VALLEY OF SHADOW

PSALM 23:4 Light and shadows visually define objects. Artists use light and shadows to make their works unique. Sometimes as Christians we are scared of what will happen if shadows temporarily surround us. We fear difficulties and avoid challenges. Yet, because we live in a fallen world, at some point, we will find ourselves in darkness. … [Read more…]

GOD SPEAKS

PSALM 32:8 Can God speak to us? How can we know it is God who is speaking? There are many ways He speaks to us: through His Word, circumstances, and other people. Jesus confirmed that we can hear Him when He said, “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.” (John … [Read more…]

THE POWER OF THE TRUTH

JOHN 8:32 One of the hardest things for people to accept is the truth. Accepting the truth in our lives means we must come to accept the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. Our God is a God we can trust and be honest with. In the truth of our circumstances we must … [Read more…]

USING RESISTANCE

ISAIAH 40:31 In the early Church, great persecution came against the believers. Many were martyred for refusing to deny Christ and many had to run for their lives. But this pressure of persecution caused the Church to become stronger in the faith and spread far and wide. Resistance lifted the Church after many years to … [Read more…]

PERSONALITY TEST

COLOSSIANS 3:3 Personality tests can help us learn more about ourselves and better understand both our strengths and weaknesses. And while all personality tests are different, learning that we might be high on a specific trait can help us gain greater insight into our own behavioral patterns. One major disadvantage of personality test is inaccuracy. I like … [Read more…]

PREPARED

ESTHER 2:12 Preparation is the action or process of putting things in place in anticipation of being used or considered. Esther endured twelve months of beauty treatments with oil of myrrh and cosmetics before meeting her future husband, King Xerxes. That is preparation! Her twelve months was not in vain. We must be prepared for the challenges … [Read more…]

TRUST GOD

PROVERBS 3:5-6 We all want to honour God by striving to live our lives according to His will. Every day, we face many choices. Most decisions are obvious as the Bible gives us clear guidance for Christian living. Some decisions are hard to make, because we are not very certain. Rather than feeling lost in the … [Read more…]

OUR KEEPER

PSALM 68:19 We all realize that in this life we have trials. Most times they come without warning. We are not promised a sunny and cool breeze every day, sailing along without a care. Rather, we are promised that Jesus will hold our hands and walk with us when the sunshine turns to rain, when … [Read more…]

NO STRINGS

HEBREWS 12:1 Every man has failures and makes mistakes. We need to learn from them, but we should not allow them to hold us back. Sin can become a very strong string. And if we become slack in our struggle to fight it, we can feel hopelessly bound. This is no way to live. Break away … [Read more…]

‘POLITICAL CHRISTIANS’

PHILIPPIANS 2:3 Politics is a ruthless enterprise. Most times it is demanded of people to lie, do anything and everything possible just to undo an opponent. The Greek word for “selfish ambition” as used by Paul in our text is eritheia. It means “strife,” “contentiousness,” and “rivalry.” Aristotle used eritheia in his work, ‘Politics’, to describe … [Read more…]