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This world is full of trials and tribulations, and thus it's not very easy to navigate, but when you know Jesus, and have His peace that transcends all human understanding flowing through you, then life is certainly more manageable. There's no need to worry or hurry, just move with the peaceful and calm attitude that comes from having Jesus as your anchor and strong tower. His Great Invitation of rest and peace are unbeatable, and only fools will refuse it. So please, let's use the wisdom, the LOVE and the power God gives us to accept Jesus Christ as...

Jesus Christ is no longer on the earth as a human being, however, as His disciples, we have taken over His earthly responsibilities, become His agents, His ambassadors or representatives, and now, people can only come into contact with Jesus through us; through our goodness, kindness, grace, and all the other attributes we've obtained from Him. But it's no good if we're not using those attributes for the good of others and of our world in general. For then the world will remain in the same dark, evil and ungodly state that it's been in for donkeys' ages now...

What's God's first commandment with promise eh friends? That we honour our parents so that we could live long in the land the Lord gave us. And I know that many of us didn't have good parents, but God didn't specify we honour them if they were only good. No. Whether they are good or bad, we're supposed to honour them. And today we're celebrating our Mothers' on Mother's Day. And believe me, being a mother is possibly the most difficult and most unrewarding job in the universe, because it carries with it such large and consequential responsibilities. Mothers...

Friends, lots of things and people are vying for our attention in this busy and crazy world. However, we were created to only handle one thing properly at one time. Yes, I know all about doing many things at the same time, but believe me, none of them are ever done to the best of our ability. The Lord in His wisdom made us able to only concentrate fully on one subject at a time, preferably Him. Now the devil engages in all sorts of antics trying to turn us away from God, and one of those things is...

Friends, life on earth is short, but eternity in heaven is forever; that means we need to have more stuff to live in heaven than here on earth. Therefore storing up a lot of stuff down here on earth, only to leave it all behind when we die, is not wise. The best option is to store up more rewards and treasures in heaven where we will be spending a longer time. So let's stop running down material wealth nuh, and start concentrating on the things that will benefit us most in heaven. That's true wisdom! Much LOVE!

Friends, Jesus gave up all that He had in heaven to come to earth to live a poor and humble life and sacrifice his sinless life for us. He didn't put on any airs and graces, though He had the right to, and that's the way He expects His followers to behave. As the saying goes, if you know you have it, you don't have to flaunt it. Only those who don't truly have something need to flaunt it. And we already have the best things available, that's salvation and eternal life, thus we need to get ourselves together...

Oh friends, pride is one of the greatest triggers to our falling. You can see it in Satan's demise when he figured he was powerful enough to overthrow the One who had created him, and was kicked out of heaven to walk the earth in shame and disgrace. And that's the same thing he's trying to have us do; ignore God's commandments and live the way he desires. Now, he can cause us to have certain things if we sell our souls to him, but the overall ruler of the universe is still and always will be Almighty God...

Friends our world is going to hell in a handbasket because we Christians are not doing a good enough job of showing it the light of Jesus. Meanwhile, Satan's followers are out there furiously sowing their dark and evil seeds and thus bringing our world under their dark and evil command. That's not good enough my people! Christ entrusted us with turning the world around to His way of thinking, to get others to accept His gospel of light and salvation, but unfortunately we're falling down on the job. Please, please, I implore us to wake up and get...

We have two options in this life; to do evil, or to do good, and Jesus, our Lord and Saviour is the champion of doing good! That means if we are to be true followers, we also have to be doers of good and not evil. But, unfortunately, our basic sin nature, which gives us heightened desires for the pleasures of sin, gets in the way of our doing good. So, to be true believers in Jesus Christ, in consort with the Holy Spirit, we need to strenuously and seriously battle those sinful desires. That's the only way we...

In this deceitful and greedy world no human being can be trusted to the nth degree! And that's an indisputable fact, for man is tainted by sin, and sin is not trustworthy. The ONLY trustworthy being in this universe is our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and He showed it by shedding His sinless blood on the cross of Calvary on our behalf. Therefore, we should not put too much trust in our fellow man, but put it ALL in Jesus! And if you don't listen, then you will surely pay a hefty price for your disobedience. Much LOVE!<...

Worry does not come from God, but is the devil's instigation of fear in our lives. When we have faith, we don't worry, and when we worry, as Jesus says, our faith is small. Remember that God hasn't given us a spirit of fear or worry, but one of power, LOVE and of a strong or disciplined mind. (2 Tim. 1:7) Therefore with that grace of God, we don't have to allow Satan to confuse us with the fear that comes from worrying. But that can only happen if we keep our faith strong, and that can only happen if we...

This earthly life has but two options, to live in sin, or seek the righteousness of God. And sin, though it may seem pleasureable in the beginning, always leads to undesirable consequences. And that's why our world is currently in so much turmoil; too many of us have chosen the sinful and rebellious path instead of the righteous one, and until we change our sinful ways, we will continue down the path to destruction until the earth and all therein is destroyed. God's Word contains so many good promises it's unwise to keep choosing the foolishness advocated by Satan...

Friends, without our great God we'd be sitting ducks for Satan, but through Him we have forgiveness of sins and eternal life, things that necessitate lots of praise and thankfulness. Yes, just consider what our options would be if we didn't have a great and LOVING God nuh. Hellfire and damnation would be our destiny. But now with Jesus' sacrifice we have a great option, so why aren't we wise and thankful eh? Look at all the Lord does for us everyday. All the good things we don't deserve, but yet He bestows them on us. Just think that...

Yes Friends, if we don't want to be taken in by the devil and all his evil schemes, we must make it our imperative to seek God and His kingdom before all else. Otherwise we can be overcome and overtaken by any of the many serious ills that now exist in our world. And remember that though God gave us free will to choose as we please, His great desire is for us to choose Him and all the things that He stands for. And when we wisely do that, then He showers us with all the things we...

Ah friends, knowing Jesus is indeed important, but accepting Him as Lord and Saviour is even more important, because it's only through Him can one gain salvation and eternal life. That's the only way you will ever see the Father's face in heaven. All other options only lead to hell fire and damnation! Thus it's wise to accept Christ while you're alive, preferably RIGHT NOW, since the Grim Reaper can come for you at any time, and it won't be possible after you die. Refusing to accept Jesus while alive on this earth means the worst possible future for...

Friends, here on earth we are the hands and feet, the body of Christ. He's using us to do His earthly work, and we're certainly not doing a good job otherwise our world would not be as evil and strife-filled as it is. And that puts the blame solely on our shoulders for the Lord has given us all we need to do the work assigned to us, but because of fear, laziness or simple complacency, we're not doing it, we're not putting our best foot forward, and consequently people are laughing at Jesus, blaspheming His holy name, and...

Now, we all talk about going to heaven, when the roll is called up yonder...and some of us will go, but many will not because they have not received Christ as Lord and Saviour, and He said it quite clearly, that He is the Way, the Truth and the Life, and no man comes to the Father but through Him. So, if we truly desire to be in that heavenly roll call, then we must absolutely give our lives in true surrender to Christ while we're here on earth. There's NO other way to make that roll call...

The Lord says, 'seek me and ye shall live.' What don't we understand about that eh? If the Creator and Controller of the universe says something like that, shouldn't we in all wisdom believe it? Yes, if we are wise, and not the playthings of Satan, who keeps us enslaved in darkness and the bondages of sin. But please remember that Jesus died so we could be freed from the evil hold of Satan and come into His light and salvation. So why are we still not seeking God in the throngs and droves like we should, but...

Yesterday we saw how important LOVE was to the relationship between God and man, and between man and man. Today we're intensifying that relationship with some more scriptures on how LOVE contributes to the wellbeing of mankind and our world. Also the fact that anger and sin and all the evil attributes of Satan just makes our world a place sadly lacking in godly LOVE, but filled with strife and warmongering. Now that's not the kind of world we want our children and their children to grow up in, which means we believers have to get our act together...

What makes the world go round eh? LOVE! That's because God LOVED us so much that He sent His only Son Jesus Christ to die so our sins could be forgiven. It was only LOVE that made Him do it. Therefore, if we are to show proper respect for God's goodness and mercy, we should also be reciprocating that LOVE back to Him as well as showing it to others, so that they can know what God's LOVE, is all about. Unfortunately thought, LOVE is not as big and widespread as it ought to be in our world, for...

Jesus is the Prince of Peace, so it stands to reason that if you don't know Him, then you cannot acquire His kind of peace, the ONLY true peace there is. The world spouts a whole lot of hogwash about peace which is only Satan's wolf-like deceit dressed in sheep's clothing, because he doesn't truly desire peace since it will spoil his evil and ungodly business. But in any case, whatever we want in this life, be it LOVE, joy, peace or kindness, we have to actively seek it, but even then, it must first begin with us. For...

Like everything in this world, we can only improve our knowledge and practice when we spend time learning about whatever we want to do. The same thing applies to Christianity. To be able to put it into practice, we must learn as much as possible about it, spend time in the Word of God and then put it into practice in our lives. Otherwise we'll never grow, never become mature Christians, just remain baby believers all our lives, and like babies who can't do anything for themselves or anybody else, we'll just stagnate and be useless to ourselves or...

For any organization or group to succeed, there must be a coming together of minds and ideas, and the following of one general plan, otherwise chaos will eventually take over. And unfortunately, that's what's happening in the body called Christ's church. We are supposed to be ONE, but we are so disunited and disunified that we're of not much use in the spiritual battle we're supposed to be waging against the enemy of Satan and his group of evil doers. And it must be heartbreaking for Christ to see all His sacrifices going in vain as we refuse to...

There are no easy steps in this earthly life, that means we all face troubles and trials, disappointments and disillusions, as we try to walk a careful life. And those times of despair can hit us real hard, and if we're not careful even drive us to harming ourselves. But fortunately that's never the right approach to the situation. And why should it be when we have our great Friend, Comforter and Caregiver Jesus Christ always ready to fill the missing link in our lives. Yes my people, Jesus is the friend that sticks closer than a brother, the...

Man's life on earth is tough and also short. That means we have to use it to the best of our ability; make the most of the opportunities that come our way, especially that wonderful opportunity to accept Christ as Lord and Saviour, and be assured of salvation and eternal life, for that's the best option we have! Satan has nothing good to offer us, but the Lord gave us free will so that we could choose. So please, let's be wise and do as Moses told the Israelites, choose life, or Jesus Christ, so that we and our...

Simply put, life is a battle, fought on the battlefield of our minds. That means all the people out there are fighting to control our minds, to control what we think, talk about and therefore do. Now there are all sorts of evil and ungodly powers and people involved in this battle for supremacy over our minds, but basically it breaks down to a battle between Satan's cronies and those of Jesus. And the wise money is on Jesus. That means we must use the spiritual weapons provided by Him, along with the Word of God to help us...

God has made preparation for all of our needs from the time we're born to the time He takes us home. But we have to read His Word and listen to His Holy Spirit to understand what's necessary for us to get all we are entitled to. And thus, it also behooves us to give God thanks and praise for His wonderful attention to our needs, both our everyday needs like food and shelter, but also our needs in the life to come, that's salvation through belief in His Son Jesus Christ, who shed His blood on Calvary's Hill...

Life is made good or bad by the words we speak to each other. We can speak either pleasant and uplifting words, or unpleasant and hurting ones. But as Christians, we need to focus on good and pleasant words, because that's the example Jesus set for us during His sojourn here on earth, and it's the example He expects us to follow. However, Beelzebub is so powerful on the earth these days that he's leading us to use evil and deceitful words, words that are ungodly, strife-filled, bitter, envious and chaos causing. But we believers need to push back...

In this evil and ungodly world, it's necessary for Christians to know bits of useful scripture that they can learn and speak out loud to help them in their everyday Christian walk. These acclamations as we call them, boost our spirits and strengthen our belief in Christ by giving us confidence in the Word of God and His many promises. They allow us to quell whatever fear(s) crop up as we journey along in life, and help us to adopt a good and right attitude to our situations. So, let's learn these useful bits of scripture and keep...

Our Triune God is made up of three people, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. The Father sent the Son to save the world by dying on the cross at Calvary, then rising on Easter Sunday. Then when the Son returned to heaven to be seated at His right hand and intercede for us, the Father sent the Holy Spirit, as He had promised a long time ago, to dwell in the hearts of believers, so that He could remind them of Jesus' words and works and lead them in a godly direction. But like the Father...

Simply put friends, without the shedding of Christ's blood on the cross of Calvary on Good Friday, we would still be headed straight for purgatory or hellfire and damnation; eternal separation from Almighty God! For without the shedding of blood, sinless blood like Christ's no permanent atonement is possible. But Christ, through His selfless sacrifice, changed all that, and brought us back to the Father, justifying reconciling, forgiving, sanctifying etc. etc. so that we could be once again called children of the Most High God. Please, let's recognize the blood's importance in our faith and treat it with the...

The Old Testament is basically a foreshadowing of the New Testament. Thus a lot of stuff, like promises and prophecy can be found in the Old Testament and be fulfilled or manifested in the New. From the beginning of the Bible, the appearance of Jesus on earth was prophesied and spoken of as the coming of the Messiah. So it's not strange to find Old Testament verses reflected or referenced in the New Testament. Jesus did it Himself when He stood up in His hometown of Nazareth to read from the scroll of Isaiah 61 ( Luke 4:21) So, it's very important...

In this life we never know what trials and tribulations might come against us, or when, but one thing is certain, if we stay attached and surrendered to our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, He will eventually turn our circumstances around. And if He doesn't, for whatever reason we may not like, or understand, He will most certainly help us to bear our burdens with a good attitude. And I know that we don't like to go through tough times, but that's just the way of the world, and being a disciple of Christ means forsaking ourselves for His...

Ah friends, evil has overtaken our world, and that evil hides itself in darkness, so that it's deeds cannot be known, and keeps all evil doers in that darkness. But Jesus came to earth that we could escape that evil darkness and have the light of eternal life through His death and resurrection. And isn't it wonderful to know that we now have another option besides the evil darkness of Satan? Surely! But the problem is that if want to escape the evil darkness of Beelzebub, we have to come to the Light, to receive Jesus and all that...

The world is evil and ungodly, we all know that, but in Christ we can make both good individual and worldwide changes. However, the individual change must come before the worldwide one, where believers must put on the new man in Christ; that's accept Christ's new godliness and way of living, while putting aside their old, evil and ungodly lifestyle. It's either one or the either, there's no sitting on the fence, you're either new fashioned in Christ, or old fashioned in the devil. And sadly, those are the only two options we have, so please, let's be wise...

Life is a complex affair, and the Christian faith, is no different. Though we can come to faith quite easily, because it's the gift of God, we then need to work out our own salvation, that's live the way Christ desires His followers to live. We need to learn Christ's word, study it, and then put it tinto action in our lives, meaning we need to grow up, like children, who first begin by drinking milk, then as they get older begin eating solid food. Likewise as we grow in our Christian faith, we must be able to handle...

There is only ONE way to true success, and that's by doing what the Lord says in His Word. Read your Bible, study it, and then put what it says into action! It's as simple as that! And yes, that's not always easy to do, but if we truly want to do it, with the Lord's help, we certainly can. But it all begins with us, sincerely wanting to live right in this ungodly and evil world. And yes, the powers of evil will push against us, but let's remember that greater is He that's in us, than he...

Friends, if Jesus did not do what He's done in a rather selfless manner, we would not have salvation and eternal life right now. Therefore it's utterly important to recognize His overwhelming importance in the scheme of things, and give Him His rightful praise and glory. The Father recognized it and exalted him to the loftiest heights possible, likewise we should exalt His holy name, and not just with words, but more importantly with action; sincere action, so that others can come to know, LOVE and revere Him like we do. That's the ultimate test of our faith! Much...

If Christ is our End All and Be All, then we need to do whatever He says, and live the way He desires of us. Otherwise, we will not be showing others that we are His sincere followers. And that, unfortunately, will diminish and destroy all that Jesus has worked so hard and suffered so much to accomplish. It's utterly important that those who follow a Leader, obey His rules and abide by His commands. And in Jesus' organization, that means LOVING each other the way that He first LOVED us. What a joy it would be if we...

If we consider the Lord our Father, and Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour, then it's of the utmost importance that we obey them as soon as possible. Remember that obedience put off till we feel like doing it is still disobedience in the Lord's eyes. It's necessary that we do His bidding in the least possible time frame, or in other words; when He asks us, and how He asks us. Doing it in our time and way won't cut it, we'll still be considered disobedient and pay whatever price is necessary. And there's always a price to...