Sunday 30 August 2015

God's generational relationship

Mark 5:34,41,25

This chapter alone focuses on 3 of Jesus' miracles.

Especially the woman with the issue of blood. She pressed on through all the discouragement from the throng around her,being pushed down and away by Christ's very disciples too,but she had tremendous faith and felt the pull of Christ and all she did was touched His hem and she was fully healed. The intensity of which Christ felt, her faith. Faith is a very powerful thing.

The little girl He was on his way to see passed away in that transit. But God is never late,Christ is never late. He always comes on time. At your very hour of most need,He is always there.

The woman with the issue of blood for 12yrs. And there's a little girl who was 12, who passed. The older and the younger generation came to a point where Jesus is at the centre of it all. It may seem as if Christ is only focused on the younger generation as He is moving towards the child. Yet in the same token,He healed the older generation. But this is deliberate in that as we are on our walk with God,we still focus on the things around us,finance, health,everything but Jesus.  So the message there was to press on. Christ is always there, you just have to switch your focus and press on and touch Him. This could be seen as an epitome of our Christian life and growth. The child always need guidance and help and feeding and changing etc. A child needs more care than an adult who knows what they've done wrong and right in their life.

Tuesday 18 August 2015

Grace,Faith,Hope

Ephe 2:8,9
Luke 15:10-12,18-20

God is always looking out for you.Like the prodigal son,God has His arms open wide to embrace us with a kiss.Always! 

God's grace will always find you at your point of need. All things are working for you,through God's grace. Even things seem to be going horribly wrong at every turn.

Heb 11:1,6,34-37

Faith is,just as God is: all present tense. Whether you feel good or bad,believe God's Word. We must not just have faith though, we must also be committed!  For God is bigger than what we think. Faith is the opposite of fear and worry. God can reverse it all.  2 Cor 5:7 "Walk by faith, bit by sight" look beyond reality because faith is based on truth,you will always get 'facts' from reality.But God is the truth,so what does He say?!

God's grace is always upon your life even when things in your life go wrong.Just don't lose faith in God,for His grace is upon you.

Sunday 16 August 2015

The influence of doing God's will

Rom 14:12-22

As. Christian we influence people subconsciously. We may do things that may not seem wrong or questionable. But to others looking at us as an example may find it disappointing if for example we wear skimpy clothes or drink liberally.

When you become Christian, there are always some who would like to see you fall. Because now you're holding up a mirror to the world..

Neh 4:1-6
Acts 8:26-31

It is for our benefit to follow the Lord's instructions, for we don't know the actions that us obeying may be a catalyst for. For Philip obeying God,by leaving his congregation and going to one man, became the catalyst of bringing Christianity to Ethiopia and saving a nation and nations to come.

Acts 9:26-29

Saul became Paul. Whom at the beginning was a killer of Christians. At his conversion, the disciples feared him.But God has spoken to Barnabas to be Paul's 'sponsor', explaining his transformation to the others and he preached and won many a soul for the kingdom of God. Had Barnabas not obeyed God and sponsored Paul. He may have become discouraged,he may have then thought I was right in the beginning to the Christians thus killing again with more vigour.
But beware. Pray for discernment, so that you are actually doing God's will.

Heb 11:6

The Bible never proves the existence of God. It just starts with, " in the beginning God..."
For He just Was and Is and Is to come.

God's bank will never go bankrupt. Regardless of your circumstances, God has never changed: our faith in Him has changed. If you compare your faith from the first time you were born again,to now a couple of years later, you will find that your faith levels have dropped. You've lost sight of the Grace of God,that's why we don't experience God the same way we used to. God will never fail you. Even though we fail Him all the time. But God is still alive, waiting for us to have faith in Him again,for He will never forget our labour of love.
God will never disappoint you, He is still the miracle worker He has always been,so focus on just Him,not everyone around you or in the world. For the economy of Heaven is more than sufficient, God is more than sufficient!!

We need to allow God to leas us through the wilderness. Even more so when it seems like a blind wilderness when we can't see ahead,we can't see the light in the darkness. Take the Lord's hand and he will lead you to the promised land.