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Continuing with our series on "God of Regeneration", let's focus on yet another dimension to this subject… Physical When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him. "No longer will you be called Abram; your name will be AbraHam, for I have made you a...
Last week, in Lessons Before the Cross, Part 3, we saw that because God allows us to go through trials for very good reasons. But now that we understand "why" we go through trials, He wishes to convey to us some vital truths on "how" to go through them! "And He said...
It is nearing the Easter season, and as I think about what God wishes to place on each of your hearts this Easter, I am drawn to the words of Luke 3:4-6. Wait a minute, you say, Shouldn't you be taking us a few chapters farther in the Gospel of Luke? Something like...
In the third part of our series, after reflecting on how the good Lord provides social security, we shall focus on how the Almighty guarantees economic security also. We pick up action from 2 Kings 4:8-10 where there is a mention of a devout, hospitable lady, a...
Last week, in The Serpent in the Wilderness, Part 1, we saw that the only reason the poisonous snakes hadn't always been a problem to Israel was that God was protecting them. It was their complaining against God that pushed His protection away. Today, we pick up the...
Continuing our Mini-series on what constitutes a SMART Christian. After reflecting on S and M of the acronym S.M.A.R.T , today let's focus on two more letters of the said acronym: A-ALERT "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and...
I don't have a wonderful singing voice, but I love to sing. And sometimes, when I get to work early and no one is there, I will sing as I go about my work. Then one day one of my co-workers came up to me and told me how much she had enjoyed the songs I had been...
Last week, in The Nehemiah Solutions, Part 4, we discovered that the best way to deal with distractions is to simply ignore them. But the moment I heard we would have new neighbors, God placed it on my heart to make contact with them, to greet them to the...
In this series on the "Tongue" after focusing on the two negative examples of wrong words which caused doom and gloom in the first part, in the second part of the series let’s reflect on some positive cases of words spoken with positive faith which are worth emulating...
While staying on the island of Mull for a few days one afternoon I sat by the waters' edge on the South shore of Ben More. I was feeling a bit depressed and disappointed at my attitude as a Christian. It was the summer holidays and our Sunday school was on holiday for...
In the concluding part of the series on the creative force of the Tongue, let's consider some Biblical accounts which encourage positive speaking besides finally looking at that Scriptural portion which inspires us to virtually "speak our way" (by His infinite Grace)...
Last week, in The Nehemiah Solution, Part 5, we saw that God has a mission for each of us. For some, it is across the ocean. For some, it is across town. For some, it is right next door. But we have now come to the place in Nehemiah's story where the wall is...
It has been the longest Winter this year. First came the weeks of the polar vortex accompanied by record breaking, below zero temperatures, frozen water pipes, and wind chills that cut into your bones like an icy knife. Next came the snowstorms one after another...