INTRODUCTION What are Thanksgiving and Thanks-Living? Thanksgiving is expressing our gratitude to God for all he has done for us. What we had last Sunday was an event; a Thanksgiving Service to appreciate God for his blessings upon us for the year. But, beyond Thanksgiving Sunday, our duty is Thanks-living that is, living a life […]
Kingdom
MAKING GOD OUR HOPE (2)
Like we said, hope is trust in God for the things we expect in future. Beyond the unseen things that the believer hopes for, God is also our hope. The Psalmist writes thus: “Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God, for I shall yet […]
FORGIVING LIKE JESUS 1
The prayer of Jesus on the cross for his persecutors teaches us how to forgive our persecutors. In anguish and pain on the cross, Jesus prayed to the Father to forgive his persecutors, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do.” This prayer is the high water mark of all that Jesus […]
FORGIVENESS: THE MISSING BALM (2)
There are three examples in Scriptures that reveal the heart and character of Jesus, which we must emulate. When Jesus met the woman of Samaria He obviously knew everything about her. Jesus knew about the existing cultural divide between the Jews and the Samaritans that predated his period. Despite the cultural differences, Jesus still treated […]
THE CHRISTIAN VIEW ABOUT DESTINY 2
The Christian theology is in support of a divine destiny. That is that, God has a predetermined plan for each one of his children. For instance, God said to Jeremiah thus, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the […]
GOD’S BOOKS
“Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book they all were written, The days fashioned for me, When as yet there were none of them.” Psalm 139:16. The Bible is God’s Book. Therein we find that God also keeps several other books which serve either as registers or memory books. These books […]
