God spoke to Cain: “Why this tantrum? Why the sulking? If you do well, won’t you be accepted? And if you don’t do well, sin is lying in wait for you, ready to pounce; it’s out to get you, you’ve got to master it.” – Genesis 4:6-7 When something doesn’t work for you the way …
Monthly Archives: April 2016
100% meditations*
“When you come looking for me, you’ll find me. “Yes, when you get serious about finding me and want it more than anything else, I’ll make sure you won’t be disappointed.” God’s Decree – Jeremiah 29:13 Whatever your 100% looks like…give it. Give it your all…otherwise you’re only cheating yourself. If you kinda sorta try, …
Understanding the how
I tell you the truth, whatever you forbid on earth will be forbidden in heaven, and whatever you permit on earth will be permitted in heaven. – Matthew 18:18 The first step is believing that it’s possible. The next step is studying to understand the who, what, where, when, why and how of it…and then using …
Just part of the story
And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. – Genesis 41:46 Between the dreams of Genesis 37:5 and their realisation in Genesis 41:46 are 13 eventful years of Joseph’s life. Being hated by his brothers, being thrown into a pit, being sold into slavery in a foreign land, being …
Make the call
Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not. – Jeremiah 33:3 Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know. Ask me and I will tell you remarkable secrets you do not know about …
Yield to yield
I can guarantee this truth: A single grain of wheat doesn’t produce anything unless it is planted in the ground and dies. If it dies, it will produce a lot of grain. – John 12:24 If you want a yield, you have to yield. Let me say that again. If you want a yield (profit, …
Meditations on spiritual exercise*
Exercise daily in God—no spiritual flabbiness, please! Workouts in the gymnasium are useful, but a disciplined life in God is far more so, making you fit both today and forever. You can count on this. – 1 Timothy 4:8, MSG The only bad workout is the one that didn’t happen. If it doesn’t challenge you, …
Learning how to see
And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears. – Isaiah 11:3 “If you can see the invisible, you can do the impossible.” This popular quotation sums up one …
The secret of boldness
Then Jesus said to them, “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and that I do nothing of Myself; but as My Father taught Me, I speak these things. – John 8:28 If you’re ever feeling stuck, or want to check whether the life you’re …
Modus Operandi
So Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing by Himself, unless He sees the Father doing it. For whatever the Father does, the Son also does. – John 5:19 Jesus’ M.O was simple: just do what He saw the Father do. Not because He was Jesus…but because of His position …