Oct 20, 2017 |
“Write these commandments that I’ve given you today on your hearts. Get them inside of you and then get them inside your children. Talk about them wherever you are, sitting at home or walking in the street; talk about them from the time you get up in the morning to when you fall into bed at night. Tie them on your hands and foreheads as a reminder; inscribe them on the doorposts of your homes and on your city gates.” Deuteronomy 6:7-9
We MUST not only share our faith with our children we have to really get it inside of them and let them really know who our God is and what HE has done, what HE is doing and what HE will still do.
No matter how modern and enlightened we like to be the testimony of how we ourselves became Christians and how HIS grace has sustained us till date must be consistently and beautifully packaged to our children.
I remembered watching “Roots” (Alex Haley) several years ago and how Kunta Kinte insisted that his ancestral story must be passed down the family line, which was done and actually led to the emergence of the book and the movie on it.
God has entrusted to you and I that the Good News of the Kingdom must be personally and diligently told to our children.
“Dear friends, I’ve dropped everything to write you about this life of salvation that we have in common. I have to write insisting—begging!—that you fight with everything you have in you for this faith entrusted to us as a gift to guard and cherish. What has happened is that some people have infiltrated our ranks (our Scriptures warned us this would happen), who beneath their pious skin are shameless scoundrels. Their design is to replace the sheer grace of our God with sheer license—which means doing away with Jesus Christ, our one and only Master.” Jude 3.
Contend for the Faith and please ensure you deliver it timely, accurately, totally to your children .
Not just your biological children share your faith directly with all those who come under your definition of children in your life.
Let us get it inside them.
Oct 18, 2017 |
“For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.” Proverbs 23:18
No matter the unpleasantness that you are going through today God is assuring you that it won’t be for ever.
Surely there is a time limit to this phase of your life.
Many at times you may not fully understand the metamorphoses of the whole situation but God sees the total complete picture and His Word is informing you today that there is an expiration date on the issue.
All what you have gone through or still going through leads to a better future with God’s control.
You will be rewarded for this; your hope will not be disappointed
Keep your focus on God.
Keep your Hope alive in Him.
The more challenging it is appearing to be, the greater the Glory the turnaround will bring .
Turn to the Bible and you will find a character that has similarly gone through what you dealing with.
Encourage yourself from the Scriptures like David did and at the end you will surely laugh.
Surely there is an end and it is certainly a better end that God has ordained for you.
Oct 16, 2017 |
“The Egyptians pursued them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh and his horsemen and his army, and overtook them encamped at the [Red] Sea by Pi-hahiroth, in front of Baal-zephon. When Pharaoh drew near, the Israelites looked up, and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them; and the Israelites were exceedingly frightened and cried out to the Lord.” Exodus 14: 9-11
Earlier in Chapter 12 verse 31 we read “He called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, get out from among my people, both you and the Israelites; and go, serve the Lord, as you said.” However just in chapter 14 we see Pharaoh changed his mind and pursued the Israelites again.
Whenever God set you free on any issue it’s the characteristic of the enemy to come back and attempt to recapture you again.
Don’t panic like the children of Israelites initially did, keep to your freedom and don’t desire the “pleasure” of slavery again.
Confess positively the victory God has given to you.
In the Garden of Eden the enemy came to challenge the freedom God gave Adam and Eve by sowing doubt into them that they were really not free as they thought they were and in the bid to prove their freedom to the devil they actually lost the freedom.
He repeated the same trick on the Lord Jesus Christ again to test the deity and loyalty of the Savior but thanks to the victory of the WORD Jesus spoke and consolidated the victory HE has over the enemy.
What victory has the Lord given you and the enemy is pursuing like Pharaoh to take back from you?
Moses listened to God and was able to be completely victorious.
Jesus was also victorious in all the temptations Satan tempted HIM.
Don’t doubt your victory, even when you see a red sea ahead and the Egyptian army behind you.
Stay true to your confession of faith.
The enemy pursuing you will perish in the red sea just like the Egyptians that pursued them perished.
Oct 13, 2017 |
“And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.” John 15:27
Personal Evangelism is a Must for all Believers.
Jesus told the disciples to testify of Him to others in order to share the good news of the kingdom.
Every believer should be able to identify one great thing God has done in their lives that they could share.
The luxury of technology has in recent times posed to be more distractions in isolating people instead of the interface people had before.
We find it more convenient to discuss everything under the sun rather than testify and lead others to Christ.
Don’t hide your identity that you are a believer in all that you say and do .
Some only teach their members on how to “invite and bring people” to church rather than teaching them how to win souls to the Lord. Every true believer must beequipped to be a personal witness for the Lord at all times.
How are you doing today and can you really lead a soul to Christ ?
“I will praise You, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will show forth (recount and tell aloud) all Your marvelous works and wonderful deeds!” Psalm 1:9
Let us learn how to tell others the about the goodness of what God has done personally in our lives.
“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere–in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Acts 1:8
Depend on the Holy Spirit inside of you to guide you on when and what to say to be a witness.
“For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.” 2 Timothy 1:7
Be reminded today that personal evangelism is a must for every child of God.
Oct 11, 2017 |
“Please test your servants for ten days, and let them give us vegetables to eat and water to drink.” Daniel 1:12
“And in all matters of wisdom and understanding about which the king examined them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers who were in all his realm.” Daniel 1:20
The three Hebrew children told the Eunuch overseeing them to give them ten days of abstaining from theking’s food and eventually when the King tested them he found them 10 times better.
Can you see the correlation?
They trusted God for 10 days and God honored them with 10 Times AAA ratings.
What are you willing to give up for God’s Glory and Honor in your life?
HE is faithful to respond to your level of faith and Honor you.
God has always shown up wherever HE is invited and Honored.
For God is not unrighteous to forget or overlook your labor and the love which you have shown for His name’s sake in ministering to the needs of the saints (His own consecrated people), as you still do.Hebrews 6:10
Jesus told the disciples that if for His sake you give upanything you will surely get your blessings back in return
“And not only you, but anyone who sacrifices home, family, fields—whatever—because of me will get it all back a hundred times over, not to mention the considerable bonus of eternal life. “ Matthew 29:19
In the parable of the talents the person with the five got five more after Faithfully using them.
As you give God HE is able to give back to you in multiple folds.
Giving it up for God surely has its multiple returns.
HE is able to do abundantly much more than your expectations but by faith you must first make your input.
