Made for so much more! - Part 1
"The Lord doesn’t see things the way you see them. People judge by outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart."(NLT) 1 Samuel 16:7
For some reason, I have been wanting to reschedule my schedules ...
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A foundation of Love
... (NIV) 1 Corinthians 13:1-3
Why do we serve others? There are probably many reasons that could be listed. Some examples might include: “because I like to impress others” or “because I know that I am ...
Service to humanity
... I consider my job as a gift to others and always glad to serve because of these two main reasons:
First, I believe that those who think and help others as well as making others needs a priority are valuable ...
Selah!
... which means rock (2Kings 14:7, Isaiah 16:1) in Hebrew must probably give us another guaranteeing reason to pause for a moment. The psalmist infused selah some 73times in his writings and each selah has ...
Make time to pray
... 9:9, Ecclesiastes 12:13 brings me joy beyond compare, a reason not to worry, a reason to make time with God and a reason to be an example to the world. Brethren, let us not be anxious about anything, but ...
What do you pray for?
... wouldn’t give up. When she was asked the reason for her faith, this was what she said: “I don’t pray for God to give me things, I pray for him to show me what I could do for Him”.
I was moved to the ...
The urgency of prayer
... (NIV) Ephesians 6:12
Bible reading: Ephesians 6:10-18
Praying to God is a vital habit to maintain daily. There are many reasons why your prayer habit may have lessened gradually. Well, not all the ...
The blessing of prayer
... God. Jesus words in Matthew 6:5-13 highlight what God is looking for in our prayers to Him. In Jesus time, the Pharisees would stand in public places and pray at length. The reason this was wrong was because ...
When God speaks (Part II)
... not to add to God’s word lest we are rebuked and found liars (Proverbs 30:5). And for that reason, all that we need for life and Godliness has been given to us. (2Peter 1:3)
In the previous devotional, ...
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 ...
Doubting the Lord's goodness
... favours He bestowed on me among many others. Beloved, I felt at peace and my fears for some reason were lost. I saw God for who He is. He is the one that answers by Fire (1 Kings 18:23-29), He whose plans ...
Trusting in God’s Control
... the reason for his suffering, we are blessed to be able to see that the circumstances he was going through at that time allowed the Holy Spirit to work through Him to pen the words that pointed to the ...
The price too high to pay
... farfetched from human reason and understanding.
So anytime you take a good look at yourself in a mirror, just know you are worth more than all the precious stones in the world. The greatest King out ...
The Power of God’s word
... what it says. (NIV) James 1: 21-22
God’s word is indeed powerful, the more reason why we can’t just listen and do nothing about it. It revives dead tissues and gives life to dead ones. In Jeremiah 31:33, ...
Learn to follow
... Jesus.
Since we do not know the proper way to go in life (Prov. 16:25) and Christ does (Jn. 14:6), we have every reason to follow Him. When we understand that heaven is where we want to go and admit ...
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 ...
Start Right, Continue Right
... two main reasons for these happenings;
• Absence of God in our resolutions
• Loss of Focus
Many of our resolutions either do not include God at all or He is put on the back-burner. We long forget ...
A happy life
... a new life of happiness.
3. Find something to hope for
If money and physical possessions are your sources of independence, you will never be content. Hope keeps humanity alive and gives us reason ...
The new mind
... ability to reason and perform so many complex activities because we are made in the image of God. The greatest power God gave to mankind after creation is the power to choose and decide. No matter where ...
Brand New Beginning
... can edge ourselves to fight forward towards achieving better results in the present and future. Isaiah 43:18 tells us not to dwell on the past and we must forget former things. There is a good reason for ...