Category Archives: Altar
Die To Self I
“Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves. Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too” Phil.2:3-4.
The church is an amazing place and it comprises of all kinds of people. There are people who are willing to sacrifice their time, energy, and resourses to ensure that the affairs of the Lord run smoothly and there are people who are not willing to make such sacrifices. Selfish people don’t serve. Even among the service team, Read the rest of this entry
Key To Identity II
“The people of Reuben and Gad named the altar “Witness,” for they said, “It is a witness between us and them that the Lord is our God, too.” Josh.22:34
People will regard you differently because you draw your identity from God Himself. You do not strive. Take note, the people that know God do not strive. They do not politic, they do not backbite, and they do not think they have to pull down anyone so they can get ahead. The people that know God, the scripture says, Read the rest of this entry
Key To Identity I
“We will use these stones to build a memorial. In the future when your children will ask you, ‘What do these stones mean?’ Then you can tell them, ‘They remind us that the Jordan River stopped flowing when the Ark of the Lord’s Covenant went across…’ Josh.4:6-7
The altar is a place of Memorial. Altars help us remember what we should never forget and forget what we should never remember. The altar is the key to identity. An example of an altar would be thanking God in the morning. So you have set up this altar that your generations will give God thanks in the morning. And so you do this with your children daily and the Bible says when your children ask Read the rest of this entry
Get In-Line
“Your name will no longer be Jacob,” the man told him, “From now on you will be called Israel, because you have fought with God and with men and have won.” Gen.32:28
A wise man said, “You cannot change your destination overnight but you can change your direction overnight”. Some of us reading this today have been going in the wrong direction. For some it is bad habits that have sent them down a wrong path. So you go to God at His meeting place, the altar, and pray; and guess what? You are actually realigned but you wake up the next day and it seems you are Read the rest of this entry
Place Of Alignment
“No, I insist on buying it for I will not present burnt offerings to the Lord my God that have cost me nothing” So David paid him fifty pieces of silver for the threshing floor and the oxen” 2 Sam.24:24
What have you been bringing before God, a sacrifice or a gift? Take note, you cannot go farther than the level of your sacrifice. Check; where you are today is because of the sacrifices you made yesterday. If you are a graduate, it is because you sacrificed to go to school when your mates were satisfied with making quick money. That position you occupy in your office now was because you sacrificed time and Read the rest of this entry
The Sacrifice Factor
“No, I insist on buying it for I will not present burnt offerings to the Lord my God that have cost me nothing” So David paid him fifty pieces of silver for the threshing floor and the oxen” 2 Sam.24:24
Adam and Eve taught their sons Cain and Abel, that the altar is the meeting place with God. However, the altar cannot be left without a sacrifice. So when you build an altar, bring a sacrifice and put it on the altar. When God comes and consumes the sacrifice, He attends to you. At the appropriate time, both boys brought something before God. Abel brought a sacrifice, while Cain brought something that Read the rest of this entry
Building Blocks
“Build for me an altar… and offer your sacrifices to me… Build my altar wherever I cause my name to be remembered, and I will come to you and bless you” Ex.20:24
There are two major factors when it comes to building an altar. There are other factors of course but there are two main factors. When it comes to building an altar the first factor is Faith and the second factor is Sacrifice.
The Faith Factor: “And it is impossible to please God without faith. Anyone who wants to come to him must believe that God exists and that he rewards those who sincerely seek him” Heb11:6. The Read the rest of this entry
Building An Altar
“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service” Rom.12:1 [NKJV].
At his deathbed, my spiritual father said to me, “Your heart is the most important thing, so guard your heart with all your life”. I knew that and I thought to myself, who does not know that? But permit me to reiterate, the most important thing in ministry is your heart. Ministry work is a heart work and you and I are called to be altar builders. If there is any secret in being a successful Christian, or a successful Read the rest of this entry
The Meeting Place
“You also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ” 1 Pet.2:5 [KJV]
An altar, in summary, is where God meets with man. In the Old Testament, altars were usually raised surfaces, a collection of stones, or a huge stone raised by the individuals or a group of people when God called for a meeting place. And on that altar, God visits them. Sometimes, it is after God has visited them that they realize that the Presence of God is there and so they raise an altar. An altar is a Read the rest of this entry
