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 do what they do, you speak against some of their behaviors, and you take it personal and sometimes feel offended, when the honor of God is maligned. People often find it hard to handle such commitment to God by people close to them, as it...

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 be going through. You often wish you could undo or redo certain things from your past; you may be suffering the results of poor decisions or the loss of a loved one and maybe you have held those things/people responsible for how things are going...

“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 would so decimate the Midianites that there would be none of them remaining. Think about it; it is recorded in Judges 7:12 that the host Gideon was to confront was as numerous as locusts and their camels were without number, as the sand by the...

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 we know better, we would do better. One of the big things on the minds of many is purpose – what am I here for, and why? We wonder if we are not meant to do more than we are doing. What area of life...

“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 find them…” There is nothing ever written that has the capacity to turn men into heroes than the Word of God. We will consider some truths everyone can find in God’s Word for victorious living, and today, we will look at the concept of identity....

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 come to the end of a matter, because we have Jesus, our Resurrection and Life. He restores, and makes alive that which was dead, as can be seen in Lazarus’ case. Two key phrases in this verse are JESUS CAME and FOUR DAYS. The body...

And the Lord spoke to me, saying:  ‘You have skirted this mountain long enough; turn northward.’ Deuteronomy 2:2-3 REFERENCE Deuteronomy 2:1-3 If you’ve had a particular experience for so long, you can get used to it and forget your assignment, and even lose every desire to go forward. This was the case with the Israelites in their wilderness journey until God came to stir their nest. Although they were at that time out of Egypt and slavery and had passed through the Red Sea and experienced miracles in the wilderness, they still had a ‘Promised Land’ to go to. But there they were, stuck...

When Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, saying, “Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am? Matthew 16:13 REFERENCE Matthew 16:13-17 As you go through life, the question of your identity – who you are will periodically run through your mind, and the way you answer this question will determine the direction or outcome of your life. Philosophers have proffered many open-ended answers to this question; people have subjected themselves to tests to help understand their personalities, others have resorted to medical science to answer them. However, your true identity as...