God is aware that your greatest treasure is your relationship with Him, and He would do anything to sustain it. He would discipline you by allowing some painful experience to come your way rather than enable you to be carried away by something fleeting. Therefore, affliction should turn you to God and not drive you […]
Moses told Jethro that he (Moses) wanted to go back and see how his people in Egypt were doing. A similar language was used to describe his first mission, that he went out to his brethren and looked at their burdens. (Ex 2:11). Indirectly, Moses told Jethro, “I’m going to complete what I started.” The
Then God said to Solomon: “Because this was in your heart, and you have not asked riches or wealth or honour or the life of your enemies, nor have you asked long life—but have asked wisdom and knowledge for yourself, that you may judge My people over whom I have made you king— wisdom and
“In His humiliation, His justice was taken away, and who will declare His generation? For His life is taken from the earth.” (Acts 8: 33). When Adam sinned, he left in his trial generations of sinners. The murder of Abel by Cain was a grim reminder to Adam of what he had brought unto his
Wisdom is an important trait that marks people in positions of influence. Our world is built around communities and relationships. We interact with people daily, and to successfully influence others positively, we must aspire to acquire wisdom. Wisdom makes you a leader, which is manifested in different ways. Because it is related to finding practical solutions
But you have come to Mount Zion and the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are registered in Heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfectto Jesus the Mediator of
Our singing must focus on God and not our enemies or the devil. Though we must not be ignorant of Satan’s devises, we must be more aware of God’s presence and power at work in and through us. “Give thanks to the Lord.” Thanksgiving is so fundamental to our worship yet so easy to overlook.
God can make us live productively on any part of the earth. Just as God has made our world fruitful, we can also live prolific lives wherever we find ourselves. We can flourish anywhere He plants us — at home, school, office or church. Whether we live in a so-called developed or underdeveloped country,
“I have taught you in the way of wisdom; I have led you on right paths. Your steps will not be hindered when you walk, and when you run, you will not stumble. Take firm hold of instruction, do not let go; keep her, for she is your life” (Pro 4:11-13; emp added). Wisdom wants
“Let those who fear the Lord now say, “His mercy endures forever.”I called on the Lord in distress; the Lord answered me and set me in a broad place.” (Ps 118: 4-5). The testimony of the Psalmist is that God answered his prayer when he was in distress. God is a prayer-answering God. It is
