Prayer is for God

Jesus taught His disciples how to pray during the Sermon at the Mount. But more than this, He also taught them how not to pray. He warned them to not be like the hypocrites, meaning the Pharisees back then, who strive to make people see how they pray. Those people pray not to God, who is unseen; they...

Mustard Seed Faith

The Lord said, “If you have faith like mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, “Be pulled up by the roots and be planted in the sea,” and would obey you.”- Luke 17:6 Would you like to have a greater faith in God? The disciples did. They said to the Lord, “Increase...

What Love!

Jesus said to His disciples, “When the Son of Man comes in his glory and all the angels with him, he will sit upon his glorious throne, and all the nations will be assembled before him. And he will separate them one from one another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will place...

Love thy Enemies

Jesus said to his disciples, “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends...

Let Go

“But I trust in you, LORD; I say, You are my God” -Psalm 31:14 There is a popular activity that is used in teambuilding sessions called the “Trust Fall”. It involves a person falling backwards into the arms and hands of people who are lined up behind her. It is commonly used because...

Faith that Counts

There was a woman afflicted with hemorrhages for twelve years. She had suffered greatly at the hands of many doctors and spent all that she had. Yet she was not helped but only grew worse. She had heard about Jesus and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak. She said, “If I but touch...

Like A Child, Be A Child

When we were children, we needed to grow and learn the ABC’s. Now that we are adults, we need to change and relearn the BAC’s… Be A Child. Paul said in 1 Corinthians 13:11, When I was a child, I talked like a child; I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. Jesus said in Matthew 11:25, “I...

Love God Above All

Of all the commandments, which do you think is the greatest and the most important commandment of all times? Imagine if Jesus didn’t come, died and rose again, and taught his disciples, who passed God’s message of love and forgiveness from generations to generations, where do you think we’ll go...

Friends For Keeps

Difference of opinion was never, with me, a motive of separation from a friend. –Thomas Jefferson Famous lines from a famous person. Well, we all have friends and had our share of these so-called betrayals and separations. The Lord Jesus Christ himself experienced this when a person whom He considered...

Days in Eternity

Have you imagined yourself living day after day in eternity? Do you believe that what we say and do today have lasting impact even to eternity? Let us examine closely this passage in Hebrews 12:22-23: “But you have come to Mount Zion, to the heavenly Jerusalem, the city of the living God. You have...

Having Doubts? Bring It On To Jesus

Many Christians have been grateful that the Bible has turned a spotlight upon Thomas and his doubts. Those who have struggled with doubts, or perhaps still do, find great comfort in the fact that Thomas, the doubter among the disciples came through to radiant conviction and great spiritual achievement....