Evident Love
‘Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples’John.13:35
‘Give as freely as you have received!’ Matt.10:8b. God expects us to love others with the same kind of evident love He has for us. The love that was in effect even while we were still deep in sin [Rom.5:8]. God wants us to freely give the same kind of love that we have freely received. It is in our evident expressions Read the rest of this entry
Instructions
‘Then He said, Throw out your net on the right-hand side of the boat, and you’ll get some! So they did, and they couldn’t haul in the net because there were so many fish in it’ John 21:6.
Usually, what God will give you concerning any situation you face is an instruction. If there is one thing that is peculiar to instructions, it is the fact that instructions from God need to be obeyed. Many times, instructions from God come to us through the Holy Spirit as suggestions. However, think of it this Read the rest of this entry
Joy Of Purchase
‘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
Proof Of Ownership
‘So I bought the field at Anathoth, paying Hanamel seventeen pieces of silver for it. I signed and sealed the deed of purchase before witnesses, weighed out the silver, and paid him’ Jer.32:9-10
The Word of God came to Jeremiah to buy a certain land from his cousin. Jeremiah did not handle this task shabbily. He was diligent about the task being careful to treat every detail with importance. Did God not notice Jeremiah’s limitations since he was in prison? Yes He did. However, Jeremiah on the other Read the rest of this entry
God is God
God is God and there is nothing anyone can do to change it. Whether you ignore Him or acknowledge Him, God remains God. Whatever He says happens just as He says it will. He does what He pleases and nobody can question Him. God chooses to lift one up and pull down another. Everything He does is in Read the rest of this entry
Fill The Void
‘Don’t be drunk with wine, because that will ruin your life. Instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit’ Eph.5:18
The mistake a lot of us make is that, even though we really cut-off from toxic relationships, we neglect to fill the void. When you cut off, it creates a void, particularly if you had emotional connections to that relationship. ‘Don’t be drunk with wine, because that will ruin your life. Instead, be filled with the Read the rest of this entry
Filter Connections II
‘…Take your choice of any section of the land you want, and we will separate. If you want the land to the left, then I’ll take the land on the right. If you prefer the land on the right, then I’ll go to the left.” Gen.13:9
It was after Jacob confronted Laban that he was able to access the next step of the toxic relationship [Gen.30:25]. In some cases, the next step might be to can the relationship. To can simply means to restrict influence or access. So after you have confronted the person and you have discerned that the Read the rest of this entry
Filter Connections I
‘Finally Abram said to Lot, Let’s not allow this conflict to come between us or our herdsmen. After all, we are close relatives!’ Gen.13:8
When a relationship becomes unhealthy, you need to filter it by the help of the Holy Spirit. There are three ‘C’s’ used in filtering connections; these ‘C’s’ will help inform the questions you should ask the Holy Spirit. The three ‘C’s’ are Confront, Can, or Cut-off. When you are faced with an unhealthy relationship Read the rest of this entry
Flush Every Excuse
But they all began making excuses. One said, ‘I have just bought a field and must inspect it. Please excuse me.’ Another said, ‘I now have a wife, so I can’t come’ Luke 14:18&20
An excuse is the greatest barrier to opportunity. You cannot be free from what you keep making excuses for. Every time you come up with an excuse for an unhealthy relationship, you stay yoked in that relationship. Regardless of how great the opportunity God is bringing your way may be you can shut it down with Read the rest of this entry
Unhealthy Baggage
‘Everything is pure to those whose hearts are pure. But nothing is pure to those who are corrupt and unbelieving, because their minds and consciences are corrupted’ Titus 1:15
Relationships are like baggage, not all are necessarily bad. However, the toxic ones have a way to deterring your pilgrimage. Relations are crucial to your destiny and its fulfillment. ‘The godly offer good counsel; they teach right from wrong. The wicked wait in ambush for the godly, looking for an excuse to kill Read the rest of this entry
