Category Archives: Strength
Love Controlled
2 Cor.5:14 [MSG] “Christ’s love has moved me to such extremes. His love has the first and last word in everything we do.”
By God’s grace, people talk with me freely because they know that I will not judge them. A pastor’s job is very interesting; you cannot even imagine some of the things I hear. But all in all, my first response is usually to laugh.
Beta Release
Eccl. 8:6 (GN)“There is a right time and a right way to do everything but we know so little.” [with emphasis]
There is a right time and a right place to do everything. Do not waste your time and do not waste your energy. There are a few things that we need to know about time and energy. The first is that Time is finite and a constant. Energy, even though finite is a variable. You have twenty-four hours in a day and you have the same amount of energy. If you exercise and eat Read the rest of this entry
Economy Mode
Eccl. 8:6 (GN)”There is a right time and a right way to do everything but we know so little.” [with emphasis]
People and things will waste your time; sometimes this is inevitable and outside of your control. However, whether your energy will be conserved or wasted is always within your control. Let me illustrate with an experience I had some years ago. Read the rest of this entry
Fifth Element
Isa.40:31 “But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength. They will soar high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint.”
Solomon’s six winning ways have been coined into the acronym W-I-N-N-E-R.
W stands for Work with purpose, I – insist on Integrity, N – Never make excuses, the 2nd N –Never stop learning and, E is for Economize Your Time and Energy. Read the rest of this entry
Focus Your Energy
Rom.12:6 “In his grace, God has given us different gifts for doing certain things well. So, if God has given you the ability to prophesy, speak out with as much faith as God has given you.”
I know a couple that the man is a better cook than his wife; so, he cooks in the house. The first time I went to visit and saw him doing the cooking I was scandalized. I pulled him aside to check if he was mentally stable. Read the rest of this entry
Triumphant
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” [with emphasis].
The devil and all his demonic hosts were disarmed, defeated and publicly shamed! It was not a private affair; it was a public disgrace. What does that mean for you and I? Read the rest of this entry
Give Up!
Isa.40:30 “Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: 31 But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.”
You just have to wait on the Lord. The word “wait” in today’s Scripture reference is a complex word and it means to hope, to trust, to be entangled with, a sense of dependence on God. Waiting on God can include fasting but it is beyond fasting. Read the rest of this entry
Arise!
Ex.19:20 “The Lord came down on the top of Mount Sinai and called Moses to the top of the mountain. So Moses climbed the mountain” [with emphasis]
#3. Climb Up! Climbing requires effort. For you to rise up spiritually, it has to be deliberate. In God’s Favourite House, we make consistent and deliberate effort to climb as a church through seasons of waiting on the Lord. Read the rest of this entry
R. E. P.
Acts 2:46 “They worshiped together at the Temple each day, met in homes for the Lord’s Supper, and shared their meals with great joy and generosity— 47 all the while praising God…”
Relationships: You are the average of the three people that you spend the most time with. If you spend most of your time with people that are not going anywhere, guess what? Over time you will be the third person that is not going anywhere. Read the rest of this entry
Pure Joy II
James 1:2 “Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance” [with emphasis].
It appears that man’s perception of joy is very different from God’s reality. Yesterday, we learnt that there is joy and there is pure joy. God says we should consider it pure joy when we face trials of different kinds. And that does not really line up with our idea of what happiness is. Read the rest of this entry
