God is good and wants the best for each of His children. But He knows we live in an evil age where many people have identity crises. That is why He wants us to be strong. You must insist on who you are everywhere you go, lest others deceive you with empty words and try changing your godly convictions.
Dear one, know that God did not save you to come and sit in the church doing nothing. You are a part of God’s workforce. The Bible says you are His workmanship (see Ephesians 2:10). Refuse to be lazy in ministry!
Any person’s mind governed by sin and its desire to indulge in it lives in a corrupt state before God. Such a person won’t appreciate how valuable spiritual things in Christ are in life. That is why they are unbelievers. They need Jesus, and who is going to preach to them? You, the one Jesus has sent.
Pray for your leader. Honour your boss. Respect your senior pastor. There are many battles such people fight daily to ensure that your security as a team member or shepherd is not compromised. Don’t join anyone to speak against such people.
Be on guard every day, especially in what you hear online. It is not everyone who preaches the gospel preaches the truth. Do not give attention to anyone who does not acknowledge Jesus as the Son of God, for that person is a liar. Guard your ears and eyes, lest you be deceived by false messiahs.
God loves you and has a special relationship with you. Never limit it to some dos and don’ts you must do to walk in love with Him by your side. Until you hear a vivid instruction from Him to remove your footwear when you are in fellowship with God, don’t do it. He is more concerned about receiving you just as you are than your physical actions to prove to yourself that you’ve come before Him.
To keep enjoying eternal life in glory, you must keep receiving from the Lord. That is why you must prioritise your daily quiet time with the Lord, regularly going to church and praying. Never get too busy for God because if that happens, you are too busy, which can affect you. Speak life into that situation; pray about it by the revelation of the Word you have. And God will step up into your case.
The Bible says we are all baptised by one Spirit so as to form this Body of Christ. That means, in Christ, where a person comes from on this Earth does not matter. Why? Because the Spirit of God that dwells in that person is the same Spirit that dwells in other believers, too.
When you digest God’s Word through reading and meditation, it becomes the substance of your prayers, and your prayers become enriched with His truth.
While Paul in Romans 12:2 cautions believers not to conform to the pattern of the world, 1 John 2:16 opens up what’s in this world that forms its pattern. They are the lust of the eyes, the lust of the flesh and the pride of life. If you look at what is going on in the lives of worldly people very carefully, you’ll be able to discern that at least one of these three things is at work in their lives.
From 1 Corinthians 11:6, Paul was not talking about the scarf being used to cover women’s heads. He was speaking about their hair and the consciousness of their submission unto God and their husbands if married.
God is a Spirit (see John 4:24), meaning He doesn’t give material possessions when He blesses. No! He gives you that dimension of the Holy Spirit’s power that makes resources gravitate towards your direction when you step out. So, if you lack something in life, your problem may not be money but a lack of divine revelation.
