Offering our lives to God
Leviticus 2:1 (NIV) “When someone brings a grain offering to the Lord, his offering is to be of fine flour. He is to pour oil on it, put incense on it.”(Read Leviticus 2:1-13) The grain offering in today’s Bible text typifies offering our lives to God. God wants our lives ground very small; the way […]
Justified by faith
Rom 5:1(NLT) Therefore, since we have been made right in God’s sight by faith, we have peace with God because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done for us. If you think you have been righteous without Christ’s grace, compare your life to the standards of God’s law given by Moses. If after doing […]
Triumph over sin through grace
Rom 5:17 (NLT) For the sin of this one man, Adam, caused death to rule over many. But even greater is God’s wonderful grace and his gift of righteousness, for all who receive it will live in triumph over sin and death through this one man, Jesus Christ. Daniel posted to his Facebook page that […]
The Lord’s servant must not quarrel
2 Tim 2:24 (NIV) And the Lord’s servant must not quarrel; instead, he must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful. As soon as Debbie reported for her new posting, she noticed that her colleague with whom she shared an office was very disrespectful. It was as if the woman was looking for […]
The love of God
Ephesians 2:4-5(NET) But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us, even though we were dead in transgressions, made us alive together with Christ – by grace you are saved It is important that we always remember God’s great love for us as we go through life. This […]
Honor God with your substance
Prov 3:9 (KJV) Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase Adaobi’s Parents were billionaires. But each time she traveled to visit, she would buy them clothes, fruits, foodstuff and anything she felt they would like. She would also give them money. Even though her parent’s house was usually […]
Esteem the word
Prov 3:11-12 (KJV) My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction: 12 For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth. Emeka was about to leave his wife who he believed was very mean to him. He had meticulously planned […]
Why I believe in Jesus
Ezekiel 36:26 (NLT) “And I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart.” I understand from the Bible that I was shaped in iniquity and in sin did my mother conceive me. I […]
The cross of Jesus Christ
1 Cor 1:18 (NET) For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. Konrad Adenauer, chancellor of Germany after the fall of Hitler once asked Billy Graham while on a visit to Germany, “Do you really believe in […]
Open the eyes of my heart Lord
2 Kings 6:17 (KJV) “And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.”If there is anything we need this season, […]