Don’t complicate life
How often we complicate life! Simple situations can become so complicated and so burdensome that we stumble under the load. It can be as simple as taking wrong decisions or acting without wisdom that leads to this complicated life. The result is we become tired and weary – BUT Jesus is ready to meet us…
God’s plan for our motivation
1 Thessalonians 2:4 Our purpose is to please God, not people. He is the one who examines the motives of our hearts. (Living Translation) This should be our motivation: 1. To please God! 1 Thessalonians 2:4 Our purpose is to please God, not people. 2. To love God! Deuteronomy 6:5 Love the Lord your God…
Let’s get real
What is it that motivates you? There are so many things that act as motivating forces of life. Here are just a few: beauty, health, money, power, influence, position, success, title, materialism, control and approval. Let’s take a look at what the Bible says: Ecclesiastes 4:4 Then I observed that most people are motivated to…
Wrong motives block God’s answers
This is such a challenging concept. God is so concerned about our motives that if He sees they are not correct it causes a blockage that can make Heaven seem far away. Have you ever prayed and felt like your prayers are bouncing off the ceiling? Perhaps this has got something to do with God’s…
Jesus came to teach us to love one another
1 John 3:11 “This is the message you heard from the beginning: we should love one another.” Cain certainly showed by his actions that he belonged to the evil one! 1 John 3:12 “Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because…
Jesus came to break the power of the devil over our lives
From this point on we are going to change our version of the Bible, because it gives us clearer insight into what the original Greek was actually saying: The NIV: 1 John 3:7-10 “Dear children, do not let anyone lead you astray. He who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous….
Jesus came to help us with our sin problem (Part 3 of 3)
This is exactly what John the Baptist said: John 1:29 “The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.” This is exactly what Jesus did for us when He died in our place on the cross: 1 Peter 2:24 …
Jesus came to help us with our sin problem (Part 2 of 3)
The Ten Commandments is divided into two sections [Two Tablets]: SECTION 1: THE FOUR LAWS GOVERNING OUR RELATIONSHIP TO GOD. No. 1: “Thou shalt have no other Gods before me.” Have you ever transgressed this law? No. 2: “Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image or any likeness of anything that…
Jesus came to help us with our sin problem (Part 1 of 3)
1 John 3:4-6 “Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law. And ye know that He was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin. Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him. What does it mean, Jesus was manifested? Well, Jesus existed long before…
Why did Jesus come?
1 John 3:4-11 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin. Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him. Little children, let no…