Romans 6:11 – Be ALIVE TO GOD, alert to Him, through Jesus Christ our Lord!
Exodus 16:1-34In this God provided what the people needed on a daily basis.Each day they could collect and use what there was available.None could be kept for the following day.No amount of what God has provided for a specific day could be hoarded and kept for the next day or later use.Exodus 16:19-20 Moses said to…
LIVING IN THE PASTMany people choose to live in the past.It’s almost as though the ‘good old days’ were the best days and so we live in that place.We all know someone who lives in this way.They can tell you of dates and times and precious and wonderful memories and they almost carry a form…
Life has a way of distracting us and keeping us away from the moments that God gives us.One issue leads to another issue and the urgent things keep demanding our attention so that the important things are left to later.We end up in a kind of ‘survival mode’ where we just get through the day…
LIVING ONE DAY AT A TIME Many people live in a day and time that has not yet arrived.They live worried about tomorrow or the future and in the process they miss the moment they have in front of them.We should consciously enjoy the day we have.We should live today as if it was our…
How we live our lives is vitally important.There are principles that guide each one of us.These could be positive or negative guidelines by which we live our lives.If we will live by God’s principles, we can expect to see His favour and blessing on our lives.If we live by what ‘seems good unto us’ it…
WE ARE ENCOURAGED TO BE STRONG AND COURAGEOUS.Just as God encouraged Joshua to be strong and courageous so He wants to do the same for each of us.Joshua 1:9 “Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.” NIVJoshua 1:9 “Be strong and…
WITH GOD WE ARE STRONGWhen God is with us we can be strong.If God is not with us we have a reason to be weak.God promised Joshua His presence.Joshua 1:5 As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.We can know that God is with us.This…
Have you ever felt weak and discouraged?These are common human emotions.We all go through them from time to time.Even the great men of the Bible were faced with this.But in these situations God was faithful.God can be relied upon.However, He calls for us to be strong. AN EXAMPLE FROM THE BIBLEIn the book of Joshua…
THE HOLY SPIRIT MAKES US DIFFERENT Acts 6:15 ‘All who were sitting in the Sanhedrin looked intently at Stephen, and they saw that his face was like the face of an angel.’There was something completely different about Stephen.It seems as if he had a ‘divine radiance’.The scripture tells us that his face was like that…
WHEN WE LIVE LIFE ‘FULL OF THE HOLY SPIRIT’ IT OPENS DOORS FOR US Stephen was a man who was full of the Holy Spirit.When it came to appointing people to handle the responsibilities and functions of ministry he was the obvious choice because of this qualification.Acts 6:5 ‘And the saying pleased the whole multitude:…