Now Thomas, called the Twin, one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. John 20:24   REFERENCE John 20:19-25   David in Psalm 84:10 said a day in God’s courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. Sometimes, all God needs in a person’s life is just a day spent in His courts (presence) […]

Because for Your sake I have borne reproach; shame has covered my face. Psalm 69:7 REFERENCE Psalm 69:7-9 Being zealous for God is not always a comfortable place to be. Friends ostracize you and family members dissociate themselves from you and deny you. Reason? You no longer do what you used to do; you don’t […]

Now Martha said to Jesus, ‘Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died. But even now I know that whatever You ask of God, God will give You.’ John 11:21-22 REFERENCE John 11:17-22 Sometimes, you find yourself looking back on the past and blaming certain events for things that you might […]

“And the Lord said to him, “Surely I will be with you, and you shall defeat the Midianites as one man.”” ~ Judges 6:16   REFERENCE Judges 6:11-24 “Impossible! How can I defeat the host of Midian as though I was only fighting one man?”  This could just have been Gideon’s thought or response when the Angel insinuated that he […]

Then the LORD turned to him and said, “Go in this might of yours, and you shall save Israel from the hand of the Midianites. Have I not sent you?” ~ Judges 6:14   REFERENCE Judges 6:11-24 If many of us know what we are supposed to do, we would gladly do it; and if […]

“And the Angel of the Lord appeared to him, and said to him, “The Lord is with you, you mighty man of valor!” – Judges 6:12   REFERENCE Judges 6:11-24   Our minds cannot fully grasp the potential locked up in the Word of God. Proverbs 4:22 says, “For they are life to those who […]

So when Jesus came, He found that he had already been in the tomb four days. – John 11:17 REFERENCE John 11:11-26, 38-44 Death is defined as the cessation of life; it connotes an end to something, finality, and most times, a hopeless situation. However, for a believer, death does not always mean you have […]