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The Reason For a Believer’s Hope
It is important to first establish what a believer’s hope is. Hope, according to the bible is a confident expectation. It is expecting or anticipating something in confidence and with an assurance that it will happen. This is different from wishful thinking or daydreaming. When you see clouds gather and the sky begins to darken,…
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Obedience
Someone defined obedience as hearing God’s word and acting on it. To act on it, you must have heard it. You can only obey an instruction you’re aware of. When we do not study the scriptures and pray to hear God’s voice, we become ignorant of what He wants us to do. It is one…
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Peacemakers
“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God” (Matt. 5:9 ESV). These are the direct words of Jesus during His sermon on the mount. One of the markers that identifies us as children of God, as a people who belong to God, is our desire to make and maintain peace. The…
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Inner Peace
Picture the functioning of a washing machine. While the inner compartment tumbles and turns and throws its contents around, the outer part of the machine remains at rest. In fact, newer designs tell you the machine is noiseless. That means the “suffering” of the clothes go unnoticed because no one even hears the machine while…
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Peace
Peace is a divine gift that cannot be purchased or secured through material means. It comes from God and is maintained by focusing on Him, which strengthens trust and faith. Despite life’s troubles, God’s peace guards our hearts and minds, allowing us to remain undisturbed.
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Eternal Joy: Joy of Salvation
I like to call this joy “Jesus joy” because everyone who has Jesus naturally has this joy. We were headed for eternal destruction. However, since we believed and accepted Jesus’ sacrifice for us, He translated us into His kingdom and sealed us for eternal life (Col. 1:13). There is a joy that comes with knowing…
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Forever in God’s Love
I believe that one of the most powerful portions of scripture is found in Romans 8: 35-39. 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? 36 As it is written,“For your sake we are being killed all the day…
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Love and the Church
Whoever lives in love lives in God and God in them (1 Jn. 4:16). Likewise, whoever does not live in love, doesn’t live in God and God doesn’t live in them. Moreover, they cannot even claim to know God at all (1 Jn. 4:8). Some of the virtues expected of us as believers include kindness,…
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The Good Samaritan
The parable of the Good Samaritan is one that many of us are familiar with, regardless of whether or not we grew up in the church. The English dictionary has even adopted the word “Samaritan” as a word that describes a charitable person. The parable explores Christian values such as kindness, mercy, and compassion, all…
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We Love Because He First Loved Us
God is love, indeed, no one could understand the concept better than Him. He, through Jesus, gave us a prototype. Jesus is every believer’s role model, so our lives must be modeled after him. He showed us how to love and now we have the right to do so. We love because He first loved…
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Truth And Freedom
The truth will set you free. This is a statement many of us are familiar with. We say this to urge a person to tell the truth or stick to what is true. Some people believe the word “truth” is relative or personalized and some others believe there are many “truths”. But in a world…
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Pride: Beyond the Surface
If there is one thing God hates so much, it is pride. The scripture uses so many strong words to describe God’s disposition to the proud. It says God detests and repels the proud. So, we understand that the easiest way you put yourself out of favor with God is to have pride. Many will…
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Hidden with Christ
For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. Colossians 3:3 NIV Through faith in Jesus Christ, we are partakers of His death and resurrection. Through our faith in what He did, we also died and awoke to righteousness. Furthermore, our lives are hidden with Him. (Rom. 6:4) That your life…
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Eternity
Whether we choose to believe or not, we will not be here forever. It’s either Christ calls us home or comes to pick us up. Whichever the case, we will eventually have to leave this world for another. This “world” is what we call eternity or the afterlife. Jesus is our hope for eternity. Most…
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Peace, as Christ Gives
In these very troubled days, the best thing we can use as a covering is the assurance of peace. Jesus tells us that He has left us with His peace –and not the worldly standard of peace, not the type of peace people of the world have, but His type of peace, the heavenly type.…
