GIVING OUR BEST

EXODUS 30:34-37 Notice God’s instruction in our text. He is a God of Precision. He loves details. He is a pure and sacred God. He is Holy. He loves the best. How can we not be excellent in what we do? How can we not be detailed? In everything we do, every email we send, every … [Read more…]

TOWARDS PERFECTION

EXODUS 25:9 Is perfection possible? If you think it is not, why did Jesus ask us to be perfect? (Matthew 5:48) From our main text, God said the tabernacle should be built according to all that He had shown. That means “do it exactly”. There is no room for modification or variation. It must be just as … [Read more…]

WHAT FILLS US UP?

PROVERBS 14:12 In the year 2018, a delivery truck had pumped the wrong fuel in underground tanks at several filling stations. Many motorists who had filled their tanks with petrol got diesel instead. Some cars broke down along the way and others could not even go far from the stations where the petrol was bought. It seemed … [Read more…]

A TEST

EXODUS 17:5-7 The Israelites tested God – but in reality, God was testing them. The life we live is simply our own desert of testing. We need to allow God to do His miracles in our lives. He has a “promised land” that He wants to bring us into so He can show Himself mighty and … [Read more…]

MIGHTY WEAPONS

2 CORINTHIANS 10:3-4 How often have we grabbed from our arsenal only to find our weapons were grossly inadequate, even useless against the intruders of our lives? Consequently, when we have to use them, we become overwhelmed because of our inability to cope. We might even question where God is in the midst of our … [Read more…]

WHEN GOD IS SILENT

PSALM 83:1 How many times have we prayed and asked God for something we want or need, and He is silent? Have there been times when friends or family members have caused you to doubt that God is listening or cares? A Gentile woman once cried to Jesus and He seemed to show her no attention. … [Read more…]

LET GOD LEAD

PROVERBS 3:5-6 God desires to lead us, not in order to exercise authority over us, but rather to free us to express the dignity and grace He planned for us from the beginning. Because we are made in His own image, when we yield ourselves to His leading, we more accurately reflect His beauty and … [Read more…]

THE SHAKING

MATTHEW 14:22-27 “Master, the tempest is raging! The billows are tossing high! The sky is o’ershadowed with blackness. No shelter or help is nigh. Carest thou not that we perish? How canst thou lie asleep When each moment so madly is threat’ning A grave in the angry deep? [Chorus] The winds and the waves shall obey thy will: Peace, be still. Whether the wrath … [Read more…]

A HEART OF CONCERN

MATTHEW 14:14 Jesus made it clear that not only does God have concern for sinners, but He desires that we have same. He wants to turn our hurts, betrayal, doubt, or self-love into care for others. Today, let us take some time to ask that God would give us a heart of concern for other people. … [Read more…]

BUY THE FIELD

MATTHEW 13:44 Knowing Jesus as our King is the treasure of life! And our hearts should be the field that He is buried in. When we give up everything for the treasure that He is, it is like selling all we have to buy the field as described in Matthew 13:44. Give up doing things in … [Read more…]