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‘And having chosen them, He called them to come to Him. And having called them, He gave them right standing with Himself. And having given them right standing, He gave them His glory’ Rom.8:30

For every Christian the joy of being purchased is that you have been given the identity of God. Just as the clay takes on the signature of the potter, we have been given the glory of God. Even before we were born, God had already called us as His own. The joy of being purchased is that you are a debtor to no one. Read the rest of this entry →

‘I look up to the mountains—does my help come from there? My help comes from the LORD, who made Heaven and earth!’ Ps.121:1-2

‘Don’t put your confidence in powerful people; there is no help for you there’ Ps.146:3. In other words, you need to know that people will let you down. It is guaranteed. You don’t even need to do anything specific for people to let you down. Some people start out with good intentions but they eventually let you Read the rest of this entry →

‘Once I was young, and now I am old. Yet I have never seen the godly abandoned or their children begging for bread’ Ps.37:25

One of the biggest things that shapes people’s opinions about God is His response to their expectations. When an expectation is fulfilled, we tend to have good thoughts towards God. When you are trusting God for something and it apparently isn’t happening, you tend to begin to doubt if God really loves Read the rest of this entry →

‘For I know the plans I have for you,” says the LORD. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope’ Jer.29:11

When it comes to God, you have to understand that God is God. With us, being human beings, we think that if we are able to get certain people to think certain things about us then we are sorted out. In other words, the most important thing in your life is not what your neighbor thinks about you. Too many people Read the rest of this entry →

‘Don’t sin by letting anger control you. Think about it overnight and remain silent’ Psalm 4:4

If you dig deep into people’s lives, you will discover that unfulfilled expectations are the root cause of the anger, bitterness, and resentment they so passionately express. When you trace unhappiness and frustration, you usually will find unfulfilled expectations at the roots. A man comes back home Read the rest of this entry →

‘Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a dream fulfilled is a tree of life’ Prov.13:12.

Baggage is a particularly interesting aspect of life. It is almost impossible to travel without carrying baggage. Some people travel with scarcely any baggage while others especially cannot afford the luxury of traveling light. Sometimes you pack your bags yourself and at other times people pack for you. The reality Read the rest of this entry →

Since He did not spare even His own Son but gave Him up for us all, won’t He also give us everything else? Rom.8:32

‘If God didn’t hesitate to put everything on the line for us, embracing our condition and exposing Himself to the worst by sending his own Son, is there anything else he wouldn’t gladly and freely do for us?’ Rom.8:32 [MSG]. The fact that God now calls us His children is a guarantee that nothing can be Read the rest of this entry →

‘that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father’ Phil.2:10-11

There is a goliath between you and the actualization of your destiny [written and envisioned]. There is no vacant promise land. Every promise land is occupied by a giant. The more lucrative the land, the greater the giants occupying it. [Study 1 Samuel 17]. David had to deal with goliath. Daniel had to Read the rest of this entry →

‘Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and make me willing to obey You’ Ps.51:12.

After plugging the leaks that lead to losses, the next step is to deploy the keys to restoration. Then you can be confident that your restoration will be permanent. The first key to restoration is Repentance. Repentance starts when you recognize you are in sin and ends when you change your ways. Repentance Read the rest of this entry →