Retreat
Feeding The Family During Famine
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 Records abound of the reality of famine both in biblical and contemporary times. Economic recession, depression, budgetary cuts and their negative effects on jobs, food inflation, disposable family incomes and the cost of living are all too familiar. In times like these, resourcefulness and reasonableness are required to ensure that the family is still fed. Ultimately, God should be our refuge and repose as we seek resourceful and reasonable ways of feeding the family in famine. “Adversity is…
Giving Without Measure to Receive Beyond Measure
2 Timothy 3:16-17; Luke 6:38; Psalm 23:5c Hudson Taylor, who founded a great missionary work in China, once said: ‘My experience has been that the more I give to others, my soul is all the more filled with happiness and blessings.’ P1. The Mystery of Biblical Giving Romans 11:25a; Ephesians 1:9; 3:3-4; Ecclesiastes 11:1-2; Proverbs 11:24-25; Ecclesiastes 11:6 P2. The Misery of a Sparing Giver 2 Corinthians 9:6a-7; Proverbs 19:17; Luke 6:38b; Galatians 6:7-9; Proverbs 11:24b; 1 Samuel 25:3 We…
Without Holiness, All Else Is Vain
Hebrews 12:14 Of what use is a passport for travel if you don’t have a visa or residence permit? Many a believer is contented with the primary and basic qualification for entry into God’s family – salvation, not being mindful of the fact that there is one spiritual experience “…without which no man shall see God”. Every believer, therefore, ought to give holiness the pre-eminence it deserves, and have the willingness to possess it. Without holiness our worship becomes pointless,…
Daily Dominion Built On Daily Devotion
Genesis 1:26-30; 3:8-13 The Christian life is a daily battle between the flesh and the spirit; good andevil (Galatians 5:16-18). If you appreciate and admit this fact, then it followsnaturally, that if you don’t dominate you will be dominated. If you have been dominated, the will and desire of God is that you will havedominion daily. Dominion demands nourishing daily devotion, whereasneglect leads to defeat. Daily dominion comes through nurturing a habit of daily devotion. “No one ever lost out…
Victory Over The Power of Darkness
Colossians 2:13-15; 1:12,13 Every true Christian is engaged in an invisible and unceasing warfare with the powerof darkness. No matter the spiritual height you have attained, you will not enjoyimmunity from this spiritual warfare. Even Christ Jesus had to contend with thepower of darkness at every moment of His time on earth. Anyone who rejects the existence of the power of darkness is living in denial of thetruth. Satan is the chief architect behind this warfare working with, and through…
The Power of Self-Denial And Victory Over Self
Matthew 16:24; Philippians 4:2,5,13 P1. Sacrifices And Strengths For Self-denial John 13:1-11; 1 Corinthians 10:24; Romans 14:21; 15:1–3 P2. Struggle And Surrenderedness To Surmount The Self Romans 7:15-24; Galatians 2:20; Colossians 3:5; 1 Corinthians 6:12; 10:23; 9:24-27 P3. Steadfast And Selfless Lifestyle Of A Believer Ruth 2:11; Esther 4:15-16; Genesis 13:9; Hebrews 11:24-26; 1 Kings 17:12-15; Acts 2:44,45; 4:34
Living in the light of Eternity
Psalm 90:9-12 Eternity is the very essence and existence of God. Since God createdman in His own image, every human being is destined to live forever –either in Heaven or Hell. Our time here on earth is but a drop in thesea of eternity! Eternity is a fact, and those who sadly regard it as a fiction and fail toprepare for it, would have the whole of eternity to regret their folly. Do you want a peaceful rather than a…
All Sufficiency Through Seeking First Thing First
Matthew 6:24-33 Our priorities, choices and decisions are sure proofs of who we really are, and what we are living for. Do you want to know an individual who is living in the light of eternity by seeking first thing first? Look at their priorities, choices and decisions in this life! God commands us to avoid the contradiction and the canker of seeking other things first, before seeking Him and His Kingdom. The obedient are guaranteed His constant sufficiency. “Everything…
Faithfulness to God in Perilous Times
Revelation 2:8-10;12-15; 3:1-5 The perilous times the scriptures mention are here with us; they are being played before our very eyes. Faithfulness to God is fast becoming an endangered species and faces threats of extinction. Age-old Christian convictions are not only being shaken but are increasingly being abandoned. Many a Christian is playing the chameleon to ‘survive’ and ‘outsmart’ the perilous times. God still remains eternally faithful: If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself (2…