Text: Isaiah 48:10 NKJV Further Reading: Isaiah 48:10-11 Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction. Isaiah 48:10 NKJV MESSAGE Gold in its purest form must have to go through the fire to come out shining. Everyone loves gold, but not many people like the […]
Why Does God Allow Suffering?
Text: 2 Corinthians 12:7 NKJV Further Reading: 2 Corinthians 12:7-10 And lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelations, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I be exalted above measure. 2 Corinthians 12:7 NKJV MESSAGE Nobody can really put […]
Christian Suffering
Text: 1 Peter 4:1 NKJV Further Reading: 1 Peter 4:1-6 Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind, for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin. 1 Peter 4:1 NKJV MESSAGE Whenever we hear the stories of Christians being seriously persecuted, tortured, imprisoned, […]
A Call For International Repentance
Nations are already on the brink of collapse and one would think that man would lay down his pride and call on God.Are these not a loving warning from a loving God who is wooing humanity to Himself again asking us the question “why should ye die?”. It is obvious that our politicians are sweating […]
Your Offering Comes Second
Text: Genesis 4:3-5 Further Reading: Matthew 5:23-24 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD. And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to […]
Sin Brins Death
Text: Romans 5:12 Further Reading: Romans 5:10-21 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: Romans 5:12 MESSAGE Sin is poisonous and dangerous. Just one disobedience of Adam was enough to contaminate the entire human race. In […]
Bliss In Obedience
Text: Genesis 2:16-17 KJV Further Reading: Jonah 1:4-15 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. […]
Creative Word: Sanctification
Text: John 15:3 KJV Further Reading: John 17:17-19 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. John 15:3 MESSAGE Sanctification is God’s will for every believer, I.e. God wants every believer to be Holy (1 Thessalonians 4:3). God’s commitment to this cause started from the old testament when He called […]
Creative Word: Salvation
Text: John 5:24-25 KJV Further Reading: John 5:21-27, Romans 10:8-10 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and […]
Creative Word: Restoration
Text: Ezekiel 37:1, 10 KJV Further Reading: Ezekiel 37:1-10 The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones. So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, […]