“Dear friend, I hope all is well with you and that you are as healthy in body as you are strong in spirit” (3 John 1:2). As believers we have a personal God who is interested in every detail of our lives, for a good purpose. A good example is
“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving” ( Col 3:23-24) All babies have a certain grip
“Wait patiently for the LORD. Be brave and courageous. Yes, wait patiently for the LORD” (Psalm 27:14). Khulumas ( name changed) were a young couple desperate for a child. In African culture the proof of a typical valid marriage is when it birthes an offspring. But after several years the
“Do not withhold good from those who deserve it when it’s in your power to help them” (Proverbs 3:27). Power has been described as the “ability to direct or force behaviors” in a certain direction. There are people whom God has put in positions of power- and, for a certain
“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen” ( Hebrews 11:1). Something puzzling yet certain is that sometime believers are faced with circumstances where the odds seem overwhelming. This is not unique. Moses was faced with
“Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever” (Psalm 118:1). It is difficult to imagine a language where the word “thank you” does not appear. In all human interactions there are inevitably those moments where one owes something to a certain person for doing one
“I for my part shall trust even in you…in God I have put my trust; I shall not be afraid” – Psalm (56: 3-4). David was a young man out in the fields tending his father Jesse’s sheep when he was sent out on an errand to deliver food to
“For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. And some people, craving money, have wandered from the true faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows” (I Timothy 6:10). Judas Iscariot was the treasurer of Jesus’s ministry bag. Normally, it is expected of any treasurer
“Pray in the Spirit at all times and on every occasion. Stay alert and be persistent in your prayers for all believers everywhere” (Ephesians 6:18). All human beings are born with an inborn virtue of persistence. For example, before infants start walking,
“Look, I am sending you out as sheep among wolves. So be as shrewd as snakes and harmless as doves” ( Mathew 10:16) When one enthusiastic missionary, John Chau, was shot dead by members of the North Sentinel tribe, a proud indigenous tribe secluded away on a remote Indian Ocean
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