Category Archives: Witnessing
Being Christ-like
‘Blessed (happy, blithesome, joyous, spiritually prosperous—with life-joy and satisfaction in God’s favor and salvation, regardless of their outward conditions) are the meek (the mild, patient, long-suffering), for they shall inherit the earth!’ Matt.5:5 [AMP]
Some years ago, my wife and I were staying in a particular house and we had both good neighbors and ‘funny’ neighbors. We all know it’s easier to be friendly to the good neighbors and be not so friendly to the ‘funny’ neighbors. But knowing what God expects of us drove us to go the extra mile to be nice to the ‘funny’ neighbors. There was this particular neighbor who consistently met our attempts to be warm and neighborly with an ice cold Read the rest of this entry
Take Your Stand!
‘When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak of his own but will tell you what he has heard. He will tell you about the future’ John 16:13
‘But Micaiah replied, “As surely as the Lord lives, I will say only what the Lord tells me to say’ 1 kings 22:14. The people around you cannot continue in sin and yet you are telling them that all will be well with them. There is definitely something wrong with that. Who do you want to please –God or people? I want to please God! You need to take your stand today because people will come to you offering you all sorts of things just so that you can doctor Read the rest of this entry
No Other Name
‘There is salvation in no one else! God has given no other name under heaven by which we must be saved’ Acts 4:12
‘Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me’ John 14:6. So what about other religions, some of them are really good people, what will happen to them? God loves every Muslim, Buddhist, Atheist; God loves every single person He has created. I don’t even think God loves Christians better, so to speak, on the foundational basis of God’s love. A lot of these people are actually good people who do good things. You know Steve Jobs of Apple Computers as a child used to walk Read the rest of this entry
You Already Have Victory
‘Seek the LORD while you can find Him. Call on Him now while He is near’ Isa.55:6
‘I planted the seed in your hearts, and Apollos watered it, but it was God who made it grow’ 1 Cor.3:6. The way God has it fashioned out is that preaching of the Good News is reserved for you and I. Whether the person accepts or not, is not our responsibility. The fact is that once Jesus is preached, you already have the victory. For some of us, our duty is to plant the seed in Read the rest of this entry
Taste And See
‘My old self has been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me’ Gal.2:20
It is only the person that has tasted an orange that can convince another person about the sweetness of an orange. Similarly, it is only one who has experienced Jesus that can testify convincingly to another person about Jesus. One sure way you can bring the ultimate gift to those close to you but far from God is to tell your own story. No one knows your story better than you. ‘I don’t know Read the rest of this entry
God’s Ultimate Desire
‘In every place of worship, I want men to pray with holy hands lifted up to God, free from anger and controversy’ 1 Tim.2:8
This season more than any other, God will position people around us that are close to us but far from God. God’s ultimate desire is that ‘men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands’. There are two ways we can go about presenting the ultimate gift to the people around us. We could either bring the ultimate gift to the people or we could bring them to the ultimate gift. Whether we take the Read the rest of this entry
Giving The Ultimate Gift
‘When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them’ Luke 2:17-18 [NIV]
I hope you plan to give gifts this Christmas. Christmas offers an amazing opportunity for everyone to give gifts of love to one another. God gave His Son Jesus and Jesus gave His life. It is because God gave that is why we can even celebrate Christmas today. Now the ball is in our court. What will you give your friends, family, in-laws, neighbors or even your enemies? God’s word Read the rest of this entry
Ingathering: Harvest
‘(When He said “living water,” He was speaking of the Spirit, who would be given to everyone believing in Him. But the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet entered into His glory.) John7:39
Still dealing with the first significance of ingathering which is harvest. Harvest also means the gathering of every spiritual principle and gift that God has given to us from the beginning of this year up until now. For some of us God has taught us a lot of spiritual lessons. We have fought some battles and we have learnt some awesome things. Ingathering means we are to Read the rest of this entry
Spiritual Growth in Community
‘As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend’ Prov. 27:17.
‘You use steel to sharpen steel, and one friend sharpens another’ Prov. 27:17 [MSG]. It is easy to identify this plan in everything that God created. For instance, He created plant with seed in itself. The same way He has given you experiences for the benefit and growth of others. Spiritual growth happens in Read the rest of this entry
Power of Community
‘Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts’ Acts 2:46 [NIV].
‘They followed a daily discipline of worship in the Temple followed by meals at home, every meal a celebration, exuberant and joyful, as they praised God. People in general liked what they saw. Every day their number grew as God added those who were saved’ Acts 2:46-47(MSG). Corporate worship and Read the rest of this entry
