Is Your Faith Still Little

Is Your Faith Still Little? Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
Matthew 6:30 (KJV)

The level of your faith is revealed by what dominates your thoughts. What do you continually think about and what are your worries? Thinking and worrying about food and clothing show how little your faith is. God created everything and nourishes whatever He has created on daily basis. He doesn’t need to be told what to do; He knows His responsibilities more than you and I do. Instead of worrying continually say to yourself, “If God has taken care of the grass, trees, and birds, He will take care of me” then go about and do the work that He has assigned you to do. At the end of the day you will surely testify that God met you at the point of need. Our focus should be on the work that He has assigned for us to do; whiles we do our work and attend to His assignment, He will provide us with the food, clothing, shelter, marriage, etc. Hallelujah!

God is my Provider

It Is Good To Be A Child Of God! I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed. Psalms 37:25-26 (KJV)

Living a righteous life is the sure way to a meaningful life. The Psalmist made an observation in his lifetime and concluded that there is nothing better than to be righteous before God. There are many benefits you derive from being a child of God and living right before Him. Being merciful and ministering to the needs of the poor and vulnerable in society are marks of righteousness; when you do these you will be blessed and your children also will be blessed. All your needs and that of your children will be supplied by God and you will become a channel of blessings. Dear beloved, continue to be merciful and reach out to the needy in society and God will always remember and visit you.

Lets talk today

These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
Acts 17:11(KJV)

Have you ever tried to imagine the world witbout a Bible? Surely it would be like a garden without flowers, a world without hope. There would be no message of salvation, no light beyond the grave. If we had no Bible, we could  know nothing about Christ and, therefore, very little about God. No wonder, then, that the great preacher and scholar said, "Get me that Book. I must have that Book. Cast every light of scholarship and Devotion upon it page. Let me learn its highways and its byways Let me store my memory with its counsel and its promises. In joy, in grief, in pain, in peace, in prosperity.
There is great profit in Bible study. It is gold mine so get the gold out of the mine regularity in eating is a of the greatest importance for our physical health. It is greater importance for our spiritual health. There is so much noise all around; traffic, television, loud music  in passing cars. I want you to get a word in edgewise. Before they call i will answer; while they are still speaking i will hear
Let talk today! "it isn't necessary that we stay in church in order to remain in God's presence. We can make our hearts personal chapels where we can enter anytime to talk to our God privately. These conversations can be so loving and gentle, and anyone can have them.

Living righteously

As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
Galatians 6:10 (KJV)

God has His people everywhere. Where you are is no accident you strategically placed. His purpose is for you to rule in life right where you are, to tangibly manifest the qualities of His kingdom and bring Him glory. When God places people in your life who are in need, He is aware of what they lack, and He knows He has given you the resources to meet those needs. He blesses you in the midst of the storm. He is developing a "supply depot" in your life through which He can provide for others. He has releases you from sinful habits? It may surprise you to know what others consider to be your treasure. Don't miss God's activity because you're reluctant to carry the load of others. We must allow the Holy Spirit to produce in us holy, sanctified life.

When Exercising Your gift

Pay close attention to yourself and to your teaching; persevere in these things
1 Timothy 4:16a

Once upon a time, the animal decide they should do something meaningful to meet the problem of the new world. So they organized a school.
They adopted an activity curriculum of running, climbing, swimming, and flying. To make it easier to administer the curriculum, all the animals took all the subjects
The duck was excellent in swimming; in fact, better than his instructor. But he made only passing grade in flying, and was very poor in running. Since he was slow in running, he had to drop swimming and stay after school to practice running. This caused his web feet to be  badly worn, so that he was only average in swimming. But average was quite acceptable, no nobody worried about that except the duck.
The rabbit started at the top of his class in running but developed a nervous twitch in his leg muscle because of so much make-up work in swimming. The squirrel was excellent in climbing, but he encountered constant frustration in flying class because his teacher made him start from ground up instead of from the treetop down. He developed "Charlie horses" from over exertion, and so only got a C in climbing and D in running.
The eagle was a problem child and was severely disciplined for being a non-conformist. In climbing classes he beat all the other to the top of the tree, but insisted on using his own way to get there.
The moral of the story? Each of us has God - given abilities in which we excel, and we shouldn't try filling a mold that doesn't fit. A duck can't run like a rabbit, but neither can rabbit swim like a duck. So should the duck envy rabbit or feel guilty because it waddles during  running class?
Yet how often do we envy other's gift or feel ashamed because we can't witness as effectively as an evangelist or minister as tenderly as a mercy-giver? God has not made us all the same but has designed us with different interests and skills. Why? Because He loves variety and the body needs it see 1Cor.12:4-6,27).
So if you're a duck, don't neglect your strengths concentrate on swimming. Essentially, this is Paul is saying to his young pastor friend Timothy. Be faithful be Diligent! Now that you're on the path to discovering and using your gift take note of a couple of pitfall along the way that could trip you up and hinder your ministry. First: Guard against the "I am indispensable" attitude. As valuable as we are to the body of Christ's, as significant as our gift is in God's plan for His church, we are never indispensable. Christ's work doesn't rise and fall with our presence and our gifts. On the contrary, He can accomplish His will through someone else as well as through us. So express your gift with humble heart, understanding its limitation in addition to its values.

Cistern and Spring

For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
Jeremiah 2:13 (KJV)

Jesus said that rivers of living water would flow out of the lives of those who believe in Him. His living water would brim over from the well-spring of the spirit within us, quenching our thirst and touching the parched lives of those around us. The life of the Lord Jesus is a constantly flowing stream, a river even, keeping us flesh, filled, and satisfied.
We stop the flow, however, when we try to reservoir God's sring of living water in our lives. We become cistern holding tank for past victories or other people idea. At that point, we have forsaken the spri g of living water. We have tried to store that which cannot be saved, we tried to keep flowing. The result? Our lives lack freshness and freedom, and we become stagnant pool reflecting old experiences and tired testimonies.
God says that these cistern of our own making will break. What we try to save, we will lose. The warming is clear: Throw out the broken cisterns and get in the flow of God's spring of living water.

Effective righteous man

Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
James 5:16 (KJV)

Various cultures throughout the world either pray for, or to, the dead. I think I know why. It's because we aren't afraid to say what comes to our mind when we pray to the dead. Their ears are closed. They can't raise their eyebrows. They can't judge. Dead souls tell no tales.
But if we heed God's Word, our attention is to be paid to the live souls in our midst. And that's where we falter. But consider these words from James 5:16 "Therefore confess your sin to each other."
Aagh! What a terrible thought," we respond. Telling another Christian that we've lied or listed seems out of the question. "Why would we do that? Because other Christians are to pray for each other."
We confess our sins so that our brother can pray for us. Such prayer will assume complete trust, compassion, and acceptance. No judgement of any kind is mentioned by James. In fact, just the opposite. We are to pray for one another so that [we] may be healed. "
You see, when we sin our soul become sick. Just like when you come down with a cold, you aren't at full capacity. Prolonged unconfessed sin will eventually gnaw like a cancer and leave us virtually dead, spiritually. And when you feel that you at the point of no return, look at what James say next: "The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective."
Just think: if we turn our attention  to all the souls in need of confession, prayer, and healing, it would revitalize our churches and draw great number into the kingdom.

Hallowed be thy name

After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
Matthew 6:9 (KJV)

Our calling  christians is no glory to the name of God. God's name represent His character. Taking the name of God in n vain misrepresents God's character to others (Exod. 20:7). As a Christians, we carry the name of our Savior. The way we live and relate to others is a direct reflection on the name of christ.
Doing something "In Jesus' Name" is to do something that is in accordance with His character (John 15:16).It means that Jesus would be pleased to join n us in what we are doing. If, however, our actions detract from God's reputation, He will jealously guard His name of God's reputations of people but too littles; concerned with protecting the Holy name of God. When the Israelite profaned God's name before the nations by the way they lived, God "hallowed" His name:, He made His name holy by punishing them (Ezek 36:22). When David  sinned before his nation, God publicly disciplined him in order to protect the holiness of His name.
We can so tarnish the name father before our children that it hinders them from loving God as their heavenly father. We can be such unforgiving Christian  that our sinfulness discourages people  from seeking forgivesnes from our God. We can  show such disrespect for God as we worship Him that those observing lose their reverence of Him as well.
Our Supreme desire should be to glorify the name of God by way we live.
We ought to pray daily, as Jesus taught us to, that God's name be treated as Holy.

Telling History

Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged.
Isaiah 51:1 (KJV)

As Christian, we ought never to overlook our heritage. An awareness of our Christian heritage helps us to understand our identity, and it gives us sense of where God is leading us.
The Israelites had a rich heritage. Their nation began as a result of Abraham and Sarah's faithfulness. The generations that followed included Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph as their faithful leaders. God richly blessed His people and made them prosper. God continued to show favor on the Israelites by leading them out of Egypt into a prosperous land of their own. God established His nation through to provide strong leaders such as Moses Joshua, Gideon, Deborah, Samuel, David, and Solomon. He sent mighty prophets such as Elijah, Isaiah, and Jeremiah. Unfortunately, in Isaiah day, God's people had reached a point where they had  forgotten their heritage. They lived as spiritual papers rather than a heirs to a heritage and member of a royal priesthood.
Your spiritual heritage is even richer than that of Isaiah generation. Your spiritual ancestors include Mary the Mother of Jesus, John the Baptist, the disciple, the apostle Paul, and host of Saint down through the ages. Even more important, you look to Jesus as the author and finisher of your faith. (Heb. 12:2).You may have a family history of faithfulness that goes back several generations. Do you see the full pictures of God's redemptive work? God's plan involves you, just as it has included each Christian throughout the centuries. God wants you to participate in His continuing work to redeem a lost world. Your obedience this day will provide a legacy of faithfulness to the generation that follow, and telling History

Jesus Lover of my Soul

“All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.” Ecclesiastes 1:7 (KJV)

Everything sublunary is on the move, time knows nothing of rest. The solid earth is a rolling ball, and the great sun himself a star obediently fulfilling its course around some greater luminary. Tides move the sea, winds stir the airy ocean, friction wears the rock: change and death rule everywhere. The sea is not a miser’s storehouse for a wealth of waters, for as by one force the waters flow into it, by another they are lifted from it. Men are born but to die: everything is hurry, worry, and vexation of spirit. Friend of the unchanging Jesus, what a joy it is to reflect upon thy changeless heritage; thy sea of bliss which will be forever full, since God himself shall pour eternal rivers of pleasure into it. We seek an abiding city beyond the skies, and we shall not be disappointed. The passage before us may well teach us gratitude. Father Ocean is a great receiver, but he is a generous distributor. What the rivers bring him he returns to the earth in the form of clouds and rain. That man is out of joint with the universe who takes all but makes no return. To give to others is but sowing seed for ourselves. He who is so good a steward as to be willing to use his substance for his Lord, shall be entrusted with more. Friend of Jesus, art thou rendering to him according to the benefit received? Much has been given thee, what is thy fruit? Hast thou done all? Canst thou not do more? To be selfish is to be wicked. Suppose the ocean gave up none of its watery treasure, it would bring ruin upon our race. God forbid that any of us should follow the ungenerous and destructive policy of living unto ourselves. Jesus pleased not himself. All fulness dwells in him, but of his fulness have all we received. O for Jesus’ spirit, that henceforth we may live not unto. Seek him while he be found.

Abide in You

The trees of the Lord are full of sap.” Psalm 104:16 (KJV)

Without sap the tree cannot flourish or even exist. Vitality is essential to a Christian. There must be life—a vital principle infused into us by God the Holy Ghost, or we cannot be trees of the Lord. The mere name of being a Christian is but a dead thing, we must be filled with the spirit of divine life. This life is mysterious. We do not understand the circulation of the sap, by what force it rises, and by what power it descends again. So the life within us is a sacred mystery. Regeneration is wrought by the Holy Ghost entering into man and becoming man’s life; and this divine life in a believer afterwards feeds upon the flesh and blood of Christ and is thus sustained by divine food, but whence it cometh and whither it goeth who shall explain to us? What a secret thing the sap is! The roots go searching through the soil with their little spongioles, but we cannot see them suck out the various gases, or transmute the mineral into the vegetable; this work is done down in the dark. Our root is Christ Jesus, and our life is hid in him; this is the secret of the Lord. The radix of the Christian life is as secret as the life itself. How permanently active is the sap in the cedar! In the Christian the divine life is always full of energy—not always in fruit-bearing, but in inward operations. The believer’s graces are not every one of them in constant motion, but his life never ceases to palpitate within. He is not always working for God, but his heart is always living upon him. As the sap manifests itself in producing the foliage and fruit of the tree, so with a truly healthy Christian, his grace is externally manifested in his walk and conversation. If you talk with him, he cannot help speaking about Jesus. If you notice his actions you will see that he has been with Jesus. He has so much sap within, that it must fill his conduct and conversation with life.

Do You Know The Ability Of God?

Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, Ephesians 3:20 (KJV)

Knowing the ability of God in your life puts away all doubts and worries. God is the creator of the heaven and earth and everything therein. The creation story in Genesis chapter 1 and 2 is not just a onetime event. It is a continual process because God has not stopped creating. Just like the first time, He does not want anyone to see Him when He is creating. He prefers to finish it and calls man to see what He has done. Dear beloved, God’s ability is infinite; it cannot be measured. Just believe continually in His promises and proclaim them in your life every day; and truly He will exceed your request and imagination. Think of what He did for Abraham, Isaac, Mary, King David, and Joseph and be convinced that He will also do it for you. Hallelujah!

The Heaven's Are Opened!

And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:
Matthew 3:16 (KJV)

Following divinely appointed leadership leads to a fulfilled destination. Jesus Christ is the divinely appointed leader for humanity. He is God that was why the heavens were opened after His baptism to indicate that He is the Messiah, the anointed One. When you believe in Him, confess Him as Lord and personal Saviour and follow Him, the heavens will be opened to you. This means that you have God and angelic support for everything you undertake under the sun. You will make progress in your life, business, job, family, and the nation as a whole. Dear beloved, let somebody know about Jesus Christ and the benefits of following Him and you will be saving a soul and the heavens will continually support you. Hallelujah!

Choose What Is Better!

It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man. Psalms 118:8 (KJV)

Trusting God is taking refuge in Him. He is a strong tower the righteous run to Him and are safe, Proverbs 18:10. In the new dispensation Jesus Christ is the one God has given to all humanity but some have not taken advantage of this Gift. Due to this, some people are struggling and suffering in ignorance. Dear beloved, a human being can fail you; for example, if he dies after making several promises to you, who is likely to fulfil his numerous promises after his death? Take refuge in the Lord Jesus Christ, put your confidence in Him and His Word and you will never regret it. He is able to do more than we even ask or think, Ephesians 3:20. Hallelujah!

Do You Know To Overcome?

Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
1 John 4:4 (KJV)

Living in the knowledge of God’s Word leads to a continual victory. The opening Scripture reveals who the children of God are. They proceeded from God and have overcome the world. The world of sin, wickedness, darkness, suffering and the like can be overcome. The moment you believe in Jesus Christ and confess Him as Lord and personal Saviour, you are born into God’s family and God comes to live in you in the person of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the glory of God and He gives you the power to conquer sin, the devil, demons, wickedness, suffering, darkness, and the like. Therefore, never be discouraged in life; get to know the Holy Spirit through the Holy Scriptures, cooperate and fellowship with Him, and you will live a life of continual victory. Hallelujah!

Cast your care He care for you!

Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts?”
Luke 24:38 (KJV)

“Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest O Israel, my way is hid from the Lord, and my judgment is passed over from my God?” The Lord cares for all things, and the meanest creatures share in his universal providence, but his particular providence is over his saints. “The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him.” “Precious shall their blood be in his sight.” “Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.” “We know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them that are the called according to his purpose.” Let the fact that, while he is the Saviour of all men, he is specially the Saviour of them that believe, cheer and comfort you. You are his peculiar care; his regal treasure which he guards as the apple of his eye; his vineyard over which he watches day and night. “The very hairs of your head are all numbered.” Let the thought of his special love to you be a spiritual pain-killer, a dear quietus to your woe: “I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.” God says that as much to you as to any saint of old. “Fear not, I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.” We lose much consolation by the habit of reading his promises for the whole church, instead of taking them directly home to ourselves. Believer, grasp the divine word with a personal, appropriating faith. Think that you hear Jesus say, “I have prayed for thee that thy faith fail not.” Think you see him walking on the waters of thy trouble, for he is there, and he is saying, “Fear not, it is I; be not afraid.” Oh, those sweet words of Christ! May the Holy Ghost make you feel them as spoken to you; forget others for awhile—accept the voice of Jesus as addressed to you, and say, “Jesus whispers consolation; I cannot refuse it; I will sit under his shadow with great delight.”

Weight your Action

Create A Balance Life For Yourself! A just weight and balance are the Lord's: all the weights of the bag are his work.
Proverbs 16:11 (KJV)

A balance is the state of having your weight spread equally so that you do not fall. It is also defined as the instrument for weighing. The Complete Jewish Bible quotes the opening Scripture as, “The balance and scales of justice have their origin in Adonai; all the weights in the bag are his doing.” The Almighty God has His own scale or balance of justice to weigh the actions of His children and the people in the world. He does this to reward those who are doing righteousness and punish those who are doing wickedness. It is vital that Christians weigh their actions or work on daily basis to determine whether they deserve to be blessed abundantly by God. Use the Word of God to weigh your life to see whether you are being a blessing to people or stumbling block to them. If your life is a blessing to others, then you have no course to worry because the LORD will surely reward you. Hallelujah! Share.

IN ALL THING

Grow up into him in all things.”
Ephesians 4:15 (KJV)

Many Christians remain stunted and dwarfed in spiritual things, so as to present the same appearance year after year. No up-springing of advanced and refined feeling is manifest in them. They exist but do not “grow up into him in all things.” But should we rest content with being in the “green blade,” when we might advance to “the ear,” and eventually ripen into the “full corn in the ear?” Should we be satisfied to believe in Christ, and to say, “I am safe,” without wishing to know in our own experience more of the fulness which is to be found in him. It should not be so; we should, as good traders in heaven’s market, covet to be enriched in the knowledge of Jesus. It is all very well to keep other men’s vineyards, but we must not neglect our own spiritual growth and ripening. Why should it always be winter time in our hearts? We must have our seed time, it is true, but O for a spring time—yea, a summer season, which shall give promise of an early harvest. If we would ripen in grace, we must live near to Jesus—in his presence—ripened by the sunshine of his smiles. We must hold sweet communion with him. We must leave the distant view of his face and come near, as John did, and pillow our head on his breast; then shall we find ourselves advancing in holiness, in love, in faith, in hope—yea, in every precious gift. As the sun rises first on mountain-tops and gilds them with his light, and presents one of the most charming sights to the eye of the traveller; so is it one of the most delightful contemplations in the world to mark the glow of the Spirit’s light on the head of some saint, who has risen up in spiritual stature, like Saul, above his fellows, till, like a mighty Alp, snow-capped, he reflects first among the chosen, the beams of the Sun of Righteousness, and bears the sheen of his effulgence high aloft for all to see, and seeing it, to glorify his Father which is in heaven.

The God of My Salvation

God, my maker, who giveth songs in the night.”
Job 35:10 (KJV)

Any man can sing in the day. When the cup is full, man draws inspiration from it. When wealth rolls in abundance around him, any man can praise the God who gives a plenteous harvest or sends home a loaded argosy. It is easy enough for an Aeolian harp to whisper music when the winds blow—the difficulty is for music to swell forth when no wind is stirring. It is easy to sing when we can read the notes by daylight; but he is skilful who sings when there is not a ray of light to read by—who sings from his heart. No man can make a song in the night of himself; he may attempt it, but he will find that a song in the night must be divinely inspired. Let all things go well, I can weave songs, fashioning them wherever I go out of the flowers that grow upon my path; but put me in a desert, where no green thing grows, and wherewith shall I frame a hymn of praise to God? How shall a mortal man make a crown for the Lord where no jewels are? Let but this voice be clear, and this body full of health, and I can sing God’s praise: silence my tongue, lay me upon the bed of languishing, and how shall I then chant God’s high praises, unless he himself give me the song? No, it is not in man’s power to sing when all is adverse, unless an altar-coal shall touch his lip. It was a divine song, which Habakkuk sang, when in the night he said, “Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.” Then, since our Maker gives songs in the night, let us wait upon him for the music. O thou chief musician, let us not remain songless because affliction is upon us, but tune thou our lips to the melody of thanksgiving.

The Lord Goodness Endure Forever!

Thy paths drop fatness.”
Psalm 65:11 (KJV)

Many are “the paths of the Lord” which “drop fatness,” but an especial one is the path of prayer. No believer, who is much in the closet, will have need to cry, “My leanness, my leanness; woe unto me.” Starving souls live at a distance from the mercy- seat, and become like the parched fields in times of drought. Prevalence with God in wrestling prayer is sure to make the believer strong—if not happy. The nearest place to the gate of heaven is the throne of the heavenly grace. Much alone, and you will have much assurance; little alone with Jesus, your religion will be shallow, polluted with many doubts and fears, and not sparkling with the joy of the Lord. Since the soul-enriching path of prayer is open to the very weakest saint; since no high attainments are required; since you are not bidden to come because you are an advanced saint, but freely invited if you be a saint at all; see to it, dear reader, that you are often in the way of private devotion. Be much on your knees, for so Elijah drew the rain upon famished Israel’s fields. There is another especial path dropping with fatness to those who walk therein, it is the secret walk of communion. Oh! the delights of fellowship with Jesus! Earth hath no words which can set forth the holy calm of a soul leaning on Jesus’ bosom. Few Christians understand it, they live in the lowlands and seldom climb to the top of Nebo: they live in the outer court, they enter not the holy place, they take not up the privilege of priesthood. At a distance they see the sacrifice, but they sit not down with the priest to eat thereof, and to enjoy the fat of the burnt offering. But, reader, sit thou ever under the shadow of Jesus; come up to that palm tree, and take hold of the branches thereof; let thy beloved be unto thee as the apple-tree among the trees of the wood, and thou shalt be satisfied as with marrow and fatness. O Jesus, visit us with thy salvation!

Your faith moves God

He shall gather the lambs with his arm.” Isaiah 40:11 (KJV)

Our good Shepherd has in his flock a variety of experiences, some are strong in the Lord, and others are weak in faith, but he is impartial in his care for all his sheep, and the weakest lamb is as dear to him as the most advanced of the flock. Lambs are wont to lag behind, prone to wander, and apt to grow weary, but from all the danger of these infirmities the Shepherd protects them with his arm of power. He finds new-born souls, like young lambs, ready to perish—he nourishes them till life becomes vigorous; he finds weak minds ready to faint and die—he consoles them and renews their strength. All the little ones he gathers, for it is not the will of our heavenly Father that one of them should perish. What a quick eye he must have to see them all! What a tender heart to care for them all! What a far- reaching and potent arm, to gather them all! In his lifetime on earth he was a great gatherer of the weaker sort, and now that he dwells in heaven, his loving heart yearns towards the meek and contrite, the timid and feeble, the fearful and fainting here below. How gently did he gather me to himself, to his truth, to his blood, to his love, to his church! With what effectual grace did he compel me to come to himself! Since my first conversion, how frequently has he restored me from my wanderings, and once again folded me within the circle of his everlasting arm! The best of all is, that he does it all himself personally, not delegating the task of love, but condescending himself to rescue and preserve his most unworthy servant. How shall I love him enough or serve him worthily? I would fain make his name great unto the ends of the earth, but what can my feebleness do for him? Great Shepherd, add to thy mercies this one other, a heart to love thee more truly as I ought.

Fountain of Life

“With thee is the fountain of life.”
Psalm 36:9 (KJV)

There are times in our spiritual experience when human counsel or sympathy, or religious ordinances, fail to comfort or help us. Why does our gracious God permit this? Perhaps it is because we have been living too much without him, and he therefore takes away everything upon which we have been in the habit of depending, that he may drive us to himself. It is a blessed thing to live at the fountain head. While our skin- bottles are full, we are content, like Hagar and Ishmael, to go into the wilderness; but when those are dry, nothing will serve us but “Thou God seest me.” We are like the prodigal, we love the swine-troughs and forget our Father’s house. Remember, we can make swine-troughs and husks even out of the forms of religion; they are blessed things, but we may put them in God’s place, and then they are of no value. Anything becomes an idol when it keeps us away from God: even the brazen serpent is to be despised as “Nehushtan,” if we worship it instead of God. The prodigal was never safer than when he was driven to his father’s bosom, because he could find sustenance nowhere else. Our Lord favours us with a famine in the land that it may make us seek after himself the more. The best position for a Christian is living wholly and directly on God’s grace—still abiding where he stood at first—“Having nothing, and yet possessing all things.” Let us never for a moment think that our standing is in our sanctification, our mortification, our graces, or our feelings, but know that because Christ offered a full atonement, therefore we are saved; for we are complete in him. Having nothing of our own to trust to, but resting upon the merits of Jesus—his passion and holy life furnish us with the only sure ground of confidence. Beloved, when we are brought to a thirsting condition, we are sure to turn to the fountain of life with eagerness

Your love abide in Him

But who may abide the day of his coming?” Malachi 3:2 (KJV)

His first coming was without external pomp or show of power, and yet in truth there were few who could abide its testing might. Herod and all Jerusalem with him were stirred at the news of the wondrous birth. Those who supposed themselves to be waiting for him, showed the fallacy of their professions by rejecting him when he came. His life on earth was a winnowing fan, which tried the great heap of religious profession, and few enough could abide the process. But what will his second advent be? What sinner can endure to think of it? “He shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.” When in his humiliation he did but say to the soldiers, “I am he,” they fell backward; what will be the terror of his enemies when he shall more fully reveal himself as the “I am?” His death shook earth and darkened heaven, what shall be the dreadful splendour of that day in which as the living Saviour, he shall summon the quick and dead before him? O that the terrors of the Lord would persuade men to forsake their sins and kiss the Son lest he be angry! Though a lamb, he is yet the lion of the tribe of Judah, rending the prey in pieces; and though he breaks not the bruised reed, yet will he break his enemies with a rod of iron, and dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel. None of his foes shall bear up before the tempest of his wrath, or hide themselves from the sweeping hail of his indignation; but his beloved blood washed people look for his appearing with joy, and hope to abide it without fear: to them he sits as a refiner even now, and when he has tried them they shall come forth as gold. Let us search ourselves this morning and make our calling and election sure, so that the coming of the Lord may cause no dark forebodings in our mind. O for grace to cast away all hypocrisy, and to be found of him sincere and without rebuke in the day of his appearing.

Can you believe!

Can You Believe? Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth. Mark 9:23 (KJV)

Jesus Christ knows all the secrets in heaven and earth. In His response to the man who brought his son to the disciples to cast the dump spirit out, Jesus asked him to believe. The man lost hope and faith because the disciples of Jesus Christ could not cast the evil spirit out. This man took Jesus’ words seriously and believed and he received the miracle he so much desired for his son. Dear beloved, take the opening Scripture seriously and meditate on it. All things will become possible for you when you believe the Word of God for solution. Search the Holy Scriptures for all the things you need and believe that God will bring them to pass in your life. Keep believing and confessing these Holy Scriptures every day and the Holy Spirit will bring them to pass in your life. God will never fail you.

The Spirit Man

Godly sorrow worketh repentance.”
2Corinthians 7:10 (KJV)

Genuine, spiritual mourning for sin is the work of the Spirit of God. Repentance is too choice a flower to grow in nature’s garden. Pearls grow naturally in oysters, but penitence never shows itself in sinners except divine grace works it in them. If thou hast one particle of real hatred for sin, God must have given it thee, for human nature’s thorns never produced a single fig. “That which is born of the flesh is flesh.” True repentance has a distinct reference to the Saviour. When we repent of sin, we must have one eye upon sin and another upon the cross, or it will be better still if we fix both our eyes upon Christ and see our transgressions only, in the light of his love. True sorrow for sin is eminently practical. No man may say he hates sin, if he lives in it. Repentance makes us see the evil of sin, not merely as a theory, but experimentally—as a burnt child dreads fire. We shall be as much afraid of it, as a man who has lately been stopped and robbed is afraid of the thief upon the highway; and we shall shun it—shun it in everything—not in great things only, but in little things, as men shun little vipers as well as great snakes. True mourning for sin will make us very jealous over our tongue, lest it should say a wrong word; we shall be very watchful over our daily actions, lest in anything we offend, and each night we shall close the day with painful confessions of shortcoming, and each morning awaken with anxious prayers, that this day God would hold us up that we may not sin against him.

Waiting is Worship

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 (KJV)

Knowing the secret of success will keep you winning the battles of life. One of the secrets of success is learning to wait on the LORD. Waiting is a period you separate yourself from the crowd to engage God alone. In this atmosphere you fast, pray, study the Word of God, reflect on your life, your relationship with God, the things you have done for God, and received from God to prepare for the future. During waiting God renews your spiritual strength for you to advance in your next project.  You become unstoppable; you don’t become tired in your journey until you have accomplished the task assigned to you. Jesus Christ waited on God for forty days and forty nights and His ministry kept winning, Mathew 4:1-11. Dear beloved, learn to wait on God and you will never be the same. Hallelujah.

"Glorious Promises"

And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible.”
Jeremiah 15:21

Note the glorious personality of the promise. I will, I will. The Lord Jehovah himself interposes to deliver and redeem his people. He pledges himself personally to rescue them. His own arm shall do it, that he may have the glory. Here is not a word said of any effort of our own which may be needed to assist the Lord. Neither our strength nor our weakness is taken into the account, but the lone I, like the sun in the heavens, shines out resplendent in all-sufficience. Why then do we calculate our forces, and consult with flesh and blood to our grievous wounding? Jehovah has power enough without borrowing from our puny arm. Peace, ye unbelieving thoughts, be still, and know that the Lord reigneth. Nor is there a hint concerning secondary means and causes. The Lord says nothing of friends and helpers: he undertakes the work alone, and feels no need of human arms to aid him. Vain are all our lookings around to companions and relatives; they are broken reeds if we lean upon them—often unwilling when able, and unable when they are willing. Since the promise comes alone from God, it would be well to wait only upon him; and when we do so, our expectation never fails us. Who are the wicked that we should fear them? The Lord will utterly consume them; they are to be pitied rather than feared. As for terrible ones, they are only terrors to those who have no God to fly to, for when the Lord is on our side, whom shall we fear? If we run into sin to please the wicked, we have cause to be alarmed, but if we hold fast our integrity, the rage of tyrants shall be overruled for our good. When the fish swallowed Jonah, he found him a morsel which he could not digest; and when the world devours the church, it is glad to be rid of it again. In all times of fiery trial, in patience let us possess our souls.

"Your faith move God"

But he answered her not a word.” Matthew 15:23(KJV)

Genuine seekers who as yet have not obtained the blessing, may take comfort from the story before us. The Saviour did not at once bestow the blessing, even though the woman had great faith in him. He intended to give it, but he waited awhile. “He answered her not a word.” Were not her prayers good? Never better in the world. Was not her case needy? Sorrowfully needy. Did she not feel her need sufficiently? She felt it overwhelmingly. Was she not earnest enough? She was intensely so. Had she no faith? She had such a high degree of it that even Jesus wondered, and said, “O woman, great is thy faith.” See then, although it is true that faith brings peace, yet it does not always bring it instantaneously. There may be certain reasons calling for the trial of faith, rather than the reward of faith. Genuine faith may be in the soul like a hidden seed, but as yet it may not have budded and blossomed into joy and peace. A painful silence from the Saviour is the grievous trial of many a seeking soul, but heavier still is the affliction of a harsh cutting reply such as this, “It is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it to dogs.” Many in waiting upon the Lord find immediate delight, but this is not the case with all. Some, like the jailer, are in a moment turned from darkness to light, but others are plants of slower growth. A deeper sense of sin may be given to you instead of a sense of pardon, and in such a case you will have need of patience to bear the heavy blow. Ah! poor heart, though Christ beat and bruise thee, or even slay thee, trust him; though he should give thee an angry word, believe in the love of his heart. Do not, I beseech thee, give up seeking or trusting my Master, because thou hast not yet obtained the conscious joy which thou longest for. Cast thyself on him, and perseveringly depend even where thou canst not rejoicingly hope.

Keep Shining

Keep Shining! Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. Matthew 5:16 (KJV)

Christianity is not a religion; it is the life of God expressed in the human body. God has a culture and this culture is in His Word. He wants His children to think, speak, and act like Him. This is only possible when we develop the attitude of obedience to His Word. It will be impossible to obey when we don’t meditate on the Word of God and allow it to dwell in us richly, Colossians 3:16. Dear beloved, you can shine good works wherever you find yourself; in your family, school, job, society, etc. Treat people with respect, be kind, and help people become what God wants them to be and God will be glorified. When people continually glorify God for your life, God will always delight in you and bless you bountifully. Hallelujah! Be Blessed!

Don't Be Complacent!

Don’t Be Complacent! 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 (KJV)

When you stop growing you start dying. The Almighty God made us to continually grow to maturity and attain the stature of Christ Jesus, Ephesians 4:13-16. As a child of God, you have to make up your mind to grow continually in spirit, soul, and body so that you can achieve a lot for God. Learn from Apostle Paul in order not to be complacent over your current height or achievement. There are more to do in the Kingdom of God; there are also new things to learn from God every day. Just take the Holy Scriptures and meditate on them and you will discover that God has something good for you every day. As long as you are still on this earth, make your life exciting by setting new goals and outdoing your past. Grow, develop new skills, do greater works for the Lord, and make the lives of others better and your life will be filled with countless testimonies. Hallelujah! Be Blessed!

Strange choice of Moses

He had married an Ethiopian woman.” Numbers 12:1 (KJV)

Strange choice of Moses, but how much more strange the choice of him who is a prophet like unto Moses, and greater than he! Our Lord, who is fair as the lily, has entered into marriage union with one who confesses herself to be black, because the sun has looked upon her. It is the wonder of angels that the love of Jesus should be set upon poor, lost, guilty men. Each believer must, when filled with a sense of Jesus’ love, be also overwhelmed with astonishment that such love should be lavished on an object so utterly unworthy of it. Knowing as we do our secret guiltiness, unfaithfulness, and black-heartedness, we are dissolved in grateful admiration of the matchless freeness and sovereignty of grace. Jesus must have found the cause of his love in his own heart, he could not have found it in us, for it is not there. Even since our conversion we have been black, though grace has made us comely. Holy Rutherford said of himself what we must each subscribe to—“His relation to me is, that I am sick, and he is the Physician of whom I stand in need. Alas! how often I play fast and loose with Christ! He bindeth, I loose; he buildeth, I cast down; I quarrel with Christ, and he agreeth with me twenty times a day!” Most tender and faithful Husband of our souls, pursue thy gracious work of conforming us to thine image, till thou shalt present even us poor Ethiopians unto thyself, without spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing. Moses met with opposition because of his marriage, and both himself and his spouse were the subjects of an evil eye. Can we wonder if this vain world opposes Jesus and his spouse, and especially when great sinners are converted? for this is ever the Pharisee’s ground of objection, “This man receiveth sinners.” Still is the old cause of quarrel revived, “Because he had married an Ethiopian woman.”

Remember Your First Love

As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
John 15:9 (KJV)

Love is one of the attributes of God and this attribute is very powerful to save because everyone wants to be loved. The yardstick of love is to do it the way our heavenly Father and Jesus Christ did it. Their love toward us was a sacrificial love and Jesus Christ wants us to continue in this kind of love toward one another. Sacrificial love or agape love does not stop for any reason, it continues forever. Therefore, we must say someone did not respond to our love or hurt us so we are not going to show love to anyone anymore. We should continue demonstrating love to everyone, especially those in the household of faith; this is the only we can continue to receive love from others because what we sow is definitely what we will reap. May you receive more grace to continue in the love of God no matter what!

What Do You Need in this World?

But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. Knowing where to find solutions to your needs puts an end to toil and struggles. The Holy Scriptures provide answers or solutions to all the needs of the children of God. In the opening Scripture, we see Jesus Christ confronting the devil with the Word of God. He overcame all the temptations of the devil with the Holy Scriptures. Dear beloved, what needs do you have? It could be a job, food, clothing, marriage, a child, etc. The Holy Scriptures have all the solutions for them; search the Scriptures and find the Word of God for that need. After finding it, meditate on it, declare it continually by faith, observe to do it, and it will produce the result you desire. Remember that it takes patience to receive from God, therefore, don’t be in a rush; stay focus on God and He will come through for you. Hallelujah!

WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH JESUS!

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
John 3:16 (KJV)

The most precious gift that God gave to mankind is Jesus Christ of Nazareth. God is so holy that without Salvation through Jesus Christ, no man or woman could approach God. Even though God gave Jesus Christ to mankind, not everyone has received Him; some have rejected Him. For those who have received Him, what are you doing with Jesus Christ? When Jesus Christ comes into your life, He transforms your life so that you can be a blessing to others. Dear beloved, get intimate with Jesus Christ through the Holy Scriptures, know Him and the value of His name. Use His name to get things done, “And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up serpents with their hands; and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover”, Mark 16:17-18. God is expectant to receive the fruits of Salvation from you, therefore, don’t let Him down. May you receive grace and enlightenment to produce and give back to God the precious gift you have received from Him. Hallelujah! Bless His Name!

HIS WORD MY SWORD

The hope which is laid up for you in heaven.”
Colossians 1:5(KJV)

Our hope in Christ for the future is the mainspring and the mainstay of our joy here. It will animate our hearts to think often of heaven, for all that we can desire is promised there. Here we are weary and toilworn, but yonder is the land of rest where the sweat of labour shall no more bedew the worker’s brow, and fatigue shall be forever banished. To those who are weary and spent, the word “rest” is full of heaven. We are always in the field of battle; we are so tempted within, and so molested by foes without, that we have little or no peace; but in heaven we shall enjoy the victory, when the banner shall be waved aloft in triumph, and the sword shall be sheathed, and we shall hear our Captain say, “Well done, good and faithful servant.” We have suffered bereavement after bereavement, but we are going to the land of the immortal where graves are unknown things. Here sin is a constant grief to us, but there we shall be perfectly holy, for there shall by no means enter into that kingdom anything which defileth. Hemlock springs not up in the furrows of celestial fields. Oh! is it not joy, that you are not to be in banishment forever, that you are not to dwell eternally in this wilderness, but shall soon inherit Canaan? Nevertheless let it never be said of us, that we are dreaming about the future and forgetting the present, let the future sanctify the present to highest uses. Through the Spirit of God the hope of heaven is the most potent force for the product of virtue; it is a fountain of joyous effort, it is the corner stone of cheerful holiness. The man who has this hope in him goes about his work with vigour, for the joy of the Lord is his strength. He fights against temptation with ardour, for the hope of the next world repels the fiery darts of the adversary. He can labour without present reward, for he looks for a reward in the world to come.

"O my Belove"

Pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.”
Song of Solomon 7:13 (KJV)

The spouse desires to give to Jesus all that she produces. Our heart has “all manner of pleasant fruits,” both “old and new,” and they are laid up for our Beloved. At this rich autumnal season of fruit, let us survey our stores. We have new fruits. We desire to feel new life, new joy, new gratitude; we wish to make new resolves and carry them out by new labours; our heart blossoms with new prayers, and our soul is pledging herself to new efforts. But we have some old fruits too. There is our first love: a choice fruit that! and Jesus delights in it. There is our first faith: that simple faith by which, having nothing, we became possessors of all things. There is our joy when first we knew the Lord: let us revive it. We have our old remembrances of the promises. How faithful has God been! In sickness, how softly did he make our bed! In deep waters, how placidly did he buoy us up! In the flaming furnace, how graciously did he deliver us. Old fruits, indeed! We have many of them, for his mercies have been more than the hairs of our head. Old sins we must regret, but then we have had repentances which he has given us, by which we have wept our way to the cross, and learned the merit of his blood. We have fruits, this morning, both new and old; but here is the point—they are all laid up for Jesus. Truly, those are the best and most acceptable services in which Jesus is the solitary aim of the soul, and his glory, without any admixture whatever, the end of all our efforts. Let our many fruits be laid up only for our Beloved; let us display them when he is with us, and not hold them up before the gaze of men. Jesus, we will turn the key in our garden door, and none shall enter to rob thee of one good fruit from the soil which thou hast watered with thy bloody sweat. Our all shall be thine, thine only, O Jesus, our Beloved!

Praise Him

Sing forth the honour of his name, make his praise glorious.”
Psalm 66:2 (KJV)

It is not left to our own option whether we shall praise God or not. Praise is God’s most righteous due, and every Christian, as the recipient of his grace, is bound to praise God from day to day. It is true we have no authoritative rubric for daily praise; we have no commandment prescribing certain hours of song and thanksgiving: but the law written upon the heart teaches us that it is right to praise God; and the unwritten mandate comes to us with as much force as if it had been recorded on the tables of stone, or handed to us from the top of thundering Sinai. Yes, it is the Christian’s duty to praise God. It is not only a pleasurable exercise, but it is the absolute obligation of his life. Think not ye who are always mourning, that ye are guiltless in this respect, or imagine that ye can discharge your duty to your God without songs of praise. You are bound by the bonds of his love to bless his name so long as you live, and his praise should continually be in your mouth, for you are blessed, in order that you may bless him; “this people have I formed for myself, they shall show forth my praise”; and if you do not praise God, you are not bringing forth the fruit which he, as the Divine Husbandman, has a right to expect at your hands. Let not your harp then hang upon the willows, but take it down, and strive, with a grateful heart, to bring forth its loudest music. Arise and chant his praise. With every morning’s dawn, lift up your notes of thanksgiving, and let every setting sun be followed with your song. Girdle the earth with your praises; surround it with an atmosphere of melody, and God himself will hearken from heaven and accept your music. “E'en so I love thee, and will love, And in thy praise will sing, Because thou art my loving God, And my redeeming King.”

"Go Again Seven Times"

Go again seven times.”
1 Kings 18:43

Success is certain when the Lord has promised it. Although you may have pleaded month after month without evidence of answer, it is not possible that the Lord should be deaf when his people are earnest in a matter which concerns his glory. The prophet on the top of Carmel continued to wrestle with God, and never for a moment gave way to a fear that he should be non-suited in Jehovah’s courts. Six times the servant returned, but on each occasion no word was spoken but “Go again.” We must not dream of unbelief, but hold to our faith even to seventy times seven. Faith sends expectant hope to look from Carmel’s brow, and if nothing is beheld, she sends again and again. So far from being crushed by repeated disappointment, faith is animated to plead more fervently with her God. She is humbled, but not abashed: her groans are deeper, and her sighings more vehement, but she never relaxes her hold or stays her hand. It would be more agreeable to flesh and blood to have a speedy answer, but believing souls have learned to be submissive, and to find it good to wait for as well as upon the Lord. Delayed answers often set the heart searching itself, and so lead to contrition and spiritual reformation: deadly blows are thus struck at our corruption, and the chambers of imagery are cleansed. The great danger is lest men should faint, and miss the blessing. Reader, do not fall into that sin, but continue in prayer and watching. At last the little cloud was seen, the sure forerunner of torrents of rain, and even so with you, the token for good shall surely be given, and you shall rise as a prevailing prince to enjoy the mercy you have sought. Elijah was a man of like passions with us: his power with God did not lie in his own merits. If his believing prayer availed so much, why not yours? Plead the precious blood with unceasing importunity, and it shall be with you according to your desire.

ARE YOU STILL WASTING YOUR TIME?

Are You Still Wasting Your Time? See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
Ephesians 5:15-16 (KJV)

Making your time profitable puts you ahead of those who are wasting their time. Time is a resource. It was created by God for mankind to use. There are twelve hours of day and twelve hours of night- these make up twenty four hours a full day. The Word of God wants us to be wise and use time profitably to enhance our life and do the work of God. We are here on earth to serve God and keep the activities on earth alive in righteousness. It is virtually impossible to go back to your twenty years of age when you are already thirty years. Therefore open your eyes, ears, and heart to discern the opportunities that God makes available to you, because there are certain opportunities that cannot be redeemed when they are missed. Don’t allow anything waste your time or take your time without giving you the benefit for it. “Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil” (ESV). May the Lord guide you to use time wisely. Hallelujah! Remain Blessed! Share,

"Well done, good and faith Servant"

Howl, fir tree, for the cedar is fallen.” Zechariah 11:2

When in the forest there is heard the crash of a falling oak, it is a sign that the woodman is abroad, and every tree in the whole company may tremble lest to-morrow the sharp edge of the axe should find it out. We are all like trees marked for the axe, and the fall of one should remind us that for every one, whether great as the cedar, or humble as the fir, the appointed hour is stealing on apace. I trust we do not, by often hearing of death, become callous to it. May we never be like the birds in the steeple, which build their nests when the bells are tolling, and sleep quietly when the solemn funeral peals are startling the air. May we regard death as the most weighty of all events, and be sobered by its approach. It ill behoves us to sport while our eternal destiny hangs on a thread. The sword is out of its scabbard—let us not trifle; it is furbished, and the edge is sharp—let us not play with it. He who does not prepare for death is more than an ordinary fool, he is a madman. When the voice of God is heard among the trees of the garden, let fig tree and sycamore, and elm and cedar, alike hear the sound thereof. Be ready, servant of Christ, for thy Master comes on a sudden, when an ungodly world least expects him. See to it that thou be faithful in his work, for the grave shall soon be digged for thee. Be ready, parents, see that your children are brought up in the fear of God, for they must soon be orphans; be ready, men of business, take care that your affairs are correct, and that you serve God with all your hearts, for the days of your terrestrial service will soon be ended, and you will be called to give account for the deeds done in the body, whether they be good or whether they be evil. May we all prepare for the tribunal of the great King with a care which shall be rewarded with the gracious commendation, “Well done, good and faithful servant”

Jesus is Lord

Who of God is made unto us wisdom.” 1 Corinthians 1:30

Man’s intellect seeks after rest, and by nature seeks it apart from the Lord Jesus Christ. Men of education are apt, even when converted, to look upon the simplicities of the cross of Christ with an eye too little reverent and loving. They are snared in the old net in which the Grecians were taken, and have a hankering to mix philosophy with revelation. The temptation with a man of refined thought and high education is to depart from the simple truth of Christ crucified, and to invent, as the term is, a more intellectual doctrine. This led the early Christian churches into Gnosticism, and bewitched them with all sorts of heresies. This is the root of Neology, and the other fine things which in days gone by were so fashionable in Germany, and are now so ensnaring to certain classes of divines. Whoever you are, good reader, and whatever your education may be, if you be the Lord's, be assured you will find no rest in philosophizing divinity. You may receive this dogma of one great thinker, or that dream of another profound reasoner, but what the chaff is to the wheat, that will these be to the pure word of God. All that reason, when best guided, can find out is but the A B C of truth, and even that lacks certainty, while in Christ Jesus there is treasured up all the fulness of wisdom and knowledge. All attempts on the part of Christians to be content with systems such as Unitarian and Broad-church thinkers would approve of, must fail; true heirs of heaven must come back to the grandly simple reality which makes the ploughboy’s eye flash with joy, and gladens the pious pauper’s heart—“Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners.” Jesus satisfies the most elevated intellect when he is believingly received, but apart from him the mind of the regenerate discovers no rest. “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge.” “A good understanding have all they that do his commandments.”

Position Yourself For Generational Blessing!

Blessings! For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring: Isaiah 44:3 (KJV)

Parents can determine a great future for their children by simply positioning themselves for generational blessings from God. If you are a parent in the Lord, do all you can to enhance your fellowship with the Lord. Acknowledge your weakness and go to the Lord for strength. Be thirsty for righteousness and you shall be filled, Matthew 5:6. God has promised to flood your dry ground with blessings, pour His Spirit upon your seed, and His blessing upon your offspring. What a mighty God we serve! The knowledge of the opening Scripture in you will help you to make right choices because your good choices in the Lord will produce generational blessings for you. As a parent keep doing the work of God in love and faithfulness; thirst and hunger for His righteousness, do His righteousness, and your children and children’s children will be blessed. Hallelujah!

"Sleep but my heart waketh"

sleep, but my heart waketh.” Song of Solomon 5:2

Paradoxes abound in Christian experience, and here is one—the spouse was asleep, and yet she was awake. He only can read the believer’s riddle who has ploughed with the heifer of his experience. The two points in this evening’s text are—a mournful sleepiness and a hopeful wakefulness. I sleep. Through sin that dwelleth in us we may become lax in holy duties, slothful in religious exercises, dull in spiritual joys, and altogether supine and careless. This is a shameful state for one in whom the quickening Spirit dwells; and it is dangerous to the highest degree. Even wise virgins sometimes slumber, but it is high time for all to shake off the bands of sloth. It is to be feared that many believers lose their strength as Samson lost his locks, while sleeping on the lap of carnal security. With a perishing world around us, to sleep is cruel; with eternity so near at hand, it is madness. Yet we are none of us so much awake as we should be; a few thunder-claps would do us all good, and it may be, unless we soon bestir ourselves, we shall have them in the form of war, or pestilence, or personal bereavements and losses. O that we may leave forever the couch of fleshly ease, and go forth with flaming torches to meet the coming Bridegroom! My heart waketh. This is a happy sign. Life is not extinct, though sadly smothered. When our renewed heart struggles against our natural heaviness, we should be grateful to sovereign grace for keeping a little vitality within the body of this death. Jesus will hear our hearts, will help our hearts, will visit our hearts; for the voice of the wakeful heart is really the voice of our Beloved, saying, “Open to me.” Holy zeal will surely unbar the door. “Oh lovely attitude! He stands With melting heart and laden hands; My soul forsakes her every sin; And lets the heavenly stranger in.”

Ask For The Essential Things!

That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
Ephesians 1:17 (KJV)

Great leaders always make way for their followers to be great. Apostle Paul was a great leader in the ministry of the gospel of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. He planted many churches such as the church of Ephesus, Philippi, Corinth, etc. He wrote many of the epistles through wisdom and revelation from God, therefore, he prayed that his followers or the saints will receive the same spirit of wisdom and revelation to understand the knowledge of Christ. Dear beloved, let not this prayer remain only in the Bible; make it your prayer. Ask God to give you the spirit of wisdom and revelation so that you can understand the knowledge of Christ and all the Scriptures in the Bible. Understanding of the Word of God helps you to walk with God, do the work of God, relate very well with people, and be patient to receive all the promises of God concerning you. Hallelujah! Be An Overcomer!  

Divine Accepted in the beloved

Accepted in the beloved.”
Ephesians 1:6

What a state of privilege! It includes our justification before God, but the term “acceptance” in the Greek means more than that. It signifies that we are the objects of divine complacence, nay, even of divine delight. How marvellous that we, worms, mortals, sinners, should be the objects of divine love! But it is only “in the beloved.” Some Christians seem to be accepted in their own experience, at least, that is their apprehension. When their spirit is lively, and their hopes bright, they think God accepts them, for they feel so high, so heavenly-minded, so drawn above the earth! But when their souls cleave to the dust, they are the victims of the fear that they are no longer accepted. If they could but see that all their high joys do not exalt them, and all their low despondencies do not really depress them in their Father’s sight, but that they stand accepted in One who never alters, in One who is always the beloved of God, always perfect, always without spot or wrinkle, or any such thing, how much happier they would be, and how much more they would honour the Saviour! Rejoice then, believer, in this: thou art accepted “in the beloved.” Thou lookest within, and thou sayest, “There is nothing acceptable here!” But look at Christ, and see if there is not everything acceptable there. Thy sins trouble thee; but God has cast thy sins behind his back, and thou art accepted in the Righteous One. Thou hast to fight with corruption, and to wrestle with temptation, but thou art already accepted in him who has overcome the powers of evil. The devil tempts thee; be of good cheer, he cannot destroy thee, for thou art accepted in him who has broken Satan’s head. Know by full assurance thy glorious standing. Even glorified souls are not more accepted than thou art. They are only accepted in heaven “in the beloved,” and thou art even now accepted in Christ after the same manner.

The Rock of My Salvation

"I will rejoice over them to do them good.” Jeremiah 32:41(KJV)

How heart-cheering to the believer is the delight which God has in his saints! We cannot see any reason in ourselves why the Lord should take pleasure in us; we cannot take delight in ourselves, for we often have to groan, being burdened; conscious of our sinfulness, and deploring our unfaithfulness; and we fear that God’s people cannot take much delight in us, for they must perceive so much of our imperfections and our follies, that they may rather lament our infirmities than admire our graces. But we love to dwell upon this transcendent truth, this glorious mystery: that as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so does the Lord rejoice over us. We do not read anywhere that God delighteth in the cloud-capped mountains, or the sparkling stars, but we do read that he delighteth in the habitable parts of the earth, and that his delights are with the sons of men. We do not find it written that even angels give his soul delight; nor doth he say, concerning cherubim and seraphim, “Thou shalt be called Hephzibah, for the Lord delighteth in thee”; but he does say all that to poor fallen creatures like ourselves, debased and depraved by sin, but saved, exalted, and glorified by his grace. In what strong language he expresses his delight in his people! Who could have conceived of the eternal One as bursting forth into a song? Yet it is written, “He will rejoice over thee with joy, he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.” As he looked upon the world he had made, he said, “It is very good”; but when he beheld those who are the purchase of Jesus’ blood, his own chosen ones, it seemed as if the great heart of the Infinite could restrain itself no longer, but overflowed in divine exclamations of joy. Should not we utter our grateful response to such a marvellous declaration of his love, and sing, “I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation?”

Heavenly Father's Love

The liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free.”
Galatians 5:1

This “liberty” makes us free to heaven’s charter—the Bible. Here is a choice passage, believer, “When thou passest through the rivers, I will be with thee.” You are free to that. Here is another: “The mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed, but my kindness shall not depart from thee”; you are free to that. You are a welcome guest at the table of the promises. Scripture is a never-failing treasury filled with boundless stores of grace. It is the bank of heaven; you may draw from it as much as you please, without let or hindrance. Come in faith and you are welcome to all covenant blessings. There is not a promise in the Word which shall be withheld. In the depths of tribulations let this freedom comfort you; amidst waves of distress let it cheer you; when sorrows surround thee let it be thy solace. This is thy Father’s love-token; thou art free to it at all times. Thou art also free to the throne of grace. It is the believer’s privilege to have access at all times to his heavenly Father. Whatever our desires, our difficulties, our wants, we are at liberty to spread all before him. It matters not how much we may have sinned, we may ask and expect pardon. It signifies nothing how poor we are, we may plead his promise that he will provide all things needful. We have permission to approach his throne at all times—in midnight’s darkest hour, or in noontide’s most burning heat. Exercise thy right, O believer, and live up to thy privilege. Thou art free to all that is treasured up in Christ—wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption. It matters not what thy need is, for there is fulness of supply in Christ, and it is there for thee. O what a “freedom” is thine! freedom from condemnation, freedom to the promises, freedom to the throne of grace, and at last freedom to enter heaven!

Do You know The Word Of God?

So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
Isaiah 55:11 (KJV)

The amount of God’s Word in you determines the number of exploits in your life. The Word of God is God, hence, having enough Word of God in you programs you for success, John 1:1. The success only becomes effectual when you put the Word of God in you to work by confessing it and acting upon it. The Common English Bible quotes the opening Scripture as, “so is my word that comes from my mouth; it does not return to me empty. Instead, it does what I want, and accomplishes what I intend.” Dear beloved, the Word of God is loaded with power to give you what you desire. What are your needs in life? Look for Scriptures that address them and start confessing them now and continually; wait patiently and see God bring all of them to pass in His time. Never worry or complain, God is watching on His Word to perform in your life. Hallelujah! You Are An Overcomer! Share,

Are Your Thoughts Too Low?

Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
Matthew 6:25 (KJV)

The children of God are the light of the world and salt of the earth, Matthew 5:13-16. To be the true light and salt start with controlling our thoughts. There are many thoughts that will run through your mind in a day but make sure you sanctify your thoughts with the Word of God and hold onto the one that will benefit you and the next person. Jesus Christ said thoughts about food and clothing are too low. The Complete Jewish Bible quotes the opening Scripture as, “Therefore, I tell you, don’t worry about your life — what you will eat or drink; or about your body — what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food and the body more than clothing?” dear beloved, if God gives you life and sound body, don’t worry about food and clothing; He will definitely provide for you. Therefore, think about what you will do for God because He created you to do something for Him on earth. Pray and ask God what He wants you to do for Him and He will direct you to something good. Remember that we are here on earth to work for God to keep the earth busy with activities of godliness, righteousness, peace, joy, fruitfulness and the like. Hallelujah! Remain Blessed! Share,

God Has Not Stopped Creating!

God Has Not Stopped Creating! Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.
Isaiah 54:16 (KJV)

God Almighty created the heavens and the earth and everything therein. The children of God are to take note of the fact that the creation event is not a onetime event. God as the creator has always been creating new things in heaven and on earth. He is God and will not call human beings to witness what He is creating. Remember that He uses the night where everyone has gone to sleep to renew the earth. The complete Jewish Bible quotes the opening Scripture as, “It is I who created the craftsman who blows on the coals and forges weapons suited to their purpose; I also created the destroyer to work havoc.” Never think that the skills you have acquired are by your own enablement. It is God who gave you the life, energy, and resources to develop them, therefore, use them to the glory of God and let humanity benefit from them. Don’t allow the destroyer, the devil, use your skills to wreak havoc on people. Be wise and be an instrument of good in the hand of God. Hallelujah! Be An Overcomer!

In troublesome sometimes

Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?”
Job 7:12 (KJV)

This was a strange question for Job to ask of the Lord. He felt himself to be too insignificant to be so strictly watched and chastened, and he hoped that he was not so unruly as to need to be so restrained. The enquiry was natural from one surrounded with such insupportable miseries, but after all, it is capable of a very humbling answer. It is true man is not the sea, but he is even more troublesome and unruly. The sea obediently respects its boundary, and though it be but a belt of sand, it does not overleap the limit. Mighty as it is, it hears the divine hitherto, and when most raging with tempest it respects the word; but self-willed man defies heaven and oppresses earth, neither is there any end to this rebellious rage. The sea, obedient to the moon, ebbs and flows with ceaseless regularity, and thus renders an active as well as a passive obedience; but man, restless beyond his sphere, sleeps within the lines of duty, indolent where he should be active. He will neither come nor go at the divine command, but sullenly prefers to do what he should not, and to leave undone that which is required of him. Every drop in the ocean, every beaded bubble, and every yeasty foam-flake, every shell and pebble, feel the power of law, and yield or move at once. O that our nature were but one thousandth part as much conformed to the will of God! We call the sea fickle and false, but how constant it is! Since our fathers’ days, and the old time before them, the sea is where it was, beating on the same cliffs to the same tune; we know where to find it, it forsakes not its bed, and changes not in its ceaseless boom; but where is man-vain, fickle man? Can the wise man guess by what folly he will next be seduced from his obedience? We need more watching than the billowy sea, and are far more rebellious. Lord, rule us for thine own glory. Amen.

Your Relationship has greater value

How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.
Acts 10:38 (KJV)

Knowing the value of the Holy Spirit in you helps you to do greater exploits for God. The Holy Spirit anointed Jesus Christ before He began His ministry on earth, Matthew 3:16-17. This was strategic because Jesus Christ could not have fulfilled the desires of the Father without the anointing of the Holy Spirit. The anointing of the Holy Spirit enabled Jesus Christ to fast for forty days and forty nights before starting His ministry of preaching the gospel, doing good, and healing all those who were oppressed by the devil. Dear beloved, the moment you became born again the Holy Spirit came to live in you to prepare you for His anointing. You can only receive His anointing by desiring to know more about Him through the Holy Scriptures, John 16:13-14. After knowing more about Him, ask Him to anoint you to do His work, and He will do it. The sign of His anointing is speaking in tongues and prophesying, Acts 2:3-4. May you be empowered to continue the good work of our Lord Jesus Christ. Hallelujah!

The Anchor of our Faith

There were also with him other little ships.” Mark 4:36

Jesus was the Lord High Admiral of the sea that night, and his presence preserved the whole convoy. It is well to sail with Jesus, even though it be in a little ship. When we sail in Christ’s company, we may not make sure of fair weather, for great storms may toss the vessel which carries the Lord himself, and we must not expect to find the sea less boisterous around our little boat. If we go with Jesus we must be content to fare as he fares; and when the waves are rough to him, they will be rough to us. It is by tempest and tossing that we shall come to land, as he did before us. When the storm swept over Galilee’s dark lake all faces gathered blackness, and all hearts dreaded shipwreck. When all creature help was useless, the slumbering Saviour arose, and with a word, transformed the riot of the tempest into the deep quiet of a calm; then were the little vessels at rest as well as that which carried the Lord. Jesus is the star of the sea; and though there be sorrow upon the sea, when Jesus is on it there is joy too. May our hearts make Jesus their anchor, their rudder, their lighthouse, their life-boat, and their harbour. His Church is the Admiral’s flagship, let us attend her movements, and cheer her officers with our presence. He himself is the great attraction; let us follow ever in his wake, mark his signals, steer by his chart, and never fear while he is within hail. Not one ship in the convoy shall suffer wreck; the great Commodore will steer every barque in safety to the desired haven. By faith we will slip our cable for another day’s cruise, and sail forth with Jesus into a sea of tribulation. Winds and waves will not spare us, but they all obey him; and, therefore, whatever squalls may occur without, faith shall feel a blessed calm within. He is ever in the centre of the weather-beaten company: let us rejoice in him. His vessel has reached the haven, and so shall ours.

Your Enemies Under Your Feet

Your Enemies Are In Trouble! Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake.
Isaiah 54:15 (KJV)

The children of God are the lights of the world; without Christians in the world, the world will be full of darkness, wickedness, and sin. The devil is the first failure in the whole universe. Second to his failure are his demons. God gave them time to repent of their sins in heaven but they persisted in their sins and God cast them to the earth. They immediately caused the downfall of mankind in the person of Adam and Eve. The devil’s hatred towards mankind has not changed. Ever since the gospel came to mankind to reconcile them to God, his hatred has intensified. We thank God that He is always backing His children. As a Christian know that you will always have enemies so don’t be surprised when people hate you without any reason. The opening Scripture should be a relief and confession every day that though they shall surely gather against you but they shall fall and be destroyed for your sake. Dear beloved, celebrate the LORD for your enemies are in trouble. Hallelujah!

He Love You

God is jealous.”
Nahum 1:2

Your Lord is.. very jealous of your love, O believer. Did he choose you? He cannot bear that you should choose another. Did he buy you with his own blood? He cannot endure that you should think that you are your own, or that you belong to this world. He loved you with such a love that he would not stop in heaven without you; he would sooner die than you should perish, and he cannot endure that anything should stand between your heart’s love and himself. He is very jealous of your trust. He will not permit you to trust in an arm of flesh. He cannot bear that you should hew out broken cisterns, when the overflowing fountain is always free to you. When we lean upon him, he is glad, but when we transfer our dependence to another, when we rely upon our own wisdom, or the wisdom of a friend—worst of all, when we trust in any works of our own, he is displeased, and will chasten us that he may bring us to himself. He is also very jealous of our company. There should be no one with whom we converse so much as with Jesus. To abide in him only, this is true love; but to commune with the world, to find sufficient solace in our carnal comforts, to prefer even the society of our fellow Christians to secret intercourse with him, this is grievous to our jealous Lord. He would fain have us abide in him, and enjoy constant fellowship with himself; and many of the trials which he sends us are for the purpose of weaning our hearts from the creature, and fixing them more closely upon himself. Let this jealousy which would keep us near to Christ be also a comfort to us, for if he loves us so much as to care thus about our love we may be sure that he will suffer nothing to harm us, and will protect us from all our enemies. Oh that we may have grace this day to keep our hearts in sacred chastity for our Beloved alone, with sacred jealousy shutting our eyes to all the fascinations of the world!

Be Established

In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee.
Isaiah 54:14 (KJV)

The things we do continually gradually lead to our destination. We can only have a good destiny if our choices and actions are right. As a child of God Jesus Christ is your righteousness, 1 Corinthians 1:30. Therefore, doing righteousness comes with ease. There are numerous blessings that come with always doing what is right, especially when no one is watching. The opening Scripture has listed some of them: you shall be established by God, your business, family, plans etc. shall last and prosper; oppression, fear and terror shall be far from you. Wickedness on the other hand will bring shame, fear, disappointment, rejection, and the like to you. May the Lord help you to live a righteous life through the Holy Scriptures. Hallelujah!

Reside in me

“Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies.”
Psalms 5:8 (KJV)

Very bitter is the enmity of the world against the people of Christ. Men will forgive a thousand faults in others, but they will magnify the most trivial offence in the followers of Jesus. Instead of vainly regretting this, let us turn it to account, and since so many are watching for our halting, let this be a special motive for walking very carefully before God. If we live carelessly, the lynx-eyed world will soon see it, and with its hundred tongues, it will spread the story, exaggerated and emblazoned by the zeal of slander. They will shout triumphantly. “Aha! So would we have it! See how these Christians act! They are hypocrites to a man.” Thus will much damage be done to the cause of Christ, and much insult offered to his name. The cross of Christ is in itself an offence to the world; let us take heed that we add no offence of our own. It is “to the Jews a stumblingblock”: let us mind that we put no stumblingblocks where there are enough already. “To the Greeks it is foolishness”: let us not add our folly to give point to the scorn with which the worldly-wise deride the gospel. How jealous should we be of ourselves! How rigid with our consciences! In the presence of adversaries who will misrepresent our best deeds, and impugn our motives where they cannot censure our actions, how circumspect should we be! Pilgrims travel as suspected persons through Vanity Fair. Not only are we under surveillance, but there are more spies than we know of. The espionage is everywhere, at home and abroad. If we fall into the enemies’ hands we may sooner expect generosity from a wolf, or mercy from a friend, than anything like patience with our infirmities from men who spice their infidelity towards God with scandals against his people. O Lord, lead us ever, lest our enemies trip us up!

Stand in faith

And he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth unto him whom he would: and they came unto him.”
Mark 3:13 KJV

Here was sovereignty. Impatient spirits may fret and fume, because they are not called to the highest places in the ministry; but reader be it thine to rejoice that Jesus calleth whom he wills. If he shall leave me to be a doorkeeper in his house, I will cheerfully bless him for his grace in permitting me to do anything in his service. The call of Christ’s servants comes from above. Jesus stands on the mountain, evermore above the world in holiness, earnestness, love and power. Those whom he calls must go up the mountain to him, they must seek to rise to his level by living in constant communion with him. They may not be able to mount to classic honours, or attain scholastic eminence, but they must like Moses go up into the mount of God and have familiar intercourse with the unseen God, or they will never be fitted to proclaim the gospel of peace. Jesus went apart to hold high fellowship with the Father, and we must enter into the same divine companionship if we would bless our fellowmen. No wonder that the apostles were clothed with power when they came down fresh from the mountain where Jesus was. This morning we must endeavour to ascend the mount of communion, that there we may be ordained to the lifework for which we are set apart. Let us not see the face of man today till we have seen Jesus. Time spent with him is laid out at blessed interest. We too shall cast out devils and work wonders if we go down into the world girded with that divine energy which Christ alone can give. It is of no use going to the Lord’s battle till we are armed with heavenly weapons. We must see Jesus, this is essential. At the mercy-seat we will linger till he shall manifest himself unto us as he doth not unto the world, and until we can truthfully say, “We were with him in the Holy Mount.”

The Joy of our Salvation

From me is thy fruit found.”
Hosea 14:8 (KJV)

Our fruit is found from our God as to union. The fruit of the branch is directly traceable to the root. Sever the connection, the branch dies, and no fruit is produced. By virtue of our union with Christ we bring forth fruit. Every bunch of grapes has been first in the root, it has passed through the stem, and flowed through the sap vessels, and fashioned itself externally into fruit, but it was first in the stem; so also every good work was first in Christ, and then is brought forth in us. O Christian, prize this precious union to Christ; for it must be the source of all the fruitfulness which thou canst hope to know. If thou wert not joined to Jesus Christ, thou wouldst be a barren bough indeed. Our fruit comes from God as to spiritual providence. When the dew-drops fall from heaven, when the cloud looks down from on high, and is about to distil its liquid treasure, when the bright sun swells the berries of the cluster, each heavenly boon may whisper to the tree and say, “From me is thy fruit found.” The fruit owes much to the root—that is essential to fruitfulness—but it owes very much also to external influences. How much we owe to God’s grace-providence! in which he provides us constantly with quickening, teaching, consolation, strength, or whatever else we want. To this we owe our all of usefulness or virtue. Our fruit comes from God as to wise husbandry. The gardener’s sharp-edged knife promotes the fruitfulness of the tree, by thinning the clusters, and by cutting off superfluous shoots. So is it, Christian, with that pruning which the Lord gives to thee. “My Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away; and every branch that beareth fruit he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.” Since our God is the author of our spiritual graces, let us give to him all the glory of our salvation.

Faith moves God

And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay.” Mark 2:4 Faith is full of inventions. The house was full, a crowd blocked up the door, but faith found a way of getting at the Lord and placing the palsied man before him. If we cannot get sinners where Jesus is by ordinary methods we must use extraordinary ones. It seems, according to Luke 5:19, that a tiling had to be removed, which would make dust and cause a measure of danger to those below, but where the case is very urgent we must not mind running some risks and shocking some proprieties. Jesus was there to heal, and therefore fall what might, faith ventured all so that her poor paralysed charge might have his sins forgiven. O that we had more daring faith among us! Cannot we, dear reader, seek it this morning for ourselves and for our fellow-workers, and will we not try today to perform some gallant act for the love of souls and the glory of the Lord. The world is constantly inventing; genius serves all the purposes of human desire: cannot faith invent too, and reach by some new means the outcasts who lie perishing around us? It was the presence of Jesus which excited victorious courage in the four bearers of the palsied man: is not the Lord among us now? Have we seen his face for ourselves this morning? Have we felt his healing power in our own souls? If so, then through door, through window, or through roof, let us, breaking through all impediments, labour to bring poor souls to Jesus. All means are good and decorous when faith and love are truly set on winning souls. If hunger for bread can break through stone walls, surely hunger for souls is not to be hindered in its efforts. O Lord, make us quick to suggest methods of reaching thy poor sin-sick ones, and bold to carry them out at all hazards.

Trust in Him

Are You Despising The Word Of God? Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. Proverbs 30:5 (KJV)

Proclaiming the Word of God over your life will lead to your possession. The Holy Bible is the Word of God, 2 Timothy 3:16-17. God moved holy men to write the Holy Bible, therefore, revere everything in the Holy Bible. If you don’t understand anything in the Bible, ask the Holy Spirit to guide you and He will gladly do it, John 16:13. There may be challenges in translation that is why there are different versions of the Holy Bible. Kindly have more than four versions: King James Version, New International Version, English Standard Version, etc. Referring to more than one version helps you to understand the Word of God. You can also refer to the original Hebrew or Greek version and Bible Concordance to help you in the search to understand the Word of God. Comma, full stop, colon, semi-colon, etc., helps so don’t despise them. May The Lord help you to gain wisdom in His Word so that you can teach others to revere the Holy Scriptures. Hallelujah! Be An Overcomer! Share, Comment and Let Us Know What You Think I Would like to share this with you.

Follow The Right Leadership

Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
Matthew 15:14 (KJV)

The type of leadership you follow will determine the quality of your destination. The opening Scripture describes two kinds of leadership: blind leaders and insightful leaders. Blind leaders walk in their own understanding, depend on themselves, and are ignorant of the right way but refuse to search it because of pride. Insightful leaders on the other hand, depend on God, walk in the wisdom of God, use the Holy Scriptures, and are humble to follow the Lord’s leading. Dear beloved, follow an insightful leader so that you can avoid falling into a ditch of ignorance, poverty, misery, shyness, disappointments and the like. May God guide you to find a good leader whilst following the Lord Jesus Christ so that you can find peace, prosperity, and glory. Hallelujah! Be An Overcomer! Share, Comment and Let Us Know What You Think I Would like to share this with you.

See the Tree of Life

Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea?” Job 38:16

Some things in nature must remain a mystery to the most intelligent and enterprising investigators. Human knowledge has bounds beyond which it cannot pass. Universal knowledge is for God alone. If this be so in the things which are seen and temporal, I may rest assured that it is even more so in matters spiritual and eternal. Why, then, have I been torturing my brain with speculations as to destiny and will, fixed fate, and human responsibility? These deep and dark truths I am no more able to comprehend than to find out the depth which coucheth beneath, from which old ocean draws her watery stores. Why am I so curious to know the reason of my Lord’s providences, the motive of his actions, the design of his visitations? Shall I ever be able to clasp the sun in my fist, and hold the universe in my palm? yet these are as a drop of a bucket compared with the Lord my God. Let me not strive to understand the infinite, but spend my strength in love. What I cannot gain by intellect I can possess by affection, and let that suffice me. I cannot penetrate the heart of the sea, but I can enjoy the healthful breezes which sweep over its bosom, and I can sail over its blue waves with propitious winds. If I could enter the springs of the sea, the feat would serve no useful purpose either to myself or to others, it would not save the sinking bark, or give back the drowned mariner to his weeping wife and children; neither would my solving deep mysteries avail me a single whit, for the least love to God, and the simplest act of obedience to him, are better than the profoundest knowledge. My Lord, I leave the infinite to thee, and pray thee to put far from me such a love for the tree of knowledge as might keep me from the tree of life.