Living with Expectation

Hi, my dear friends. People create an unconscious expectation about themselves, situations, and people. An expectation is a strong belief that something will happen or be the case; something that's sure to come to pass. Many of us have no idea that our created expectations are behind our decisions and emotional responses. Though these are …

He hears our cry

King David sang this particular psalm to the LORD on the day the LORD rescued him from all his enemies and from Saul. David had many enemies, and King Saul was seeking his life all the time he was alive. King David's words and thoughts were based on personal real life experiences with God. Psalm …

Remain in My love

This verse has two sides: Jesus is here telling about the Father's love for His Son, and then Jesus' love for His disciples. He emphasizes on the similarity of the love He receives from His Father with the kind of love He has for His own disciples at that time and in the present time …

It’s the Fervency

Elijah was no superman; he was very human; just like you and l. As a human being, the prophet Elijah was subject to all human passions. We read about his frustrations, fear, despair, discouragement and also his elation and aggressiveness. Though very much human, he was a man of great faith, power and anointing. We …

Motherhood, a divine assignment

All throughout the history of God's activities from the beginning of creation, birth of certain individuals marked a divine cycle and involvement with the human race throughout all generations. From Abel, to Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Moses, right on to Jesus the Christ, we find that God uses procreation to execute His plans and purposes on …

Treasure stores in Heaven

Treasure is something that's valuable. It is something that we cherish, hold dear, place great value on, prize, set great store by, love dearly, adore and worship, devoted to and highly appreciate. It is something we wouldn't ever want to lose, therefore we want to keep carefully, preserve and protect. Because of the value we …

The antidote for sin

Should anyone ask me if l love Jesus from my heart, immediately, my emotions would be stirred, and l would promptly respond in the affirmative. Yet, Jesus isn't too interested in my emotional response, He looks for tangible proof. And His test is whether or not l consider His commands as "treasure" and keep them …

Endurance and self-control

The way in which Peter links one virtue with the other is very interesting. He speaks about egkrateian (Greek), self-control, self-governance accompanied by, emerging from gnosis, the "right" knowledge, not merely a byproduct of fear, or coercion, or out of submission to exerted authority. It is not about restraint, rather it is about self-discipline. In …

Make the effort

With God's provision of everything that we need to live a godly life, He also gives us great and precious promises that enables us to share His divine nature and to escape the worldly corruption that our own human desires impose on us. Though enabled, we are expected to expend effort to make them our …

Everything for godly living

2Pet 1:3 This is one of the most assuring verses in Scripture when it comes to living out the Christ-life. We tend to feel inadequate some times, as though after the sinner's prayer, we're on our own to plod along and make it work. But this particular verse reveals the wonderful package that's handed over …