“Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour” – 1 Peter 5:8 (NIV). In the animal kingdom there are those animals whose antennas are always high on alert, just in case a predator is on the horizon. A
“Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice” – Ephesians 4:31 (NIV). Disagreements are common in life, and naturally do happen also among the people of God. Paul and Barnabas were companions with a passion to share the Gospel in the
“For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you” – Romans 12:3 (NIV). A funny thing
“Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name” – Psalm 100:4 (NIV). A lifestyle of thanksgiving is certainly the best way any Christian can partake of the goodness of the Lord. They can be many good reasons why one should
“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour” – I Peter 5:8 (NIV). There is a saying “one black sheep spoils the whole flock”! Of course sheep are normally light; a darker one will upset the whole formation. This saying
“The LORD detests dishonest scales, but accurate weights find favor with him” – Proverbs 11:1 (NIV). If you talk of failed leadership there is King Ahab who might come off as perhaps the worst example of a leader. Once he craved after a vineyard of a neighbour (I King 22).
“But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint” – Isaiah 40:31 (NIV). The saying “Delay is not denial” is familiar to most of us. Few people would
“Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you” – 1 Peter 5:7 (NIV). There is a certain cost free therapy offered in situations where one has become so obsessed with acquiring an object which is eating him all up to a point of depression. Perhaps it is
“and call on me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor me” – Psalm 50:15 (NIV). Anyone of us might have faced a day of trouble. This could be a crisis of a certain nature. Sometimes it could be the unexpected loss of income,
“Who is like you, Lord God Almighty? You, Lord, are mighty, and your faithfulness surrounds you.You rule over the surging sea; when its waves mount up, you still them” – Psalm 89:8-9 (NIV). In the olden days travel between nations was generally by sea. Today while sky travel is dangerous to a degree it
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