Watch your mouth
Proverbs 18:21 – Tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat it’s fruit. “WATCH YOUR MOUTH!” is a phrase my siblings and I heard frequently from our parents during our developmental years. “WATCH YOUR MOUTH!” was used as a reminder for my siblings …
What did Jesus mean by loving enemies; compromise, betrayal and defeat?
In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus said the following remarkable thing: ‘Love your enemies’. It is no secret that down the centuries Christians and their Church leaders have struggled with this verse. What does it mean and how far do you take it? Does it mean, for example, that …
The Great State Secret
At the end of May in Belgium, a knife wielding man killed three people, two of whom were police officers. A number of eye witnesses reported the man was shouting ‘Allah Akbar’. This was later denied by the police. This kind of denial is all too common in the West, …
God chose you
Jeremiah 1:5 – Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations. God knew you before you were even born. What an amazing thought! He saw your unformed substance and said, “I …
Ask God to fill your mouth
Psalm 81:10 – I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth and I will fill it. Do you have your mouth open wide today? In other words, are you expecting God to fill you and increase you beyond measure? Are you …
God Will Make a Way
Isaiah 43:19 – See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland. So often, people limit themselves in their thinking. They don’t think they’ll ever accomplish their dreams. They start thinking …
A Simple Objective – Honor God
Daniel 3:16-18 “O Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to defend ourselves before you in this matter. If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to deliver us from it, and he will rescue us from your hand, O king. But even if He does …
Love is NOT … Rude
Luke 6:31 – Do for others just what you want them to do for you. Can love be rude? No, it can’t be, because God is love and God is not rude. We can be! I wish I could say that I never acted rudely, especially to my family, but that …
A life with Joy
“Do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.” Nehemiah 8:10 One of the great benefits of being a Christian is joy. Joy is much better than happiness. Happiness is dependent on circumstances – good circumstances make you happy… and bad circumstances make you unhappy. Joy …
The Family that . . . . together stays together
There is a saying among Christians: ‘the family that prays together stays together.’ Well, that is not the practice in every family, as this news item indicates: ’17-year-old Christian girl was murdered in Pakistan after being tied down and strangled to death by a Muslim family before her father’s own …
