Care For the Needy
1 Timothy 5:3-4 (NET) Honor widows who are truly in need. From my study of the Bible, I have found that there are three groups of people God is particularly concerned about because of the peculiarity of their need. They include the widows, the orphans, and the aliens or refugees(See Jeremiah 22:3, James 1:27, Deuteronomy […]
False Prophets – The Way of Balaam
2 Peter 2:15 (NET) By forsaking the right path they have gone astray, because they followed the way of Balaam son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness Now there is another category of prophets who started as true servants of the Lord, but along the way, because of mammon, they have ended as enemies […]
Manner of Conduct 2
1 Timothy 5:1-2 (NET) Do not address an older man harshly but appeal to him as a father. Speak to younger men as brothers, older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters – with complete purity. Christian was so offended by Chidi that he took to the social media to make certain disparaging posts […]
Manner of Conduct
1 Timothy 5:1 (NET) Do not address an older man harshly but appeal to him as a father. Speak to younger men as brothers Before Mike accepted the Lord Jesus, he believed that the only thing in a person that made that person warrant his respect is if the person has more money and power […]
Manner of Thinking
1 Corinthians 14:20 (NET) Brothers and sisters, do not be children in your thinking. Instead, be infants in evil, but in your thinking be mature. Aku grew up among some of the most cunning and dishonest people, so this made him very suspicious and untrusting. This affected his relationships with his friends even after he became […]
Pay Attention to Sound Teaching
1 Timothy 4:16 (KJV) Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee. As Linda grew in her walk with the Lord, she realized that the more of God’s word she understood, the more it purified her, and the […]
I Am Standing At the Door and Knocking
Rev 3:20-22[NET] Listen! I am standing at the door and knocking! If anyone hears my voice and opens the door I will come into his home and share a meal with him, and he with me. 21 I will grant the one who conquers permission to sit with me on my throne, just as I […]
Effective Warfare: Children
Ephesians 6:12-13 (KJV) For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to […]
Spiritual Gifts and Impartations
1 Timothy 4:14 (NET) Do not neglect the spiritual gift you have, given to you and confirmed by prophetic words when the elders laid hands on you. A young man was praying for several days to receive the ability to see visions because he had seen firsthand the benefits of that spiritual gift. While he […]
The Hope of His Calling
Ephesians 1:18 (KJV) The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints. Being a billionaire, Prince’s Dad deposited millions of dollars into a special bank account for Prince every year on his birthday. […]