The Secret
Mark 9:35 (ERV) “Jesus sat down and called the twelve apostles to him. He said, “Whoever wants to be the most important must make others more important than themselves. They must serve everyone else.”
Isa. 55:8 (MSG) “I don’t think the way you think. The way you work isn’t the way I work.” God’s Decree.” No wonder Jesus says, if you want to be first you have to be last. Read the rest of this entry
Kingdom Minded
Mark 9:34-35 “But they didn’t answer, because they had been arguing about which of them was the greatest. He sat down, called the twelve disciples over to him, and said, “Whoever wants to be first must take last place and be the servant of everyone else.”
One of the many things that separate Jesus from a lot of the leaders we know, is His servant-spirit. Over the next few days, we will be learning from this hugely profound attribute of Jesus. Read the rest of this entry
Simplify VIII
Zech.8:17 (MSG) “…Keep your lives simple and honest…”
I have discovered in my years of pastoring that people like razzmatazz. Some other pastors have also discovered this and so they give people razzmatazz. Read the rest of this entry
Simplify VII
Micah 6:8 (MSG) “But he’s already made it plain how to live, what to do, what God is looking for in men and women. It’s quite simple: Do what is fair and just to your neighbour, be compassionate and loyal in your love, and don’t take yourself too seriously— take God seriously.”
“…don’t take yourself too seriously— take God seriously”. Sometimes we take ourselves too seriously and we also take the people we do life with too seriously. Read the rest of this entry
Simplify VI
Micah 6:8 (MSG) “But he’s already made it plain how to live, what to do, what God is looking for in men and women. It’s quite simple: Do what is fair and just to your neighbour, be compassionate and loyal in your love, and don’t take yourself too seriously— take God seriously.”
Micah 6:8 (MSG) “But he’s already made it plain how to live, what to do, what God is looking for in men and women. It’s quite simple…” Read the rest of this entry
Simplify V
1 Cor. 14:40 (Voice) “Just maintain the proper order in all things.”
We would kick-off today’s devotional with the concluding thought from yesterday. Let everything in your life have a home. Yesterday we learned that the average person spends Read the rest of this entry
Simplify IV
Luke 14:33 “So you cannot become my disciple without giving up everything you own.”
When we come across scriptures like this, we tend to ask ourselves if Jesus meant what He said. That is possibly the most challenging thing Jesus ever said to His disciples. Read the rest of this entry
Simplify III
Ps. 19:9-10 Reverence for the Lord is pure, lasting forever. The laws of the Lord are true; each one is fair. They are more desirable than gold, even the finest gold. They are sweeter than honey, even honey dripping from the comb.
Our fourth lesson in simplicity is from Mark 14:43-46 (please read). Jesus was so simple that when the guards came to where the twelve were, they would not have been able to spot Jesus. Read the rest of this entry
Simplify II
Matt.18:2-5 (MSG) “…unless you return to square one and start over like children, you’re not even going to get a look at the kingdom, let alone get in. Whoever becomes simple and elemental again, like this child, will rank high in God’s kingdom…”
Our third lesson in simplicity is from Luke 19:45-46 (please read). In this passage, the ‘church’ had now become a market place. We all have been to a market place, a lot of our malls can be categorized as such in the sense of chaos, rowdiness, everybody talking at the same time and a lot of confusion. Read the rest of this entry
Simplify I
Prov.15:16 (MSG) “A simple life in the Fear-of-God is better than a rich life with a ton of headaches.”
Our first lesson in simplicity is from Luke 2:7 (please read). What lesson can you learn from the life of Jesus from this passage? The first and obvious lesson here is, Read the rest of this entry
