Category Archives: Spiritual Growth
Communion
‘Meanwhile, as Peter was puzzling over the vision, the Holy Spirit said to him, “Three men have come looking for you. Get up, go downstairs, and go with them without hesitation. Don’t worry, for I have sent them.” Acts.10:19-20
People think hearing God is so mysterious. The truth is that it is where you are spending most of your time that determines what you will be sensitive to. For instance, I spent a lot of time with my father while I was growing up. So when he sends me out to get the daily newspaper I did not have to ask him which one I should buy. My father was very political so some newspapers were preferred compared to others and there were some that he just would not buy. On the days I get there and the vendor does not have the Read the rest of this entry
The Prophet
‘And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days’ Gen.49:1 [KJV]
The father is the prophet of the family. Where are the eyes? It is on the head so how come it is only your wife that sees visions? How come she is the one that hears what God is saying? How come she is able to discern and guide you on what investments to make or tell you the direction the Holy Ghost is moving in? All you are doing is going along with the direction she is providing. Something is wrong with that. A man that is standing in this position has become a figurehead prophet in his family. You need to change and get closer to Read the rest of this entry
More Like God
‘…Everything we have has come from you, and we give you only what you first gave us!’ 1Chr.29:14.
A man took his son to an eatery and bought him the best-made potato chips ever. Sitting across the table from his son, he watched as the boy pleasurably consumed each chip. And instinctively, the father reached out to share in the experience but the boy slapped his father’s wrist and said ‘no dad, this is mine!’. Immediately, three thoughts ran through the father’s mind. Firstly, does this boy not know I got him the potato chips? I am the source of these potato chips. Secondly, as the source of the potato chips, I control its availability. I Read the rest of this entry
God Speaks Through Stories
‘Jesus always used stories and illustrations like these when speaking to the crowds. In fact, he never spoke to them without using such parables’ Matt.13:34
The benchmark for sacrifice is not the value of the money you have given. Rather it is what you have to give up in order to give that amount of money. At the beginning of the year 2012 I struggled with paying my first fruit. Well this might surprise some of you because I occupy the office of a pastor. But the truth is that pastors too struggle with giving especially when they have bills that are high. Well a lady walked into my office, gave me her first fruit, and told me the sacrifice she went through to give that money. And I knew that God Read the rest of this entry
Go And Find Out
‘How much bread do you have?” he asked. “Go and find out.” They came back and reported, “We have five loaves of bread and two fish’ Mark 6:38.
After focusing on God and not the problem, the next thing we need to do to prepare for a miracle is to assess what I already have to work with. Jesus puts it this way ‘Go and find out’. For a lot of us Jesus is saying bring the donkey, I need the donkey. And we are asking what donkey, where is the donkey? The disciples probably had the same question on their minds. But before they could ask, Jesus said ‘go and find out’. What is before you? The next thing you need to do is find out what we have. Don’t be quick to say nothing, Read the rest of this entry
Calvary
‘As for me, may I never boast about anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. Because of that cross, my interest in this world has been crucified, and the world’s interest in me has also died’ Gal.6:14.
As Christians it would be wrong for us to continue to do the wrong things knowing fully well that it is sin in God’s sight. I am not saying that Christians are not able to do wrong. Christians go through different phases of growth until we are in the image of Christ Jesus. But a Christian cannot continue to do wrong. We have the seed of God. In two different situations I have witnessed a pig in mud Read the rest of this entry
Submitted To God I
‘Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you’ James 4:7[KJV].
To have liberty without responsibility is bondage [self-bondage]. Then the people become what the Bible calls lawful captives – legal captives. Liberty is not enough, God wants you and I to be free. For us to walk in real freedom, five things must be in place. This list is not exhaustive but these five things must be in place for us to really walk in the liberty that God has for us. Read the rest of this entry
Sustained By Responsibility
‘Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls’ Matt.11:28-29.
We are born with an innate desire to be free. A little boy will refuse help from his parents because he wants to be free to wear his shoes the way he wants even though he will mix them up. With teenagers the desire becomes very pungent and most times it is expressed in the desire to break every rule. We try to push our boundaries here and there even at work. It is that innate desire to be free that pushes us to celebrate Friday’s [TGIF]. Unfortunately when we step out of the bounds God has put around us in order to be free sometimes we end Read the rest of this entry
Vitality I
‘He wraps you in goodness—beauty eternal. He renews your youth—you’re always young in his presence’ Ps.103:5 [MSG]
An eagle is full of life. It has the power to endure and the capacity for survival. The eagle is full of vitality. The reason it appears that the eagle is full of vitality is because the eagle knows when to renew its strength. In fact when the eagle is about thirty years old, its physical life becomes very difficult. Its conditions Read the rest of this entry
Nurturing I
‘During my time here, I protected them by the power of the name you gave me. I guarded them so that not one was lost…’ John 17:12
As ferocious as the eagle is yet no member of the bird family is more gentle and attentive to its young than the eagle. As fierce as the eagle is the eagle nurtures its own children. How does this apply to us? God expects us to nurture our biological and spiritual children with the same tenderness the eagle displays. Read the rest of this entry
