In Matthew 7:7, Jesus teaches that you can place a prayer request to God for something. He says, “Ask, and it will be given to you…”. So the one who asks will receive what He asked God for. It may be slow or not immediate, but it will come.
Your possessions, both material and immaterial, can become a god to you when you decide to exalt them above the God who gave them to you. Sometimes, it’s easy to forget that you have what you have today because you received it. No gift in Christ is for sale. Instead, it’s to help you accomplish your divine mandate and also to help others.
The world’s system is like ancient Babylon, where the children of God are forced to submit to systems and structures that battle for our time with the Lord and our convictions in the Word. Standing on your grounds to live by faith doesn’t happen by luck. It’s by intentionality.
As long as we live in a wicked world (1 John 5:19), there’ll be persecutions against our faith. And when the persecution becomes as fierce as people hating us and blood-brothers delivering up (total neglect to take care of our needs, so to say) siblings to get killed, we should endure till the end.
It’s important to note that the gospel of Christ (the Word of God) reveals you from faith to faith (Romans 1:17). So it’s step by step, not just a one-time thing. Constantly expose yourself to God’s Word because it reveals who you really are in Christ as God’s righteousness.
Are you eternity conscious? Do you think about how you’ll give account to God one day on what you used your life to do? I think it’s time we preachers remind people that Jesus is coming soon.
Express your faith by accomplishing acts of God’s love with intentionality. For God is pleased by such deeds and will reward and give you more provisions to do it abundantly. Don’t make your faith dormant. Put it to work.
Don’t wait for God to address your situation spontaneously. He has given you a mouth to speak words without paying anybody. Use your mouth to pray. Remove the mountain by speaking words of faith.
Do you want to live unto God? Then stop doing all you can with your human strength to please God. Believe in Jesus today and be saved. Surrender every part of your life to God so that by His authority, He’ll transform you and give you a glorious life worth living, both in this present time and eternity.
Our lives as children of God should stem from a pure heart, such that the onlooking unbeliever will have zero error with us. But for that to happen, we must turn away from worthless things.
Cast down negative imaginations. They come as suggestions, but they aren’t your thoughts. Give the devil no chance. Resist him because he’s after your destruction, not your success. Be committed to obeying God.
You shall have what you say in prayer. But before that, you have to speak what you want to see. Is there anything in your life you don’t like? God has revealed that nuisance to you so that through you, He’ll bring redemption to it. Don’t watch things get spoilt in your life without doing anything about it.
