“Will you deny worldly pleasures for the cause of God’s mission?” I know that sometimes, obeying God is hard. But hey, look into God’s glorious future for you and obey Him wholeheartedly.
If you want to be first, you must be the last. If you want to become great amongst people, you must serve everyone on that team.
God cannot be mocked. If He came down to stop the tower of Babel project, how much more that evil plan your enemies have formed to execute against you? They’ll be in vain because they aren’t of the Lord.
You don’t need to be afraid of what will happen to you as long as you follow the Lord. He’ll keep you from all harm. He’ll watch over your life so well that no CCTV camera or satellite can do it. Trust Him.
Maybe, you’re involved in something now that’s not connected to your purpose. Or you’re currently associating with the wrong company of people. Tell God to deliver you according to His promise concerning Your life; so that you’ll not err from purpose.
In Psalm 119:169, he told God to give him understanding according to His Word. What in the world does that mean? It means with everything in this life, David sought to get the spiritual insight behind it. It applies to us too.
A tree branch with many leaves doesn’t realise it needs pruning to become more fruitful until the owner does it. In the same way, God prunes His children, including you and me, in Christ so we can become more productive in our lives.
If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, men would have destroyed us. Evil people would have seen us dead. People would have loved to see us unprogressive. But let God be true, and every man be a liar.
Herod got trapped by his own oath to her daughter — who was directed by her mother to demand the head of John the Baptist. Be careful of making oaths in happy moments, especially in the midst of secular people. You might fall into a trap with your own words.
One time, Jesus heard that John the Baptist got beheaded in prison. He couldn’t say anything but depart through a ship to a solitary place. It was a private time for mourning the death of His beloved cousin. But people were looking for him so much that they followed him on foot out of the cities. Even though Jesus had compassion on them, healed the sick and fed them (over five thousand people), His grief was still inside there. He was in pain, yet ministering. Are you so focused on receiving from your preacher without giving him some time of privacy?
Before Jesus came to the world, God used to speak through the prophets (Hebrews 1:1). But now, it’s not so. Jesus is the current language of God.
During Jesus’ time of earthly ministry, the Israelites used to pay temple tax before entering the synagogue. In the context of Jesus’ spiritual understanding, it wasn’t right for God’s children to pay tax before entering the temple to worship. He knew this, but the Pharisees didn’t. Nevertheless, in order to avoid causing offence and to maintain peace, he performed a miracle, got money out of a fish’s mouth and paid the tax for himself and Peter. At that moment, Jesus valued peace more than his knowledge [Matthew 17:25-27]. Not everyone has your level of spiritual understanding. Deal wisely with people.
