Understanding Divine Relationships
I want us to take a look at this story about the visit of the Queen of Sheba to Israel and her relationship with King Solomon. What we will find is a pattern for understanding divine relationships in general. We can call it God’s playbook, a pattern which repeated again and again in God’s word […]
Getting God into your matter
One of the paradoxes I have noticed over the years as a Christian worker is people who never cared about God’s business genuinely expecting Him to drop everything He is doing to attend to their affairs when they are in trouble! I can find no better illustration for an attempt to reap where one has […]
A Case of Two Levites
There is something I found very curious about certain people in the Bible, and they existed or served God and their generation as pairs. Some were Levites actually, but for the purpose of this message, I choose to rank them all as Levites. I put the Baker and Butler who were in the prison with […]
No one is wrong all the time
In I Chronicles 21, from verse 1, we see Satan at what he does best, which is to push people into what he knows will work against them. He is very knowledgeable about human emotions and can steer the unwary towards the unhappiest of endings. Usually they are unable to see things for what they […]
Don’t give to God out of your pocket
There is clear evidence from the scriptures that the size of a giver’s pocket, purse or barn is not that important when it comes to fulfilling God’s command that we bring our presents to His house. Rather, what matters is the size of the heart from which it is given. The quality of the intent. […]
THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS NOW
Our Bible reading is from the book of Luke chapter 18, verse 18 down to 30. There we find this encounter between the Lord and a man identified as a ruler, of the Jews. Obviously he was an influential man. We read that he was very wealthy. He reminds us at once about the types […]
Don’t let others cost you your great spirit
In 1st Chronicles chapter 17, we learn of how Michal the daughter of Saul poured scorn on David for dancing freely before the ark of the covenant. I think the crucial lesson here is that, not everyone feels the same way as you do about God. By the lacklustre attitude of many who claim to […]
MAN’S JUSTICE IS UNJUST
We read in the opening passage of Luke chapter 18 about a judge, an inflexible, self-styled principled man. He executes his judicial office without favour to man or regard for God. The Lord uses him to illustrate how we are to always pray and not faint. To faint means to give up. Many give up […]
Anointing Drainpipes
Our passage from Luke 15: 1-28 provides some insight into the difficulties of managing spiritual relationships. Church relationships chiefly. Here Jesus is forced to address the concerns of some gathered around him who murmured because He gave audience to those they considered sinners and publicans. I am sure they were perceived in this manner because […]
Look no further than the word of God
I don’t think you are going to find somebody who believes more in the power of godly outreaches than myself. I was raised in a gospel ministry in which holding regular evangelistic programmes was more than a way of life, it was the very life itself. The life of God radiated through those programmes even […]