BELIEVE AND BE MULTIPLIED “Look to Abraham, your father, and to Sarah, who gave you birth. When I called him, he was only one man, and I blessed him and made him many” (Isaiah 51:2 NIV). Sometimes we think that a whole bunch of strange things have to happen to us in order to see changes in our…
HIS WORD IS THE SOLUTION “As pressure and stress bear down on me, I find joy in your commands. Your laws are always right…” (Psalms 119:143-144 NLT). Everything in life revolves around God’s Word, His commands, His teachings, and His ordinances. There is nothing like God’s thoughts, which are written in the Bible to help…
SALVATION AND BLESSINGS “God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it” (Ephesians 2:8-9 NLT). Salvation is a gift, but the blessings on…
DON’T BE DISCOURAGED “So please don’t lose heart because of my trials here. I am suffering for you, so you should feel honored” (Ephesians 3:13 NLT). We should avoid being people who cause pity and instead be people who produce encouragement and faith, despite the problems we encounter. As leaders we cannot afford to drown…
THE TRUTH IS NECESSARY “Instead, we will speak the truth in love, growing in every way more and more like Christ, who is the head of his body, the church” (Ephesians 4:15 NLT). First, in order to mature we need to speak the truth. Many times, we will not want to hear the truth, but…
DO YOU WANT TO GO AROUND THE BUSH OR GET TO THE POINT? “When Pharaoh finally let the people go, God did not lead them along the main road that runs through Philistine territory, even though that was the shortest route to the Promised Land. God said, “If the people are faced with a battle,…
USE THE SAME STANDARD “Do not judge others, and you will not be judged. For you will be treated as you treat others. The standard you use in judging is the standard by which you will be judged. Matthew 7:1-2 NLT It is very easy for us to find defects in our supervisor, school mates,…
THINGS THAT GOD NEVER FORGETS For God is not unjust. He will not forget how hard you have worked for him and how you have shown your love to him by caring for other believers, as you still do. Hebrews 6:10 NLT There are things that God decides to forget and other things that he…
DO WHAT’S RIGHT For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong. Do you want to be free from fear of the one in authority? Then do what is right and you will be commended. Romans 13:3 NIV Of course, as the saying goes, he who owes nothing…
THREE THINGS THAT WILL HELP US TO NOT LIVE IN DISGRACE “Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in: Jerusalem lies in ruins… Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, and we will no longer be in disgrace” (Nehemiah 2:17-18). Perhaps, we have seen a lot of wickedness in the…