NOTHING HAPPENS TO US WITHOUT GOD’S KNOWLEDGE
Sometimes we go through things, or we face things that we feel we do not deserve or that God has no knowledge of the magnitude of the struggle we are facing. Perhaps the reason the children of God, in this story from Exodus, reacted so to the situation of the bitter water was the fact…
CHALLENGES ARE ALSO TESTS WE NEED TO PASS
We all face challenges in the course of life. Sometimes we can think that our challenges are far greater than what others go through, but this is not the case. It is said that you never know what another person is going through until you have walked a mile in their shoes. Each challenge presents…
FROM BITTER TO SWEET
The Lord can turn any situation around. In this story from the book of Exodus, the people of God had experienced great challenges and great deliverance. They had seen how the Lord rescued them from Egypt, only to find themselves caught between the sea and the approaching army. God opened the sea and made a…
AT HOME WITH THE LORD FOR ETERNITY
The wonderful promise of the Christian faith is the fact that we can one day be ‘at home with the Lord’ for eternity. We need to constantly remind ourselves of the fact that we are eternal spiritual beings having a temporary earthly experience. This world is not our home.Hebrews 13:14 ‘For this world is not…
AT HOME WITH THE LORD IN LIFE
I believe that we can be ‘at home’ with the Lord during our earthly existence. I believe that we can know the Lord as a living reality during the ‘living years’. It is often said that ‘home is where the heart is’.Matthew 6:19-21 (AMP) “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth…
AT HOME WITH THE LORD
2 Corinthians 5:8 ‘We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.’ BEING AT HOMEBeing at home is the most wonderful thing. What does ‘being at home’ mean to you? How do you describe the feeling of ‘being at home’? Here are a few…
NOTHING CAN SEPARATE US FROM GOD AND HIS LOVE
We cannot be separated from God’s love. Even when we are totally unaware of it – God is still there. His love is always reaching out to us.Romans 8:38-39’For I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from His love. Death can’t, and life can’t. The angels won’t, and all the powers of hell…
WE LIVE BECAUSE OF GOD
God wants us to seek Him and enjoy His presence in our daily lives. He wants us to reach out for Him and to find Him, because He is not far away.Acts 17:27’God did this so that men would seek Him and perhaps reach out for Him and find Him, though He is not far…
CLOSER TO GOD
It is great to know that we can never be removed from the Lord. Right now, He is right here with us. Wherever you are, God is there with you. There is no place, situation, or circumstances where God is not present. God wants to be real to each one of us. This needs to…
JESUS IS VICTORIOUS
JESUS SHOWS US HIS HUMAN SIDEJohn 19:28Later, knowing that all was now completed, and so that the Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.”Prophetic fulfillment of:Psalm 69:21‘They put gall in my food and gave me vinegar for my thirst.’Jesus was suffering. There was a human side to this suffering. As Jesus cried out…