“Now indeed, Elizabeth your relative has also conceived a son in her old age; and this is now the sixth month for her who was called barren. For with God nothing will be impossible.” – Luke 1:36-37 REFERENCE: Luke 1:26-38 Think about today’s topic: nothing is impossible. That is the truth; what we call impossible today is because, in the first place, God fabricated the seen world out of the unseen. Hence, for such a God, nothing will be impossible – absolutely nothing. This is a good mindset with which to approach the challenges of life. Nothing is impossible,...
"As the deer pants for the water brooks, so pants my soul for You, O God." ~ Psalm 42:1-3 REFERENCE: Psalm 42:1-3 This passage reveals the heartfelt cry of the psalmist and vividly portrays a deep longing and thirst for God, akin to a deer panting for streams of water. It is a call to seek intimacy with God, knowing that our deepest satisfaction comes from His presence. This longing reflects our innate (God-implanted) need for a deeper connection with the God of all flesh. In the arid regions where deer often live, water sources can be scarce, and...
"And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed." ~ Romans 13:11 REFERENCE: Romans 13:11-14 As we approach the end of all things, the devil's wickedness is more evident, and he seems to be tightening the noose around the necks of believers, but God gives hope in trying times. God promises that salvation is near, no matter how bad things seem. Let the words of the Apostle in this verse be a beacon of hope, assuring you that God's timely...
"Then Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it on Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh's head, guiding his hands knowingly, for Manasseh was the firstborn." – Genesis 48:14 REFERENCE: Genesis 48:9-19 Manasseh and Ephraim were brought to Jacob, their blind grandfather, to bless them. Their father Joseph placed Manasseh, the firstborn, by Jacob's right hand and Ephraim on the left. The reason is that the first in the order of birth should receive the double portion blessing of the spiritual inheritance. However, a switch occurred, and the younger was blessed by...
“You pushed me violently, that I might fall, but the Lord helped me.” ~ Psalm 118:13 REFERENCE: Psalm 118:13-15 There was a song by Maranatha Music that comforted me as a young believer going through adverse times. It says, “I look up to the mountains, to the hills I lift my eyes, who will come to help me, can I find a place to hide? The One who made the heavens and the earth will hear my call; the Lord will come to help me, and He will not let me fall.” The Chorus says, “He will not let...
"Yet all this avails me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate." Esther 5:13 SCRIPTURE REFERENCE Esther 5:7-13 The ability to focus is a potent skill. The power to focus on something, a job or assignment, ignoring every distraction until it is done, is a virtue worth celebrating. However, focus can be just as powerful negatively as it is positively. Haman was a great and favored man, but none of these 'blessings' meant anything to him because of Mordecai, the Jew who did not honor him. He was so focused on the...
"Now it happened, as he was telling the king how he had restored the dead to life, that there was the woman whose son he had restored to life, appealing to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, "My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son whom Elisha restored to life." ~ II Kings 8:5-6 REFERENCE: II Kings 8:1-6 Nothing changes a man's life quicker or more dramatically than finding himself at the right place at the right time and with the right people. This rarely happens, but it...
“The ways of right-living people glow with light; the longer they live, the brighter they shine.” ~ Proverbs 4:18 (MSG) REFERENCE: Proverbs 4:18 (MSG) Deuteronomy 33:25 says, “As your days are, so shall your strength be.” God wants your life to shine brighter as you grow older so that the glory of your latter is greater than that of the former. Being stagnated and stale in life doesn’t look like God’s plan for His children. God is committed to your progress; you must refuse to live a dull and lackluster life. A man who walks with God can be sure that life will...
“Jesus immediately stretched out His hand and lifted him up and said, “What little faith you have! Why would you let doubt win?” ~ Matthew 14:31 (TPT) REFERENCE: Matthew 14:22-33 We are in constant battle with doubt; doubt and faith try to get control over our lives, and I can tell you that doubt is an aggressive contender. It goes for the jugular; it aims to suffocate your faith and break your gaze from God. Doubt has many weapons in his arsenal – bad news, open-ended questions, painful experiences, stories of people’s failures, or adverse medical reports. When Peter...
“Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom…” ~ Ezra 1:1 REFERENCE: Ezra 1:1-6 “That the word of The Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled…” It was the word of the Lord, but it came by Jeremiah’s mouth; the word of God in his mouth was as powerful as God’s word in God’s mouth. Hence, the power of prophecy extends to...