Category Archives: Holy Spirit
Accessing Grace, I
James 4:6-8 “…God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble. So give yourselves completely to God… draw close to God, God will draw close to you…” (NCV, NLT, & LB, emphasis added).
God gives sustaining grace to the humble. Who are the humble? Those who are foolish enough to call out to God for help. To access God’s sustaining grace, the first thing you do is Call Out For God’s Help. Read the rest of this entry
Prepared Help
Psalm 46:1 “God is our Refuge and Strength [mighty and impenetrable to temptation], a very present and well-proved help in trouble.” (AMPC)
What do you do when you are confronted with an unfixable problem? What we often do is try to play the “if only” game. If only I was born into this family. Read the rest of this entry
Sustaining Grace
Psalm 46:1&5 “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble… God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.” (KJV).
God’s sustaining grace does not only Keep You Standing When You Are TEMPTED. It Keeps You Going When You Are TIRED. Read the rest of this entry
Does He?
Philippians 2:13 “God will continually revitalize you, implanting within you the passion to do what pleases him.” (TPT)
It is impossible for you as a human being to live the Christian life by yourself, in your strength. Philippians 2:13 “For it is God who is at work within you, giving you the will and the power to achieve his purpose.” (PH, emphasis added). Read the rest of this entry
Grace Keeps
Isaiah 41:10 “Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will hold you up with my victorious right hand.”
I have heard people say that they are above temptation. God says you will be tempted. The Bible says that Jesus was tempted in every way (please read Hebrews 4:15). Read the rest of this entry
Dependable Grace
Isaiah 46:4 “I will be your God throughout your lifetime— until your hair is white with age. I made you, and I will care for you. I will carry you along and save you.”
God will carry you through the difficult seasons of your life in the Name of Jesus. God’s grace will sustain you. So, when you are explaining your own footprints in the sand moments to your children, you will say, “That was when God carried your father or mother. Read the rest of this entry
Carrying Grace
Philippians 1:6 “And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished….” (emphasis added).
There is an aspect of grace that is very crucial. It is like the bedrock everything sits on. And that is the fact that God has the power to sustain you by His grace. Read the rest of this entry
Grace Overlooks
John 5:6-7 “When Jesus saw him and knew he had been ill for a long time, he asked him, “Would you like to get well?” “I can’t, sir,” the sick man said, “for I have no one to put me into the pool when the water bubbles up. Someone else always gets there ahead of me.”
This man’s response to Jesus’ question flowed from what he could see. Yesterday, we learnt that all he could see was the process and the people. He could not see the mercy and the grace of God that was right in front of him. Read the rest of this entry
Old vs New
Luke 1:37 “For with God nothing will be impossible.” (NKJV)
John 5:4 “For an angel went down at a certain time into the pool and stirred up the water; then whoever stepped in first, after the stirring of the water, was made well of whatever disease he had.” (NKJV, emphasis added). Grace again! Read the rest of this entry
Stirring
Psalm 34:7 “The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him, and he delivers them.” (NIV).
The supernatural is with us. God has never left us. There are angels around us. There are angels even wherever you are right now, and they are carrying out God’s instructions. Psalm 103:20 “Praise the Lord, you angels, you mighty ones who carry out his plans, listening for each of his commands.” Read the rest of this entry
