The Lord turned to him and said, “Go in the strength you have and save Israel out of Midian’s hand. Am I not sending you?” Gideon replied “Pardon me, my lord, but how can I save Israel? My clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my family.” Judges 6:14-15 REFERENCE Judges 6:1-16 Self-doubt is a lack of confidence in yourself and your abilities. It gives you a million reasons why you should not dare, why you are not built or fit for greatness, why you will fail at an endeavor, why you should play it...

The Lord turned to him and said, “Go in the strength you have and save Israel out of Midian’s hand. Am I not sending you?” Gideon replied “Pardon me, my lord, but how can I save Israel? My clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my family.” Judges 6:14-15 REFERENCE Judges 6:1-16 “All your life they will tell you no quite firmly and very quickly. And you will tell them yes.” – Nike Advert. You may be wondering to yourself, “If I have been told ‘no’ by an employer, how do I then say ‘yes’, do...

So, why can't I likewise change what I feel about Nineveh from anger to pleasure, this big city of more than a hundred and twenty thousand childlike people who don't yet know right from wrong, to say nothing of all the innocent animals?" Jonah 4:11 REFERENCE Jonah 4:1-11 Our hearts are like soil samples in God’s hand. He plants His seed and the condition of our heart determines the outcome. The heart is what you actually need for your mission or your call in life. Having looked at the story of Jonah and all the struggles he went through we...

Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the fish’s belly.  And he said: “I cried out to the Lord because of my affliction, and He answered me. “Out of the belly of Sheol I cried, and You heard my voice." Jonah 2:1-2   REFERENCE Jonah 2:1-10 God is always working within and around our clumsiness  and accomplishing His purposes through them. Just like He did with Jonah. God kept him and preserved him in the belly of the fish in spite of his disobedience. Right in the midst of our struggle, our pain and discomfort God preserves and keeps us for the assignment because He also doesn’t...

But the Lord sent out a great wind on the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the ship was about to be broken up. Then the mariners were afraid; and every man cried out to his god, and threw the cargo that was in the ship into the sea, to lighten the load. But Jonah had gone down into the lowest parts of the ship, had lain down, and was fast asleep. Jonah 1:4-5 REFERENCE Jonah 1:1-15 There is usually a cost to willful disobedience to God’s will. By his willful disobedience in answering God’s call, Jonah put his life and those...

But Jonah arose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid the fare, and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. Jonah 1:3 REFERENCE Jonah 1:1-17 God called Jonah to go to Nineveh and Jonah went the opposite direction not wanting to go anywhere near Nineveh. Perhaps Jonah was afraid for his life; the Ninevites were a heathen nation and he may have feared if he would be safe with them, if he would be accepted, or if his...

Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry out against it; for their wickedness has come up before Me.” Jonah 1:1-2   REFERENCE Jonah 1:1-3   Jonah got a call from God that was as clear and as specific as possible. It was directed to a place (Nineveh) and a particular people, meaning that there was a mission field. There was a reason and a purpose for the call (the wickedness of the people of Nineveh had come before God) and there was a message given him. But like some people would do, Jonah...

And the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, all that he has is in your power; only do not lay a hand on his person.” So, Satan went out from the presence of the Lord. Job 1:12 REFERENCE JOB 1:1-22 Reading through job's sufferings you get to understand that the devil is the author of evil; he ravished Job's properties and the lives of his children, he ran roughshod in their lives by using natural instruments like wind and fire to wreak havoc in their lives. Also, he used human instruments to do his dirty work - the Sabeans and Chaldeans attacked Job's servants on different occasions and made off...

In all labor there is profit, but idle chatter leads only to poverty. Proverbs 14:23   REFERENCE Proverbs 14:23   Labor in the context of today’s study refers to any physical or mental work that people engage in, either to get a wage or voluntarily. Work is a creation of God; He Himself is a worker, showing us how noble work is. Although He is perfect and does not need work to improve Him, but like a Father, He is always working for the good of us His children, ordering all of nature to ensure that all is well with us. Work is not...

The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ… Romans 8:16-17 REFERENCE Romans 8:14-17 An heir is the Legal inheritor who holds the right to receive a property, position, or title of somebody else when that person dies. As believers, this passage reveals our status as joint or co-heirs with Christ Jesus; this connotes that we can partake freely of our Father’s goods. The significance of this is that firstly, we have equal position with Christ: – The new birth puts us in the same...