Category Archives: Life

Make Ready

Luke 8:43 “A woman in the crowd had suffered for twelve years with constant bleeding, and she could find no cure. 44 Coming up behind Jesus, she touched the fringe of his robe. Immediately, the bleeding stopped.”

John 9:6 “Then he spit on the ground, made mud with the saliva, and spread the mud over the blind man’s eyes. 7 He told him, “Go wash yourself in the pool of Siloam” (Siloam means “sent”). So the man went and washed and came back seeing!” Read the rest of this entry

My Portion

Jn.14:12 “I tell you the truth, anyone who believes in me will do the same works I have done, and even greater works, because I am going to be with the Father.

God expects us to leave a spiritual heritage for our children. The first of three-bedrock questions we must ask ourselves is, What am I leaving? The Bible instructs us in Read the rest of this entry

Rock vs. Sand

Luke 6:48 [NKJV] “He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently against that house, and could not shake it, for it was founded on the rock.”

There are Forty-two references to God as the Rock in the Bible; the Rock of ages, the Rock of our salvation, the Rock of defense, the Rock of offence, and so on. Read the rest of this entry

Plugged

Philip.4:13 (Ph) “I’m ready for anything through the strength of Christ who lives in me.”

Are you living without power? Or are you just carrying on without considering that you are running on battery power? Or are you one of those whose cable is actually plugged into the source, Read the rest of this entry

Your Call

Ps.18:20-24 (MSG) “God made my life complete when I placed all the pieces before him. When I got my act together, he gave me a fresh start… I feel put back together, and I’m watching my step. God rewrote the text of my life when I opened the book of my heart to his eyes.”

 

God specializes in new beginnings but for you to enjoy it, you need to let go of the pain of the past. The way a lot of people deal with regret is to blame or to bury. Read the rest of this entry

Initiate

Col.3:3 “For you died to this life, and your real life is hidden with Christ in God.”

The King James Version of our scripture reference reads, “For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.” When the Bible says, your life is hid with Christ in God, Read the rest of this entry

Jesus

Col.2:14 “He canceled the record of the charges against us and took it away by nailing it to the cross. 15 In this way, he disarmed the spiritual rulers and authorities. He shamed them publicly by his victory over them on the cross.”

In Christ Jesus, there is no shortage of life, no rationing of life, and there are no exchanges necessary. Jesus does not need to destroy one life to make another life better. Read the rest of this entry

Exempt

John 11:25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. 26 And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?”

Please read Mark 5:21-42. If you look at the situation of this woman, she had a limitation for twelve years. She went from one doctor to another until she realized that doctors could not help her. Read the rest of this entry

Prayer 101

Dan.9:19 “O Lord, hear. O Lord, forgive. O Lord, listen and act! For your own sake, do not delay, O my God, for your people and your city bear your name.”

Prayer is the bedrock of Daniel’s life and strength. The truth is that seasons come, and seasons go but people that are given to prayer usually will outlast seasons. Read the rest of this entry

Command + Response

Jn.3:16 “For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.

The crossroads presents us with three options; the way of the world, the way of self, or the way of God. The way of the Father is the way of love Read the rest of this entry