Psalm 139:1, 5-6 “O Lord, you have examined my heart and know everything about me… You go before me and follow me. You place your hand of blessing on my head. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too great for me to understand!”
Luke 22:60-62 “But Peter said, “Man, I don’t know what you are talking about.” And immediately, while he was still speaking, the rooster crowed. At that moment the Lord turned and looked at Peter. Suddenly, the Lord’s words flashed through Peter’s mind: “Before the rooster crows tomorrow morning, Read the rest of this entry
Matthew 10:30-31 “And the very hairs on your head are all numbered. So don’t be afraid; you are more valuable to God than a whole flock of sparrows.”
By the grace of God, over the next few days, we will be looking at letting go of the past. This year is fast expiring, so you need to let go of all the baggage in your past. At times like this the enemy tries to creep up on us, to remind us of prayer points we have that have not been answered. Read the rest of this entry
Matthew 10:39 “If you cling to your life, you will lose it; but if you give up your life for me, you will find it.”
We will kick off today’s devotional with our final thought yesterday. Surrender is not a one-time event. You have to daily, consistently take up your cross and follow Jesus. Will you stumble along the way? Yes, as day follows night you will. Get up and keep following Jesus. Read the rest of this entry
Matthew 10:39 “If you cling to your life, you will lose it; but if you give up your life for me, you will find it.”
We are totally grateful to God for the doors He is opening to God’s Favourite House in Latin America. It is mind-blowing what God is doing, and we are totally grateful. Do you know how they catch monkeys in Latin America? They put a banana in the bottle, like in the inserted image. (more…)
Luke 1:38 “Mary responded, “I am the Lord’s servant. May everything you have said about me come true.” (NIV, emphasis added).
We overestimate our ability to control. If you think about it, you really do not control the major things in your life. The truth is you do not control the biggest events in your life. You do not control the day you were born or the day you die. You do not control if you will sleep or when exactly you sleep, you just sleep. Read the rest of this entry
Luke 1: 34-35 “Mary asked the angel, “But how can this happen? I am a virgin.” The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the baby to be born will be holy, and he will be called the Son of God” (emphasis added).
Don’t you just love God and how He relates with us? God did not have to explain anything to Mary. Mary could just have woken up and boom, she is pregnant. God could have just done what He wanted to do. Then Mary wakes up perplexed, confused, and confounded and God says, ‘Sorry, I did not mention. Read the rest of this entry
Luke 1:30 “Don’t be afraid, Mary,” the angel told her, “for you have found favour with God!”
Sometimes, when God says to you, I am with you, what grips your heart is fear. And you are like if You are with me then prove it. Look at my situation, and You are saying that You are with me? But God is saying to you again today, ‘Do not be afraid, I am with you’. Read the rest of this entry
Joshua 1:3&5 “I promise you what I promised Moses: ‘Wherever you set foot, you will be on land I have given you… No one will be able to stand against you as long as you live. For I will be with you as I was with Moses. I will not fail you or abandon you.”
The best things in life happen when we give up control. Luke 1:26-29 “In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a village in Galilee, to a virgin named Mary. She was engaged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of King David. Gabriel appeared to her and said, Read the rest of this entry
Job 23:14 “So he will do to me whatever he has planned. He controls my destiny.”
God has taken us through letting go of baggage and bitterness. Over the next few days, God is taking us through how to let go of control. Guess what? God is not talking to that controlling friend, or spouse, or colleague. God is talking to you. We tell ourselves that we are not controlling, we are just helpful. Read the rest of this entry
Ephesians 4:31-32 “Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.” (NIV, emphasis added)
So, how do I get rid of bitterness? To get rid of all bitterness, we do what the Bible says in our anchor scripture. The first is Kill Bitterness With Compassion. And the second is Kill Bitterness With Forgiveness.
