Pastor Austen Ukachi In the first part of this article, I wrote on the first among the four prophetic words God gave to us this year. In this second part, I will focus on the remaining three. The second prophetic word I received, God said, “In […]
Revival
THE REALITY OF JESUS CHRIST IN THIS SEASON OF CHRISTMAS (2)
In our first series on this theme, we said that the essence of Christmas would be lost unless the reality of who Christ is, and why he came and died, are known to human hearts. John Piper wrote that “The meaning of Christmas is not only that God replaces shadows with Reality, but also that […]
THE GOD WHO ANSWERS (2)
“Therefore the Lord will wait, that He may be gracious to you; And therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you. For the Lord is a God of justice; Blessed are all those who wait for Him. For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem; You shall weep no more. […]
RUTH: A WOMAN OF PURPOSE AND DESTINY (5)
The story of Ruth is not complete without Naomi, her mother-in-law. She was the surviving matriarch of the Elimelech family. With the death of Elimelech, she was the only link to the ancestral family in Bethlehem. She was there to ensure that Ruth was fully integrated into the family. Naomi must have been a good […]
RUTH: A WOMAN OF PURPOSE AND DESTINY (4)
It is amazing how Providence directs us to God’s greater purposes in life. For instance, imagine how God moved Elimelech and his sons to the land of Moab. Through that Ruth, a Gentile got married to a Jew, then she went through the tragedy of losing her husband, thereafter, she relocated to Bethlehem to marry […]
RUTH: A WOMAN OF PURPOSE AND DESTINY (3)
Something very remarkable in the story of Ruth is her elevation from her debilitating heathen background to the redemptive lineage of Christ. To better appreciate the elevation of this Moabite from insignificance to a higher pedestal of life we have to read from Nehemiah 13:1-2. “On that day they read from the Book of Moses […]
