In Joshua chapters 21 & 22, the leaders of Israel cast lots to determine who got which parcel of land. I just smiled. As I meditated upon this, the wheels of time seemed to roll back slowly. It was a cool, beautiful Saturday evening. I was in my final year in Senior High School...
“Oh God, I thank you for a good day “. This is my prayer anytime I get to my work place and also when I close from work. I used to be a sales boy in a clothing shop. At the close of every day, whether I made sales or not, I prayed to God...
“I am the Lord your God who teaches you to profit and who leads you in the way you should go”. Isaiah 48:17. Almost 2 decades ago after I finished senior high school, I saw an advertisement in the newspapers of an organization that trained people to be freelance writers. I decided to get enrolled...
Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? If I ascend into heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there. Psalms 139:7-8 NKJV I LOVE my privacy, I like to have my space and to be alone with my thoughts. These...
There is nothing more frustrating than a Christian trying to fight sin. I used to fight sin as a young Christian. The sad reality about those futile fights was that they never got me any rewards, except depression. My favorite Bible quotation then, James:4:7. "Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will...
It happened a few years ago. I belonged to a church group that goes to evangelize and follow up on converts after church. On one of those occasions, I reached out to a fairly mature guy who was not grounded in Christ. He seemed to take in my message pretty well. It led to...
Then Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you also want to go away?” But Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. John 6:67-68 NKJVGod is a faithful God. He watches over His Word to perform it. The Bible is full of reminders of God's...
What is true humility?Is it to walk with drooping shoulders and a head downcast?Or to wear shabby clothes when you can afford better?In the Bible God saysTo humble ourselves, to pray and to turn from our wicked ways so He'll heal our landBut what is the humility God requires of us?The Jews tore their...
I have listened to you, I have heard your request,I've come to tell you that it's only a test;Just hold on, though your storm be strong,Just hold on, this test is your storm,But it won't be long, go through, hold on.T.D JakesThese were the exact words I heard in my spirit at the emergency...
Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. And she went and filled the skin with water, and gave the lad a drink. Genesis 21:19 NKJV Hagar, Sarah's maidservant, was driven out of her mistress’ house together with her son Ishmael. This was because, her son Ishmael was ridiculing Isaac and...
