86- Choosing Mercy over Judgement.
“Blessed are the Merciful, for they shall obtain mercy” Matthew 5:7 For anyone to truly comprehend the demand of dealing mercifully with men, they must first understand mercy from God’s perspective. What does it mean to be merciful? It means to have compassion or forgiveness when it is within your right to do otherwise. Mercy is the opposite of Judgment, and without…
85 – The ministry of the Ox in prayer
Before the invention of the tractor, the ox was an indispensable animal for farming. These creatures were able to pull heavy loads and would help plough fields for farmers. Proverbs 14:4 says that the presence of the ox brings much increase to the harvest. The oxen in scriptures, therefore, represent the ability to labour and labour without getting tired. In scriptures,…
84 – Developing a Kingdom Mentality (2)
Jesus went around saying that men and women had to have a change of mind and repent because of this coming Kingdom, Matthew 3:2. When asked about this Kingdom, He said the Kingdom was not one that came by observation, but it is within us, Luke 17:21. Paul also re-echoed this, saying the kingdom of God is not in meat and drink, but in righteousness, peace, and Joy in the…
83 – Developing a Kingdom Mentality
From the beginning of time, Kingdom establishment has been the trust of the Father. He made it known from the beginning of the books when He said in Genesis 1:26 “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing…
82 – Cleaning God’s temple
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? [20] For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 KJV God’s desire had always been to dwell with man. Man was made in God’s image and likeness…
81 – Protectors of the Apostolic heritage (3)
Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints. JUDE 1:3 KJV For the past two days, we have considered saints who had…
80 – The Protectors of the Apostolic heritage (2)
As the world gets darker in sin and wickedness, light must of necessity shine brighter. Like the star that shined at night when the Lord Jesus was born, leading the wise men to the King, Matthew 2:1-2, the Lord is in the business of raising sons of Abraham by faith who are as the stars in the…
79 – The Protectors of the Apostolic heritage – Hall of Faith (1)
From the time of Adam, there were men and women who roamed the earth and lived their lives as everyone else. There were also those whose names were of note in the holy scriptures. Many of these saints were listed in Hebrews 11, saints who moved against the tide to lay hold on a promise given to…
78 – Follow the Leading of the Spirit. (Part 2)
We know we have the nature of God in us; we are His sheep; therefore, we hear His voice! It is our reality! My sheep hears my voice (John 10: 27-18). In John 8:12, Jesus declares “I am the light of the world: He that follows me shall not walk in darkness but shall have the light of life.” Darkness…
77 – Goodnews: The Highway of Holiness
And a highway shall be there, and a way; and it shall be called the Holy Way. The unclean shall not pass over it, but it shall be for the redeemed; the wayfaring men, yes, the simple ones and fools, shall not err in it and lose their way. [9] No lion shall be there, nor shall any ravenous beast come up on it; they shall not be found there. But the redeemed shall walk on…