PART 1: "When the foundations are being destroyed, what can the righteous do?" Psalm 11: 3. Everything is built on a certain foundation, and the destruction of a foundation signifies the end of a building or anything built. Hebrews 12:27 reminds us that everything that can be shaken – created things/temporal things – will be removed so that only what cannot be shaken can remain – eternal things. We experience shakeups since everything
Read more1. I AM the bread of life: John 6:35-51 49 Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died. 50 But here is the bread that comes down from heaven, which anyone may eat and not die. 51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. Revelation 2:17: "To him who overcomes I will give some of the hidden manna..." One interpretation of this verse is that Christ supplies spiritual nourishment
Read more(Favour means gaining God’s approval, acceptance and blessings. Or God given ability to do something which is humanly impossible). (A). When David was Fleeing from Saul, these are the kinds of men who joined him (a moment of humiliation): 1 Samuel 22:2: All those who were in distress or in debt or discontented gathered around him, and he became their commander. About four hundred men were with him. (B). When the time came for him to be
Read more¬His promises are dependable¬ a. For no matter how many promises God has made, they are "Yes" in Christ. And so through him the "Amen" is spoken by us to the glory of God (1 Corinthians 1:20). b. God is not human, that he should lie, not a human being, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill? (Numbers 23:19) God had made a promise to Abraham in Genesis 17:4-6 that he will be a father
Read moreAfter war, turmoil, uncertainties, weeping, mourning, crying, confusion people need rest & peace. 2 Samuel 7:1 - After the king was settled in his palace and the Lord had given him rest from all his enemies around him, 2 he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent.” 3 Nathan replied to the king, “Whatever you have in mind, go ahead and do it, for the Lord is with you.”
Read more***Nothing is more exhausting than searching for easy ways to make a living*** Theology of work: “We were made for work. We imitate God through our work. We serve others through our work”. The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it – Genesis 2:15 Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters – Colossians 3:23 Anyone who has been stealing must
Read moreIsaiah 54 talks of the Restoration of Israel from Babylon after 70 years of captivity. In captivity they are compared to a barren woman – v1-3, and a widow – v 4-6 Their captures would humiliate them and in mockery tell them to sing the Lord’s song. Hence their reply, “How can we sing a song of the LORD in a foreign land?” – Psalms 137:4 Like a barren woman or a widow, they were in shame, disgrace, humiliation, embarrassment, disappointed
Read moreEven before we were conceived, God had a plan and a mission for us. Psalms 139:13-16 shows us that God was involved in our physical and emotional formation for His glory. 13 For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. 14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. 15 My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in
Read moreFollowing the death of Lazarus – the one whom Jesus loved (v2) – his sisters, Mary & Martha had sent a word to Jesus about Lazarus sickness. But now he was dead! v 33. When Jesus saw Mary weeping and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled……....then he wept! (v35). Jesus did not offer a solution immediately, He Only Wept…...he said and did later (calling Lazarus back to
Read moreMan can never be there (zenith of life) because after he gets there, it become here and another there awaits him. The endless rut/pattern continues, always toiling – meaningless - looking for meaning and purpose for life, looking for something new – but nothing is new under the sun – nothing can satisfy and give meaning for life under the sun – only the shalom of God through Christ (perfect peace) that was lost in Eden. Only that shalom can
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