By faith Sarah herself also received strength to conceive seed, and she bore a child when she was past the age, because she judged Him faithful who had promised. -Hebrews 11:11   REFERENCE Hebrews 11:8-12   After waiting for what seemed like an eternity to have God’s promise of a child fulfilled in her life, Sarah came to a point where she esteemed God’s character above her need for a child. She started from unbelief, moved to doubt, but got to a place where she judged (considered) God to be faithful; whether she had a child or not. She must have said, “I may...

By faith Sarah herself also received strength to conceive seed, and she bore a child when she was past the age, because she judged Him faithful who had promised. - Hebrews 11:11 REFERENCE Hebrews 11:8-12 Quite often, as the year draws to a close, many people pray to have 24-hour miracles or 11th hour miracles, but God is not tied to our calendar and just because something hasn’t happened within a ‘specified’ time does not mean it will not happen. It is more important that we develop faith in God’s person than in what He can do or what we want Him to do for us. It...

For thus says the LORD: After seventy years are completed at Babylon, I will visit you and perform My good word toward you, and cause you to return to this place. Jeremiah 29:10   REFERENCE Jeremiah 29:10-14   One of the greatest gifts God has given to man is ‘TIME’. It has helped man to plan, set goals, make appointments, and has been exchanged for money severally. However, time has been one of man’s greatest source of frustration because he cannot hasten it, delay it or control it. The only person that can control time is God, and He is...

“But you, O Lord, are a merciful and loving God, always patient, always kind and faithful.” Psalms 86:15 (GNT)   REFERENCE Psalm 86:15-17 (GNT) When you know the character of someone, you can predict how he/she will act or react in certain situations. Likewise, our Christianity can only be as good as our knowledge or concept of God; and it is only when we have a balanced perception of God's character that we can cultivate a healthy and sustainable relationship with Him. Some people perceive God to be like their earthly fathers who mete out instant justice by punishing them any time...

O Lord, You are the portion of my inheritance and my cup; You maintain my lot. The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places; yes, I have a good inheritance. ~ Psalm 16:5-6 REFERENCE Psalm 16:1-6 As he was about to bring the people of Israel into their allotted inheritance, Moses said, “For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, that flow out of valleys and hills” (Deuteronomy 8:7). What a blessing to inherit a land with water brooks, because Jeremiah tells us it is a curse to inherit the parched places of the earth (Jeremiah 17:5-6). Water in...

O Lord, You are the portion of my inheritance and my cup; You maintain my lot. The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places; yes, I have a good inheritance. Psalm 16:5-6 REFERENCE Psalm 16:1-6   The Prophet Habakkuk said: “The Lord God is my strength; He will make my feet like deer’s feet, and He will make me walk on my high hills,” (Habakkuk 3:19). It is God’s plan for us to be high fliers in life; to rise to the top and stay there; He wants us to be the head and not the tail. Hallelujah! The lines have enclosed places of elevation for us, as part of our inheritance! High places represent promotion,...

O Lord, You are the portion of my inheritance and my cup; You maintain my lot. The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places; yes, I have a good inheritance. Psalm 16:5-6 REFERENCE Psalm 16:1-6   Another portion that the lines ‘enclosed’ as part of our pleasant places (our inheritance) as believers is security and rest. We have a covenant of protection from God. Psalm 91 reveals this truth; it says, because we dwell in the secret place of God, He will hide us under His shadow, give us His refuge and be our fortress; He also will cover us with His feathers, and not permit any...

O Lord, You are the portion of my inheritance and my cup; You maintain my lot. The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places; yes, I have a good inheritance. Psalm 16:5-6 REFERENCE Psalm 16:1-6 According to our text, the Lord is the portion of our inheritance, and He has made the lines to fall for us in pleasant places; i.e. He has allotted to each of us all that we need to live well on earth. ‘Wealth and riches’ are part of the blessings that fell into our portion, as allotted to us by the Master Planners’ pen. Psalm 112:2-3 says, “…The generation of the upright...

O Lord, You are the portion of my inheritance and my cup; You maintain my lot. The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places; yes, I have a good inheritance. Psalm 16:5-6 REFERENCE Psalm 16:1-6 The picture I see here is God, like a Town Planner, working on the master-plan of a city and using His instruments to draw out 'lines' on paper, representing portions of land to be allotted to different people...myself inclusive. On getting to site to see the portion of land allotted to me by the 'Town Planner's' pen, I realize that my portion of land has enclosed in it, streams of water,...

So he went down and dipped seven times in the Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God; and his flesh was restored like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.  II Kings 5:14   REFERENCE II Kings 5:1-15   After all he must have tried to get a solution for his ailment, Naaman was still told to go dip seven times in River Jordan. Quite embarrassing you would agree, for a top military brass to strip by the river side and dip in the river. Imagine that as he kept dipping and coming out,...