Paradox of Prayer
... That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.”(NIV) 2 Corinthians 12:9-10
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Let go and let God
... this principle very hard to imbibe. You may claim to have forgiven the person but when you find out that he is sick, will you pray for him? When he is in desperate need of any help, will you offer help ...
Allowing God to be the builder of our lives
... to see that we succeed. Sometimes in our quest to succeed, we think we can do it all by ourselves. We need to back our faith to succeed with hard work but even within that, allow God to shape the nature ...
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 ...
In all things
“Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus"(NIV) 1 Thessalonians 5:18
In my personal encounter with people, especially other Christians, I have learned that ...
The victory song
“…You are my hiding place, you protect me from trouble. You surround me with songs of victory” (NLT) Psalm 32:7
Bible readings: Psalm 18, Psalm 118:15, Psalm 98:1
We all want to have a victory ...
Count it all joy
My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, ...
Faith-an essential ingredient in following Christ
... a catch, Peter told him how hard he had worked and caught nothing but since He, Christ, says so, then he will. Am sure if we were in Peter’s shoes, we would brush aside Christ’s instructions because we ...
Swallow the bitter pill
... how well you plan your life, God’s purpose will stand (Proverbs 16:9). Never forget this – In as much as He is Sovereign and may allow or ordain you to experience some hard times in life; He doesn’t do ...
Giving it all to God
... everything work out but when it comes to God, we find it hard. Why is that?
Most times we want God to take some part of us thinking we can handle the "not so serious ones". For example, you tell God; ...
Resist him
... from the evil one. At times, we do not need the so-called “deliverance” when we go through hard times. Godly discipline is the remedy. From 1 Corinthians 9:27, Paul, the apostle emphasizes how he brings ...
Spiritual Eyes
... outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.” (NIV) 2 Corinthians 4:16-18
Sometimes life is hard, ...
The Excellent Way
... and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing ...
Show love
... of God. It would have been much easier for the Samaritan in this story to pass by like the priest and the Levite did but he chose to show love. Sometimes showing love means hard work but we can encourage ...
Reconciling with friends
“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 from the biological families that we're born into, ...
Pollution control
... can see them and we all know it's a bad thing. Those that aren't so easy to detect are things like radiation, unless you have special equipment it's very hard to detect until the damage is already done. It ...
Slow to anger
... accusations at each other, both talking at the same time, and constantly interrupting each other. Each word drove the wedge of misunderstanding deeper and deeper into their relationship. I could hardly ...
No job too small
“Who dares despise the day of small things, since the seven eyes of the Lord that range throughout the earth will rejoice when they see the chosen plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel? "(NIV) Zechariah ...
Committed to good works
... when he told the Corinthian church that:
“But whatever I am now, it is all because God poured out his special favour on me – and not without results. For I have worked harder than any of the other apostles; ...
The Work of Christ
... on our jobs, and other things in this life that can sometimes be hard to do, I hope we are reminded of the amazing sacrifice of our Lord and Savior and all that it means to us.
Learning the value of ...