The blessing of prayer
... is what Jesus teaches us in Matthew 6. In verses 9-13, He gives an example of a model prayer. Jesus gave this prayer as a model of what our prayers should look like. Consider the topics Jesus covers in ...
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Someone said a prayer!
... thanked God for Timothy’s life and asked God for blessings – spiritual and physical – for him and for that matter Timothy excelled in everything. He became a good example for other believers.
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Faithful prayer
... was for God's glory and not his own selfish desire. What an amazing example of what a biblical prayer life can accomplish!
Reflection
What have you been trying to accomplish for God lately? Pray for ...
God, kind or wicked?
... to perish but everyone to come to repentance (2 Peter 3:9). He is kind and He would want everyone to be with Him in glory. Let us give Him no reason to be unkind towards us.
There are several examples ...
God has not forgotten you
... God who does things at the right time. The story of Mordecai in Esther 6 is a good example of the unforgettable nature of God. In the reference, we learn that Mordecai saved King Ahasuerus’s life but his ...
Before Victory Comes Defeat
... anointed for and secondly, what has been promised may take a little longer than expected to come through. We will discuss the first lesson now and the second in the next piece.
For example, Joseph was ...
Deeper Love
... who loves God must love his brother also (1John 4:20-21).
Jesus displayed the deepest love for humanity and expects us to follow his example. “This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have ...
God beyond the visible
... Thomas, one of the disciples of Jesus, serves as a vivid example of this principle.
After Jesus's resurrection, Thomas expresses doubt regarding the news of Jesus's appearance to the disciples. He declares, ...
Speaking with our Holy Father
... We need to imitate Paul's wonderful example. We need to love one another, help one another and comfort one another so that people can feel comfortable opening up to us and asking for prayers. We should ...
The awesomeness of God
... A few biblical examples include the story of Daniel in the lion’s den (Daniel 6), Jews versus Haman (book of Esther), and Nehemiah versus Sanballat and Tobiah (book of Nehemiah). I believe there are situations ...
Learn to follow
... and to imitate His example. It is one thing to take the initial step toward Christ to become a Christian, but following Him means that we are willing to follow till our last breath.
A good follower does ...
Still New?
... it is still new. This is, unfortunately, the attitude of most people, and it transcends into diverse aspects of our lives. For example, it’s amazing how people marry their wife or husband and all things ...
Allowing God to be the builder of our lives
... our good is good but it needs to be accompanied by works. For example, you want to build a career but all you are doing after completing school is praying. Surely, God can open opportunities through prayers ...
Living a day at a time
Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God...This is why it ...
Overtaken by blessing
... blessings. The patriarch Abraham is one extraordinary example whose obedience to God (Faith in God’s promise) resulted in a blessing that not only overtook him (father of many nations) but through which ...
From problems to praises
... the stone of pillow into a stone of pillar of praise. Beloved, this is a great example we can emulate. I would encourage you to always praise God in both favorable and terrible situations.
Turn all ...
Praising God
... are in. Paul and Silas are perfect examples and motivations for us. Praising God opened doors of opportunities for Paul and Silas to evangelize and convert souls for God. That would not have happened if ...
Thanksgiving through worship
... know God and His love is to be filled with love and thanksgiving for Him. When we are looking for reasons to be grateful to God, we often look for tangible and material things. For example, increase in ...
Count it all joy
... we fall into trials and temptations we turn to ask ourselves, Why me? What wrong have I done?
The account of Job is one of the good examples that are related to the age-old question, "Why does God allow ...
In Christ, there is only one choice
... many life decisions and choices to make but in Christ those decisions become easy to take because the only choice we see as Christians is the choice with Christ as the focus. Let us look at some examples ...