“Faithful God, Don’t Allow Me To Be Tempted Beyond What I Can Bear!”
“Faithful God, Don’t Allow Me To Be Tempted Beyond What I Can Bear!”(I Cor.10:12-13).History provides lessons from the past to be used as yardsticks for the present. The goat told the dog, “What you have just seen and are barking all around, I saw it long ago but chose to be silent.” Nothing is new! […]
“Available Grace In Time Of Need!”
“Available Grace In Time Of Need!”(Heb.4:14-16).As humans we are not able on our own to overcome trials and temptations the same way that Jesus overcame. Having been tempted like us, Jesus Christ, Son of God, who is now the great high priest knows what it is like to fight temptation.Jesus knows how weak and vulnerable […]
“Yield Not To Temptation…!”
“Yield Not To Temptation…!”(Mk.1:12-13).The number 40 was in use before organised Judaism. “And rain fell on the earth for forty days and forty nights (Gen.7:12,17, 8:6). Moses spent forty years in exile before coming back to Egypt to lead the exodus that marked the early beginnings of Judaism (Acts 7:30).Moses “stayed on the mountain for […]
“Free Your Heart Of Evil Desire!”
“Free Your Heart Of Evil Desire!”(Jam.1:12-18).The human heart is the seat of desire. God has filled the heart with greater joy(Ps.4:7), meaning that by God’s expectations whatever the heart desires should be for a greater good.Unfortunately, the misuse of “freewill” has made the heart to be “deceitful above all things…”(Jer.17:9).Such a deceitful heart is what […]
“In The Time Of Plenty, Remember The Lord Who Provided!”
“In The Time Of Plenty, Remember The Lord Who Provided!”(Dt.8:10-18).In “Things Fall Apart” the master story-teller Chinua Achebe compares Okonkwo to the nza bird who after a heavy meal forgot itself and challenged his personal chi to a wrestling match. In the midst of abundance it is easy to forget the provider. When we wallow […]