“Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the guards stand watch in vain” – Psalm 127:1 (NIV). The day after multiple bomb blasts in Kampala city, Uganda took the lives of several innocent pedestrians and left scores injured, one
“Who knows if perhaps you were made queen for just such a time as this?” – Esther 4:14 (NLT). The positions we attain to in life as believers may not just be for ordinary reasons but for a special blessing. When we look at Esther and how her adoptive Father,
“All you need to say is simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ anything beyond this comes from the evil one” – Mathew 5:17 (NIV). Those who happened to have grown around a typical African village market would already be familiar with the concept of bargaining. Normally when given a price of an
“When Jesus saw her, he called her forward and said to her, “Woman, you are set free from your infirmity” – Luke 13:12 (NIV). The renowned charismatic Televangelist preacher, TD Jakes, has sung a captivating song, “Woman Though art loosed”, based on an incident where one day a tortured woman
“Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer” – Romans 12:12 (NIV). There is a usual scene that every now and then happens during international soccer matches. A black play has expertly dribbled a beehive of white opponents and just as he aims to score, there is a
“Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing” – I Thessalonians 5:11 (NIV). The Apostle Paul might not have gone to a School of Management but his relation with those around him shows one who had mastered leadership principles. Writing to the
“See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me” – Isaiah 49:16 (NIV). Driving through a thunderstorm can be a nightmare. If there are hailstones it can even be worse. In some places cars are expected to beam lights but then not
“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God” – Mathew 5:9 (NIV). Peace has been described as “freedom from disturbance…being in a state of tranquility”! Virtually every person desires peace because of its blessings. The absence of peace would mean being locked in a state of
“This too is a grievous evil: As everyone comes, so they depart, and what do they gain, since they toil for the wind? All their days they eat in darkness, with great frustration, affliction and anger” – Ecclesiastes 5:16-17 (NIV). There is an experience which most of us would rather
“He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us again. On him we have set our hope that he will continue to deliver us..” – 2 Cor 1:10 (NIV). King David had sinned before God and was being punished for having an innocent man executed
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