our social media (Facebook, Twitter, and This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. group) can also not be left out of the quest to acknowledge to encourage. We greatly appreciate all who in diverse ways are helping the word of God reach every soul on earth through Daily Inspirer. Keep sharing the messages you read with others and together we will reach everybody on earth.

If you want to join the Daily Inspirer Team so that you can contribute through writing devotionals, supporting the media outreach or donating to support the course of DI, be encouraged to contact us on any of our platforms (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Website, Facebook, Twitter, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) and the team will get back to you on how you can do so. God bless you as you are encouraged to propagate His word to all and sundry.

The broken-hearted can forgive || More

The broken-hearted can forgive

Written by Alhassan Mohammed Sandargo.

“The LORD is close to the brokenhearted; he rescues those whose spirits are crushed." (NLT) Psalm 34:18

Falling in love is almost indescribable. Love is full of enthusiasm, sacrifices, expectations and optimism. Time spent together gives a lot of meaning. Shortfalls are easily pardoned and covered and the care of the other means everything to us. Through such love, strength emanates out of weakness and timidity, loneliness turns to acceptance, effusiveness and much joy.

You may be reading the above introduction from a different perspective since past bitter memories of relationships may be lingering in the corridors of your mind. It seems almost every adult has experienced one or more of broken love relationships. Such breakups may be precipitous in nature or may take time to have its way. The aftershock then takes various twists and turns. Love suddenly turns sour, leading to occasions for destruction, mischief and hatred.

At times, things seem to totally get out of hand and life appears to come to a halt. Sometimes breakups happen due to our mere mistakes while at other times we happen to be victims; stabbed in the back. We may be exploited several times such that our good hearts lose their ability to love and trust. All these may be ‘good’ reasons to be bitter and unforgiving but let’s consider the other side of the coin- it is more rewarding.

First, take time to forgive yourself of any guilt. Do not let guilt dominate your life. Again, do well to slow down a little to assess issues, seek good counsel, read helpful books, and most importantly make it a point to have personal and regular appointment with the Lord through prayer. He knows what is good for us and when it is good for us - be assured of that (Jeremiah 29:11, Eccl. 3:11).

Therefore, have nothing to do with paying evil for evil (Rom. 12:17a); don’t attempt destroying any life, quit not your great dreams, quench not your zeal for a greater future- don’t give up!

David shares some insightful thought worth considering;

“I could ask the darkness to hide me

and the light around me to become night—

but even in darkness I cannot hide from You.

To You the night shines as bright as day.

Darkness and light are the same to You.” NLT, Psalm 139: 11-12

So forgive, get composed and let the Lord navigate you through your love journeys; you will be propelled into a brighter and a much promising future. Stay blessed.

Reconciling with friends || More

 

Reconciling with friends

Written by Anyim Daniel.

“An offended friend is harder to win back than a fortified city. Arguments separate friends like a gate locked with bars." (NLT) Proverbs 18:19

Aside our biological families that we're born into, we make families in the friends we find here on earth and they stick even closer than brothers do (Proverbs 18:24). Most cases, we share our joys, pains, exploits, experiences, etc. with our friends first, before we do that with our families, thus developing an even deeper bond with them.

In spite of all the good things mentioned above, our bitterest experiences also come when we are betrayed, offended or denied by friends. It becomes very difficult to fathom the sudden change in situation and the fact our own friends could treat us as such. We tend to draw away gradually from these friends and find solace in others. Friends that we offend also do likewise. A much bigger challenge arises when we decide to win our friends back. Indeed, offended friends are harder to win back. However, there are ways of dealing with situations.

First of all, we should follow the example of Christ Jesus (Ephesians 4:32). He was betrayed and denied several times during his stay on earth, notable among them are the betrayal by Judas Iscariot and Peter's three-time denial (Luke 22). We still betray Him today as Christians. But He is a forgiving God and thus draws closer to us than before.

Secondly, having empathy for our friends is one very basic way of understanding what our friends do to us (Matthew 7:12). By placing ourselves in their shoes, we comprehend their actions and easily forgive them.

Lastly, we ought to be prayerful (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18; 1 Peter 5:7). In the midst of such experiences, the best option for us is to pray for guidance to resolve the issue, rather than contemplating on how the problem came about or finding a means to retaliate in the near future.

In conclusion "do all that you can to live in peace with everyone" (NLT) Romans 12:18.

Dare to be on God's side? || More

 

Dare to be on God's side?

Written by Alhassan Mohammed Sandargo.

Christians are charged to live up to the very stature of the Lord Jesus. Just as the hymnist clearly exclaimed, “O to be like Thee Blessed Redeemer…”. This means we are living in the world but we are not of the world (John 17:15-16). We have been chosen for a higher calling (Philippians 3:14).

If there is One known for great forgiveness, then that is God Himself who forgives and remembers no more (Isaiah 43:25). He has carried our sins as far as the east is from the west (Psalm 103:12) to serve as the ultimate example for us to learn from - forgiveness.

On the other hand, what does the world we live in has for its standard? The diametrical opposition by the world is almost always predictable. There is everything wrong to forgive says the world; when one has the upper hand that’s the good time to strike, when nobody is watching that’s the right time to go for it, and when everybody is doing it that becomes the standard even if it is obvious the contrary must rather hold.

Our Lord Jesus is also the master of patience and forgiveness. He lived and taught about these subjects on earth. In many times, He had to walk that path alone to encourage us during similar journeys. Unfortunately, the world ridiculed him when he showed such great love through forgiveness. Therefore, Christians must not be surprised when we are also ridiculed rather than honored for suppressing our anger and forgiving others of their wrong doings against us (Proverbs 16:32).

We must dare to walk the “alone path” if it is God’s way. The irony is that, to the world we are alone but in reality (spiritually) we are surrounded by multitude of angels and our Saviour. God’s way is never a loss or time wasted, my brethren. Let’s live with a gentle heart towards daily attitude of forgiveness for that God’s side of the paths of life.

Respect for authority || More

 

Respect for authority

Written by Alhassan Mohammed Sandargo.

“…Why then were you not afraid to speak against My servant, against Moses” NASB Num 12:8b

“…Do you want to have no fear of authority?...” NASB, Romans 13:3

One cause of chaos in the lives of men suffices in resistance to established authority. This attitude is an age old natural inclination of man. It is important to consider certain aspects of respect for authority in order to please the Lord.

Moses was made a prophet by the Lord Himself. He had an older brother Aaron and a sister, Miriam. The role of Moses was one officially and divinely sanctioned by God. However, an argument with Moses resulted in an expression of contempt against him; his office was challenged consequently. This led to the out pour of the wrath of God on Aaron and Miriam.

When we resist authority, we resist God Himself and so may reap His wrath. Therefore, we need to recognize and respect authority. From home to the work place, the community, and even to the church, we need to come to terms with the fact that God is working through the leaders in the various places, so we should be cooperative and show respect to them. By doing that we will be made right with God.

Also, it is very tempting to slander those in authority especially when their actions and our expectations are in opposite parallel paths. Beloved, false and hurting comments raised against them lead to the troubling of their spirits. These slanders arouse the wrath of God especially when the leader is righteous in the sight of God. For example, it was said, “...the man Moses was very humble, more than any man on the face of the earth” Num. 12:3, so when his siblings abused him with their words, it caused God’s anger to ignite against them. Miriam was stricken with a terrible leprosy as a result of that but after the discipline, there was also a pardon and restoration from God.

Can we still find such leaders who are above reproach and full of humility like Moses? Do we have leaders who respect their very office and very much conscientious leaders who discipline to achieve correction?

Peter tells us to honor all men; love the brethren, fear God and honor the King- and be submissive (1Peter 2:17-18). In doing this, lucidity will prevail and the wrath of God and that of the established authorities by God will be prevented. Then we shall be at peace. Stay blessed.

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