It is easy to love someone who is loving but a completely different thing to love someone who is unlovely. It requires a special kind of love that looks beyond the acts of meanness and selfishness. The Bible speaks of different kinds of love; love for fellowman, love for one’s brother, love for your parents, love for your spouse, love for your child and love for God.
Our best example was Jesus Christ in the way He demonstrated love towards…..
We often say when someone is shown the door that he is given the sack. He is told to leave, as a gesture of not returning to that job or place. It is not a nice thing to be shown the door. However, when we are pointed to the door in the Biblical sense, it means the opposite. That is because the ways of man and the ways of God are completely opposite.
John 10:9 says of Jesus, “I am…..
One day a desperate wife asked her doctor what she should do with her ill tempered husband. The wise doctor told her to take a big sip of water when her husband came home from work and keep it in her mouth for as long as she could. She was to report back to the doctor after two weeks. To the wife’s surprise this remedy worked wonders. She reported to the doctor how amazing it was; her husband was not…..
When you have freedom, you also need responsibility to act on it. These are the flip sides of a coin; you can’t have the one without the other. If you win the lotto, you need to strategise how you are going to use that money. If you don’t, it will slip away like sea sand through your hands. With freedom comes power. When a person is free, he has the power and the authority to choose for himself. He is…..
But God is faithful and just, slow to anger and abounding in mercy and unfailing love. Check out Psalm 145:8; Psalm 86:5; Psalm 103:8.
When we face opposition and we don’t know who is right and who is wrong, who do we turn to? There is only one source that is just and faithful; it is the Sovereign Lord. We need to turn to Him for the answer and the way forward.
The arm of flesh may fail us but…..
Hatred is a war that imprisons both sides of the camp. When one is consumed by hatred, that ill feeling builds up inside. It is like a cancer that starts to eat away into the soul. When someone first gets that cancer, they may not realise it because the signs may not be clearly evident. With time it starts to impair the person’s functioning until it leads them to the grave.
There was a lady who was consumed with anger…..
Your birthday is something you tend to always remember because it comes up year after year. Actually, it is the anniversary of your birth that you remember. Some people make a great fuss about birthdays and enjoy birthday presents, party and birthday cake. Other people are very low key about it. Some cultures do not even celebrate birthdays. So why the big deal about birthdays? The Bible says in Hebrews 9:27, ‘It is appointed once to a man to die,…..
Abandoned, rejected, looked down upon, labeled and despised. These are strong words describing strong, heartfelt issues. What do you say to someone who finds them self in that situation? HOPE! Is that remotely possible? A three month old baby girl is abandoned by her own mother? Why? Because her biological father is of a lower social status than her family. Is life so cheap? Twenty six years later this girl searches for her parents and flies 1000’s of miles to…..
Exactly! What is in a name? Why is a person’s name so important to them? I have noticed that people get really upset if you don’t spell their name correctly. Yet, if one mispronounces a name, it is not such a big deal. I attended a funeral for a well-known person in our community. The church service was packed to capacity and overflowing. Everybody was dressed in their best outfits, as befitting the occasion. While speechmaker after speechmaker credited the…..
Sometimes life seems like a constant battle, from morning till night and every day is just the same. You ask yourself, ‘What is the point of living when you have to be weighed down so much?’ You try and you try but there is no relief in sight. The Lord says in Matthew 11:28 (NET), “Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” This means we don’t have to go about our…..
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