Doubting the Lord's goodness
... are better than mine (Jeremiah 29:11). Yes, God granted my heart desire in His own time and put a new song on my lips. I believe that was the lesson I was to learn to increase my faith (Hebrews 11:1). ...
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The Secret of Walking with God
... values and desires to walk with us in our daily lives. Enoch lived 365 years and walked 300 years with God (Gen 5:22). Looking at these numbers of years and his intimate relationship with God, imagine ...
Divine gaze
... relationships, or wrestling with personal struggles, His gaze never wavers. He sees our tears, hears our prayers, and knows the deepest desires of our hearts.
Consider the story of David, the shepherd ...
Two trees
... our God-given purposes. Remember a lot of evil things will be presented to us in very pleasant visuals. We have a choice like Adam.
It was the desire of the enemy (Satan) that man eats of the tree of ...
He shall direct our paths
... greatness of God in our lives or have thoughts of His Omnipotence? It may be seldom given our era of economic hardship and perverse generation. However, God always desires man to search and know Him more ...
Death before life
... ourselves.
Our bodies desire a lot of untoward stuff. We need to discipline our bodies to make sure that they do not have their way. Some people assume that being born again means being rid of one' ...
Give me Jesus
... so much grace about the given Savior, his sacrifice, the cross, his faithfulness and mercies. And all I could think of is; “God, I want more of this Jesus”. In this same vein, the apostle Paul desired ...
We are more than conquerors!
... their hearts desire even though they have prayed fervently. There are others who have been through painful situations throughout last year and hoping this year will start on a better page but things seem ...
Expectations and disappointments belong to God
... where expectations abound. Come to think of it- what then causes disappointment in our lives if not failure to achieve our expectations? Our wishes fall fast and hard against stone-cold reality, our desires ...
New is old
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The desire of man for new of everything is one plausible reason for the rise in infidelity in marriages and the lukewarm attitude of Christians today. Spouses are never content with what they see in ...
Walk in a New Life
“You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new ...
New Beginning
... always creates avenues through which mankind can be blessed both spiritually and physically. The well-being of mankind on earth has been the desire of the Creator; however, we have consistently neglected ...
Hopeful realities
... of life may hit us so hard. It could be because we have offended God or better still because God wants to make us better Christians. Whatever the situation may be He desires to make us effective and strong ...
Overtaken by blessing
... the world has been overtaken at a later date (through faith in Christ and His righteousness) - Romans 4:3, Galatians 3:6, Genesis 15:6. So, what do we say about us (present-day Christians) who desire so ...
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good
... to God. So what is your excuse? Oh yes, it is true that your most cherished heart desires did not come to fruition. Yes, you wanted to get married, go back to school, get a promotion, have a successful ...
Friendship with Christ
... may not have been easy nor smooth as you desired but you can say he surely got your back every time it got tough. If you can say this then prepare for a victory song soon. If you strongly believe that ...
Receptive Heart
... part of our being where we desire, decide and deliberate issues. It has been described as the place of conscious and decisive spiritual activity. God expects His children to have tender and receptive hearts. ...
Ambassador’s Life
“We are foreigners and strangers in your sight, as were all our ancestors. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope” (NIV) 1 Chron. 29:15
What we do in life communicates more than what we ...
Commitment by challenge
... has tried to use all physical means to achieve pleasure. Man will always pursue what it takes to attain happiness on earth. Mankind has been trying to bypass God to achieve our own desires.
God demands ...
Practice what we preach
... they rejected.
If we call ourselves Christians and desire to be seen by God as productive in Him, we should not neglect the deeds that separate us from the Pharisees, thus the deeds that the power of ...