I’m trusting and praying, I’m hoping and looking, I’m asking, seeking, and knocking But I can’t see an answer yet, In pain, I find I am in the fire, And as I stand and wait, There is another in the fire. In the anger and bewilderment, In questioning and doubt, In hurt and discouragement, In…
“Who am I? What is my purpose?” are two of the most frequently asked questions. Behind these questions is the rooted desire to have a greater meaning other than self-preservation. There is an innate desire in us to bring solutions to earth’s greatest questions or problems. When we circle back to the beginning where God…
Matthew 18: 21-35 ; Ephesians 4:32 ; Matthew 6:14 As we go through life, there is no denying that we have experienced and inflicted hurt; its just how the fallen world is. Unfortunately, we tend to keep score cards of wrongs done, and that is why Peter (speaking for faulty men like us) asks Jesus…
Zaccheaus was a renowned tax collector, a wealthy man, a man of substance and means. He was despised by his fellow Jews because of his collaboration with Rome to collect taxes and even more for surcharging them on their taxes. But because of his position of influence, his fellow citizens would not call him out….
Passage : Matthew 13: 24-30, 36-43 Audience: A large crowd Context: Jesus is teaching besides a lake Theme: The state of the church (present and future), Christ’s care, the devil’s intent to sabotage , the mixture of good and bad, and the ultimate separation at the time of the harvest(end of the age) Jesus used…
I embarked on my journey in Christianity with such glee and joy, filled with the hope that there would be no sorrows, worries or pain. I believed I would not struggle with sin, let alone be tempted. I believed my walk with God would always be marked by the salutations : Glory! Hallelujah!. I imagined…
Whenever an animal is slaughtered for purposes of consumption, a lot of care is taken in the removal of the bile duct during separation of the intestines. The bile juice is so bitter that if it accidentally spills on the meat, is is declared unfit for consumption. This inspired the phrase “they have bile between…
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