Category Archives: Spiritual Growth
3rd Root of Personal Disharmony: Approval Addiction
And the Holy Spirit, in bodily form, descended on Him like a dove. And a voice from Heaven said, ‘You are My dearly loved Son, and You bring Me great joy’ Luke 3:22
A lot of us are suffering from approval addiction. You had a bad day simply because no one noticed the new shirt you were wearing. That is approval addiction. The origin of approval addiction is when we have not received approval perhaps as children from people who should affirm us. Perhaps a father never tells his daughter he loves her, never hugs her and never affirms Read the rest of this entry
2nd Root of Personal Disharmony: Lack of contentment
‘But godliness with contentment is great gain’ 1Tim.6:6
Another root cause of personal disharmony is lack of contentment. The reason why a lot of people do not have peace and harmony in their lives is because they are not content. There are people who are in church and are not content with the shoes on their feet. Be content! God did not say godliness with complacency is great gain because there is a difference between contentment, Read the rest of this entry
1st Root of Personal Disharmony: Fear
There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. 1John 4:18 [KJV]
Fear is at the root of personal disharmony. There is actually no fear in love because perfect love casts out fear. The fear you feel gets its strength from its source. In other words, fear is as strong as the authenticity of the source. The source could be your doctor who has just sent you a negative report based on test results. The next natural reaction to such reports because it is a trusted Read the rest of this entry
The Mirror
Then said I, Woe is me! For I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts. Isaiah 6:5
Until you stand before God’s mirror, it is almost impossible to be who He has called you to be. This statement many times sounds very distant to a number of people. The truth is that if you have a wrong perception of yourself, then chances are you will try to live out the wrong image you are seeing. You might be thinking that you already know what God has called you to do. This is very Read the rest of this entry
Vessel Full!
Don’t be drunk with wine, because that will ruin your life. Instead, let the Holy Spirit fill and control you. Then you will sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs among yourselves, making music to the Lord in your hearts. Eph.5:18-19
Have you ever come across a jar that is filled with sugar half way and then filled with salt in the other half? The thought of this alone is displeasing. Your body is a vessel given to you by God. However, it is your choice what to fill it with. It is your choice whether to fill it with the Spirit of God unto life or wine. Just as the Read the rest of this entry
100% Lord!
I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat is planted in the soil and dies, it remains alone. But its death will produce many new kernels—a plentiful harvest of new lives. John 12: 24
Do you just want to be known as a Christian or do you want to live a life worthy of the Name of Jesus. A woman cannot bear her fiancé’s name until she is married to him. There has to be a leaving and cleaving. God has given us the relationships around us so that we can understand what He expects from us. How often you go to Church or how big your Bible is, isn’t a representation of Read the rest of this entry
Negative Influence
Don’t be fooled by those who say such things, for ‘bad company corrupts good character’. Think carefully about what is right, and stop sinning. For to your shame I say that some of you don’t know God at all. 1 Cor.15:33-34
There is an old saying, ‘show me your friends and I will tell you who you are’. A number of us are deceived into thinking that birds of the same feather do not always flock together. ‘Don’t be fooled by those who say such things, for bad company corrupts good character’. You cannot be wiser than God. The truth is you are in denial and it will take a little while but your own feathers to show Read the rest of this entry
Habits!
Those who live only to satisfy their own sinful nature will harvest decay and death from that sinful nature. But those who live to please the Spirit will harvest everlasting life from the Spirit. Gal.6:8
Wikipedia.org defines habits as ‘routines of behavior that are repeated regularly and tend to occur subconsciously’. Research states that it takes a normal human being 28 days to form a habit. A bad habit is a negative behavioral pattern that has been developed over time. Anything, besides worshiping God that you do not have control over in your life is dangerous. Read the rest of this entry
Sibling Rivalry I
Similarly, a family splintered by feuding will fall apart. Mark 3:25
Sibling rivalry is a major cause of lack of harmony in homes. The most dangerous are fights ever recorded are the fights between brothers and sister. You are most vulnerable to the people closest to you. Siblings being at logger heads can be so devastating. Some live and die and never reconcile. If you Read the rest of this entry
Countdown
‘While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal’ 2cor 4:18
Is your focus on the temporal pain or the eternal gain? When you look at pain this way, it makes it bearable. Whenever you feel like the situation is unbearable, check, most times you are focusing on the wrong thing. We are able to bear pain when we are not looking at our current predicament. Rather, Read the rest of this entry
