“How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep” Proverbs 6:9-10 It is so easy for the things you see and experience with your physical eyes to take precedence over what is real and…
“The earth is the LORD’s, and the fulness thereof; The world, and they that dwell therein.” Psalm 24:1 I recall a popular song that asked if we know who we are in Christ. Dear Christian, “Do you know who you are?” “Do you know that which you have been given?” Even more importantly, “Do you know…
“Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them.” Nehemiah 5:11 There is something about the defenseless that touches God’s heart in a special way….
“For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?” 1 Corinthians 4:7 There’s something common to all humans, and that is our inclination to take the glory. We want…
“Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?” John 11:25-26 How can you live when you’re dead? How can you live forever? The answer is quite simple. It…
“Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before.” Philippians 3:13 In this passage, Apostle Paul made us to understand that as Christians, what matters most to keep pressing on to till we reach…
“But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.” Philippians 3:7 If Jesus Christ is our model for godly living, then we will live every day of our lives in the hope of eternal life. Paul, an apostle of Jesus, shared his life achievements in the book of Philippians 3, but…
“For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath.” Mark 4:25 Jesus addressed our responses of faith in the Bible, and it can be differentiated easily by a commendation or correction. The first response of faith was commended by Jesus…
“Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.” Romans 4:8 Thanks be to God, who understands the frailty of man and his weakness. We have been admonished from the scriptures, to confess our sins to God who is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and cleanse us from all unrighteousness,…