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'Seek His face continually .' 1 Chronicles 16:11 A good relationship is based on being sensitive to the other person’s needs, and to do that, you must make the relationship a priority and spend time together. The difference between ‘catching a few moments’ with the Lord and spending quality time with Him is like the difference between driving through McDonald’s and spending the evening at a fine restaurant. At McDonald’s you drive up, shout into a microphone and drive around to a window where they hand you a bag of food. In a fine restaurant you sit down, savour every bite in a relaxed atmosphere, and leave satisfied and nourished. Too many of us live on spiritual fast food and never experience the banquet God has for us. The Bible says, ‘Seek His face continually .’ Have you learned how to stay in God’s presence and enjoy it? When it comes to prayer, we all face two challenges: (1) Lack of desire. We complain about lack of time, but the truth is we make time for wh...

Our life is directed based on what we choose. So what are you choosing today ? Life Is about Choices (2) 'Give your servant a discerning heart to...distinguish between right and wrong.' 1 Kings 3:9 Choices—they’re the determining factor in how your life turns out. When Solomon came to the throne as a young man, he prayed for wisdom to make the right choices in life. Legendary basketball coach John Wooden said, ‘There’s a choice you have to make in everything you do. So keep in mind that in the end, the choice you make, makes you.’ Some of us make life harder by making bad choices; others move through life more easily because they make good choices. The truth is, you don’t always get what you want but you always live with the consequences of your choices. Observe: (1) Your choices reveal who you really are. Theologian HP Liddon observed, ‘What we do on some great occasion will probably depend on what we already are; and what we are will be the result of previou...

What choices you want to make to walk in GOD’s obedience or Worldly choice? Life Is About Choices (1) 'Daniel resolved not to.' Daniel 1:8 When Daniel was taken prisoner to Babylon, he was quickly promoted to leadership in the king’s palace. But as a Jew he refused to ‘defile himself with the royal food and wine’. Could his choice have affected his career, or even cost him his life? Absolutely! But what we choose to do under pressure results from one of two things: (1) Clearly established convictions we live by. (2) Fuzzy convictions we’re willing to compromise for personal gain. Hard times don’t make you, they reveal you! In Leadership Gold John Maxwell writes: ‘After visiting twenty cities in seven days, it was good to be coming home! As the small private jet approached the runway, we were celebrating the success of the week. Then, in a moment, everything changed. The plane was hit by crosswinds and dropped straight down to the runway, the wheels hitti...

GOD knows everything good or bad, He is always there for you to cleans you, forgive you and restore you back. So come to the LORD He is still waiting for you! God Knows What You've Done '...God will bring every work into judgment, including every secret thing, whether good or evil.' Ecclesiastes 12:14 One of the chief attributes of God is His omniscience. It’s a word comprising two parts. The first part, ‘omni’, means ‘all’, and the second part, ‘science’, relates to knowledge. That means He is an omniscient God who knows everything you say, everything you think and everything you do. The story is told of a wealthy grandfather who had a hearing aid fitted. When he went for a routine check–up, his doctor commented, ‘Your family must be happy to know that now you can hear.’ The grandfather said, ‘Actually, I haven’t told them about the hearing aid. I just sit around and listen to their conversations—and I’ve already changed my will twice!’ God wants to bless y...

Sometime when people come and tell you about certain weakness what is your response ? being Mad at them or take it as correction from GOD. “They did not respond to correction.” Jer 2:30 NIV Be Open to Correction How do you respond to correction?  By taking offense? By interpreting it as rejection?  By getting defensive?  By shooting the bearer of bad news and making sure they never get to you again?  By keeping score and saying, “In comparison to what I’ve accomplished in life, you’ve done nothing”?  By giving in to self-pity and thinking how hard your life is because people don’t understand or appreciate you?  We need people who’ll be honest with us. Why?  Because we’re too easily blindsided by our egos! When God sends somebody to correct you, it’s because He wants what’s best for you. His willingness to correct you actually demonstrates how much He cares for you. “If you are not disciplined…you are illegitimate children and ...

God always gives the grace to handle everything, but sometime in our busyness we forget to believe in His Grace and believe in our own strength that leads to fall down. The Grace to Handle It 'He will empower you with inner strength.' Ephesians 3:16 Lois was a secretary who battled cancer for 15 years and for every one of them she served God faithfully. Her boss wrote: ‘I don’t think I ever met anyone more courageous. Some days she was so ill…getting out of bed took all the strength she had! She’d deliberately fall out of bed, walk on her hands and knees to the bathroom, reach for the sink and pull herself up. She’d force herself to get dressed, stumble into the kitchen, drink some water, eat a dry piece of toast, search for her purse, and walk to the door. Perspiration pouring off her forehead, she’d look at her husband and say, “Well, Ralph, I think I can make it now.” Then she’d get into her car and drive to church. She was always there before me, and when I ...

Are You Jealous? 'Jealousy is like cancer in the bones.' Proverbs 14:30 Christian educator Henrietta Mears said, 'The man who keeps busy helping the man below him, won't have time to envy the man above him.' Doctor Seuss wrote hundreds of children's stories. One of his most famous is about the Grinch, a cartoon character who gets so jealous of others that he ends up biting himself. Jealousy does that. It targets others, but ends up consuming you. God blessed King Saul and lifted him from obscurity to the highest position in Israel. But when David slew Goliath and won the adulation of the people, Saul started acting insecure and threatened. Instead of rejoicing that God had sent David to help him, he grew resentful and became 'David's enemy from that time forward.' (1 Samuel 18:29)  The Bible says, 'A peaceful heart leads to a healthy body; jealousy is like cancer in the bones.' Jealousy is malignant; left unchecked it can destro...

Often people think Prayer is boring and not sure if we pray we will get an answer as we believe in what we see then what faith can see. Here is the Answer! The Power of Prayer 'Pray without ceasing.' 1 Thessalonians 5:17 When the Bible says, ‘Pray without ceasing,’ that means pray every day, not just periodically or when you’re in trouble. ‘The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.’ (James 5:16) The word ‘fervent’ means passionate, persistent and determined. It’s not the number of our prayers, how many they are; nor the rhetoric of our prayers, how eloquent they may be; nor the geometry of our prayers, how long they may be; nor the music of our prayers, how sweet our voice may be; nor the logic of our prayers, how argumentative they may be; nor the method of our prayers, how orderly they may be; nor even the theology of our prayers, how good the doctrine is, that God responds to. Fervency of spirit is what ‘avails much’. The most powerful thing...

'Don't worry about anything...' Philippians 4:6  Identify the source of your worries. Did you grow up in a fear-filled family, always feeling insecure, never measuring up, and never hearing words of affirmation and approval? Are you listening to the prophets of doom, hearing only about what's wrong, and how much worse it's going to get? What's the source of your anxiety? What feeds your worries? Until you can express your fears you can't expel them. Putting your worries into words disrobes them. They look weak and silly standing there naked. In his novel Life of Pi, Yann Martel's main character, Pi, finds himself adrift at sea on a lifeboat with a 200 kg Bengal tiger as his companion. While on the lifeboat, Pi begins to analyse his fears, both of the sea and the tiger. He gives this counsel: 'You must fight hard to express your [fear]. You must fight hard to shine the light of words upon it. Because if you don't, if your fear become...

GOD will give the strength to face the challenges. Prepare for Challenges 'A sensible man watches for problems ahead and prepares to meet them.' Proverbs 27:12 The path to your God-given destiny will have different challenges, so you must expect them. Indeed you must prepare yourself to face them. Solomon wrote, 'A sensible man watches for problems ahead and prepares to meet them.' Wouldn't you rather look ahead and prepare, instead of looking back with regret?  Why does the Bible record the failures of great men like Abraham, Moses, Elijah and Peter? To give you hope; to let you know that nobody performs flawlessly; to help you believe if they can do it, by God's grace you can too. The road to success has many potholes. You'll fall into some - and they're messy. Not only will you have to climb back out, you'll have to dust yourself off, refocus, recommit, and keep going. Since failure is inevitable, why not make it your friend by...

“If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus.”
Ro 10:9 NKJV Make Jesus “Lord” of Your Life There are two parts to being a Christian. First, you must accept Jesus as your Saviour. Second, and much more difficult, you must make Jesus your Lord—“the undisputed boss!” There is just enough ego in each of us to want to be in control, and that part of us must be crucified daily. Crucifixion is one of the most painful deaths you can experience, because you die slowly and excruciatingly. And as long as your ego has breath left in it, it will rise up and fight for control. When you make Jesus Lord of your life, you give up control in three areas:  (1) Jesus, not you, decides where you will go.  (2) Jesus, not you, decides the price you’ll have to pay.  (3) Jesus, not you, decides the person you’ll become.  “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking beautiful pearls, who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that ...

Accepting Others 'Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you.' Romans 15:7 Sometimes people don’t make it easy to accept them. They can be bad–tempered, selfish, critical, irritating, dismissive, aggressive and pompous. Sometimes you want to give them a piece of your mind; give them what they deserve—anything but acceptance. The command, ‘accept one another’, is inconvenient. And if Paul had stopped there we might dodge the directive by saying he obviously meant good, reasonable, acceptable people. Alas, he goes on, ‘just as Christ accepted you’. Were you good, reasonable and acceptable? No, but He accepted you—flaws and all—and He still does! You say, ‘Somebody has to straighten these people out and require them to act right!’ You mean like Jesus required before He accepted you?  Roman Christians had difficulty accepting their less experienced brothers, and Paul corrected them: ‘Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment… for God has ...

NO MORE SLEEPLESS NIGHTS                It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows; for so He gives His beloved sleep.(Psalm 127:2)                    Are you one of those who have trouble sleeping at night? Perhaps just this morning you said, “I was up the whole night—my boy was running a high fever,” or “I slept for only two hours—I was awake polishing up my presentation,” or “I couldn’t sleep at all—I was worried about the bills that are piling up.” God “gives His beloved sleep”. Who are His beloved? You and I! Because we are in Christ, we are His beloved. (Ephesians 1:6, 2 Thessalonians 2:13) God says, “It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows…” In other words, it is pointless to worry and lose sleep because the truth is, “Unless the Lord builds the house, they labour in vain who build it; unless t...

GOD words is two edged sword………. “Sharper than any double-edged sword.”  Heb 4:12 God’s Laser  Does reading the Bible sometimes make you uneasy? Does the sermon feel like it’s directed at you? “The word of God is…Sharper than any double-edged sword…it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit…Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered…before…him to whom we must give account” (Heb 4: 12-13). When it comes to judging our motives, Jesus, the Great Physician, can determine with laser precision the difference between what’s healthy in our lives and what needs to be removed.  Author Jon Walker writes: “A cyst developed under the skin of my right hand…and since I was a journalist I had to do something about it. The procedure was delicate, requiring the surgeon to cut at just the right point…He was confident he could do it …but I was nervous…He did an excellent job and the only reminder I have is a slight scar …The Word of God ...

Do not manipulate your dear one if you truly love them! “Love each other with genuine affection, and take delight in honoring each other.”  Ro 12:10 Don’t resort to manipulation Deep within each of us is a desire to run our own lives, and in some cases other people’s lives too. As a result we become experts at manipulating one another. This desire for control brings about different behaviours. Here are six of them you must be aware of and avoid if you want good relationships:  (1) Emotional blackmail. “Do what I want or I’ll get angry and go to pieces.”  (2) The guilt trip. “How could you do this to me after I’ve done so much for             you?”  (3) The eternal illness. “Don’t upset me. Can’t you see I’m not well?”  (4) Help from beyond the grave. “Your dear father would have agreed with me.” (5) Divine revelation. “God told me you should do what I want.”  (6) Humiliation. “Do what I want or I’ll em...

God kind of Love gives strength to Forgive others ! “Walk in love, as Christ also has loved us.”  Eph 5:2 NKJV You’ll Ask God To Bless Them Walking in love and forgiveness is difficult on several fronts.  (1) It goes against your carnal nature.  (2) There’s a chance others may never know you forgave the offense.  (3) Your heart could break as you watch God bless the offender in answer to your prayers, as if they’d never sinned against you in the first place. John Calvin pointed out that praying like this “is exceedingly difficult,” and early church theologian John Chrysostom called it “the highest summit of self-control.” The Bible says Job’s suffering ended and his prosperity was restored once he was able to pray for those who’d become a thorn in his side (See Job 42:10). When you pray this way you put into practice the words of Jesus in His famous Sermon on the Mount: “Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hat...

You can change your destiny by speaking over it through GOD’s word. You are not a failure but Victorious! “He who invokes a blessing on himself…shall do so by saying, ‘May the God of truth and fidelity [the Amen] bless me.’”  Isa 65:16 Invoke God’s blessing upon your life The word “invoke” implies these two things:  (1) To make an earnest request for, or to solicit.  (2) To put into effect or operation, or to implement. With that in mind, read this Scripture: “[It shall be] that he who invokes a blessing on himself in the land shall do so by saying, ‘May the God of truth and fidelity [the Amen] bless me; and he who takes an oath in the land shall swear by the God of truth and faithfulness to His promises [the Amen], because the former troubles are forgotten.’” That’s a powerful promise! Even as God, our Father, spoke the world into existence, we too can use the Scriptures to frame the world we will live in. When you speak the blessing of God over your life, you...

Faith is a Shield that extinguish all flaming arrows of evil one!......Faith can/will change things……..If your faith is channelled only in the Truth i.e. Jesus Christ “Life versus even more life! I can’t lose.”  Php 1:21 A Faith Perspective Roman prisons were terrible places. Offenders were stripped, flogged, and placed in leg irons. Their blood-soaked clothing wasn’t changed even in the dead of winter. And the “inner cell” (Ac 16:24) where Paul and Silas were imprisoned was the worst. Lack of water, cramped conditions, and the stench of toilets (if that’s what you could call them) made sleep impossible. Prisoners routinely begged for death, and some even committed suicide. It was your worst nightmare! Yet “Paul and Silas were…singing…and the other prisoners were listening” (v. 25 ). In The Message, Eugene Peterson paraphrases it like this: “The other prisoners couldn’t believe their ears.” Talk about impact! Paul’s attitude impressed them before his religious beliefs...

Do not complain.”  Jas 5:9 NCV Go on a Complaining Fast Whatever you keep doing becomes a habit. That’s why James says, “Do not complain.” Author Jon Gordon says, “A complaining fast won’t just make everyone around you happier…you’ll experience more joy, peace, success and positive relationships.” So instead of complaining when things go wrong:  (1) Practice gratitude. Giving thanks for three blessings every day energizes you and makes you feel happier. It’s impossible to be grateful and negative at the same time.  (2) Encourage others.Instead of complaining about what people do wrong, focus on what they’re doing right. “Encourage…people who are afraid. Help those who are weak. Be patient with everyone” (1Th 5:14). It’s okay to critique people’s weaknesses as long as you balance it with three times more praise.  (3) Focus on your success. Start a success journal. Every night before you go to bed, write down something great about your day. It cou...

Only GOD can give the peace……..i.e. to believe in HIS peace and not on  temporary peace of this world. “I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind.”  Jn 14:27 NLT “Peace Of Mind” You can control what goes on in your mind by filling it with God’s Word. Not the Word you read casually, but the Word you process mentally, apply to each situation that arises, and stand on in times of crisis because you know it’s your right to have the peace Jesus promised. Jesus corrected His disciples because they lost their peace of mind during a storm. He didn’t lose His. He was asleep in the back of the boat. So where are you today? Resting with Jesus in the back of the boat, or panicking with the others up front? Worry overwhelms you when you forget two things:  (1) What the Lord has told you. Jesus said, “Let us go over to the other side” (Mark 4:35). And once He spoke those words there wasn’t a wave big enough to sink them. Anytime you’re doing what God’s told you ...