The Oddity Of Godly Parents Raising Ungodly Children 1 Samuel 8:1-6. Bringing people from darkness to light seems to align with the divine order of life but when people born right into righteousness grow up to become children of darkness, it is an aberration and a great oddity. Samuel’s children, Joel and Abiah were raised…
What Doth The Lord Require Of Thee Micah 6:6-8; Deuteronomy 10:12-16, 20 The Lord Almighty can do all things and more better, do all things through us. But He is no respecter of anyone- Acts 10:34; so, He will never condescend to our fallen nature. Rather, He sets precepts and principles for us to measure…
Lord Of The Storm “And they shall fight against thee; but shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee” (Jeremiah 1:19) The Lord here was assuring Jeremiah, during his call as a national prophet, of the challenges he will face as His vessel who shall bear His…
Temple of God 1 Cor.3:16-17 1 Corinthians 3:16-17 Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are. In general terms, a temple…
A Dependable Battle-Axe “The Lord is a man of war… thou art my battle-axe and weapons of war, for with thee will I break in pieces…” (Exo 15:3; Jer 51:20) Usually, during military campaigns, the army often have some reserve battalion force that can make up a reinforcement in the event the war turns bad,…
Life-Transforming Influence Of The Spirit’s Baptism 1 Samuel 10:9-10; 11:4-6, 11; Acts 1:8; 2:1-4, 38-41. The focus is on two Bible characters namely King Saul in his early days and Peter. They lived in different eras and had different background stories leading up to the encounter which transformed their lives and ministry. Saul, on the…
The carnality of human worship 1 Corinthians 1:10-13; 3:3,4. Human worship and sectarian loyalty are fast becoming a nidus of decay and corruption in the Christian religion. We are fast abandoning the simplicity of the belief and focusing on Christ for a more elaborate yet deadly deviation by elevating “prominent” ministers of the gospel. This…
Strength for the journey 1 kings 19:4-8. Every man is on a sojourn regardless of the direction and the endpoint. Coming to Christ at Calvary sets us on the right course of our journey with the word of God as our compass and the provision of prayer as our chief source of strength, comfort, and…
Measuring to the stature of Christ Ephesians 4:11-16. Key verse: Ephesians 4:13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ. There’s an expectation of heaven over our lives that…
