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... used to tell me as a young man, that "actions speak louder than words". How very true. Nothing speaks louder about our commitment to Christ than how we prioritize spending our time and money. The one commodity ...
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... used to tell me as a young man, that "actions speak louder than words". How very true. Nothing speaks louder about our commitment to Christ than how we prioritize spending our time and money. The one commodity ...
Let's develop a sense of urgenc
... Lord Jesus Christ admonishes that the time to execute our duties expires soon.
Hitherto, I am haunted by the words; ‘If only I had just 2 seconds’. I pray that it would not take us a calamity to teach ...
A foundation of Love
... but we must remember that these words from Paul’s letter to the church in Corinth were not written for weddings but to correct some major issues that were going on in the congregation at that time. Evidently, ...
Selah!
... almost always been preceded by striking, instructive and assuring words, that God is in control.
Through His word and sometimes too by the very encounters in life, God both reveals to or hides enough ...
The most shameful and stigmatized death: death on the cross
... be the word of God and nothing else! Below are examples of encouraging words you could use to beat the world with:
God is with us always and knows what we are going through.
He will not let temptations ...
Dual intercession
... with soothing whispers, the Spirit speaks on our behalf, understanding the depths of our hearts when words fail us.
Likewise, Jesus, our compassionate Savior, stands at the right hand of God, interceding ...
Make time to pray
... allowing us to make no ample time to speak with God. Oh, "What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul?" (Mark 8:36).
Meditating on the words of Ecclesiastes 1:2-11, Ecclesiastes ...
Inconsistent Prayer
... more than empty rhetoric. We mouth beautiful words, but they seem to come from the top of our heads, not the bottom of our hearts. Many of our public prayers are pompous and wordy, and our private prayers ...
And now about prayer!
... be deceived for God is not impressed by long pious words, neither is He interested in simple, sloppy prayers. We ought to grow in our prayers and enjoy God’s presence around us.
Parents are frustrated ...
The blessing of prayer
... on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.” (NIV) Matthew 6:5-8
When we think ...
Faithful prayer
... accordance with His will.
Not only did Joshua have amazing faith but his prayer was for something that would help accomplish God's will (in this case, defeating the enemy). In other words, His motive ...
When God speaks (Part II)
... accepted a message from ‘an angel of the Lord’ instead of holding fast to the flawless word he received from the Lord Himself. Many people in our time are bent on clinging to the words of ‘prophets’, ‘angels’ ...
When God speaks (Part I)
... to us.
The prophet in question was deceived by the juicy words of another but false prophet. The false prophet claimed to be speaking in the name of God though his pronouncement was self-acclaimed. The ...
God, kind or wicked?
... our parents as kind, loving and all the sweet words we could think of. However, when we get punished for being naughty, we see the same once sweet parents as wicked or unkind. Similarly, we will have either ...
Don’t worry, the "how" belongs to Go
... “But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.” (See Matthew 6:33). Do you trust these words? Perhaps you trust them when life is good for you. But ...
Trusting in God’s Control
... when he penned these words? We aren’t told many of the details of David’s situation but it’s easy to see that what he was going through must have been terrible. I’m sure many of us know what it feels like ...
Love: our only debt
... Tears almost dropped when I received those words early in the morning from one Professor friend of mine. It was an ordinary day; it wasn’t Christmas, or New Year or Easter or Valentine’s Day. After the ...
The Power of God’s word
... God talked about a new covenant with the Israelites’, which he will write on their hearts. This covenant has to do with his words which he will write in their hearts. Today through Jesus’s sacrifice on ...
The awesomeness of God
... awesomeness of God. I got the opportunity to memorize this chapter when I was a kid at Sunday school. It’s fairly easy to commit these words to memory when you relate the words to situations in your life ...