Cleansed to be Sent

‘As long as it is day, we must do the work of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no-one can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world’ ~ John 9:4 Jesus uttered these words when He and His disciples encountered a man born blind. …

Asking to Receive

‘You have not, because you ask not’ ~ James 4:2 As we get older, asking becomes harder. This may even extend to asking from God. In a world full of unmet expectations and seemingly unanswered prayers, we come to conclude, why ask in the first place? It then becomes that we have not, even though …

Urim and Thummim: Right Decisions and Judgements

‘The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the Lord’ ~ Proverbs 16:33 One of the priestly garments God instructed to be made was the breastpiece. He says, ‘Fashion a breastpiece for making decisions’ (Exodus 28:15). The breastpiece was a double-folded linen with ‘four rows of precious stone on it’ …

Spiritual Soldiers: Drinking from God’s Hand

When Gideon had to downsize his army of 32,000 men to 300, God gave him a criteria to use. This was an important battle. Not only was it Gideon’s first battle, but it would be a turning point for the Israelites whose freedom was stifled, as they were subjects to the Midianites for seven years. …

The Seven-fold Spirit of God

In the beginning, 'the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters' (Genesis 1:2). After the creation of man, He resided and moved in man. But after the Fall, God's Spirit manifested through Prophets and His servants. Select people were given the Spirit, but only in a certain form to complete a particular …

That One Unforgiveable Sin

‘And so I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven’ ~ Matthew 12:31 Jesus spoke these words to the Pharisees with such finality. This was after He had healed ‘a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute’ (Matthew 12:22). After the …

Until Christ Forms in You

‘My dear children, for whom I am in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you' ~ Galatians 4:19 Christ became like us and was ‘born of a woman, born under law’ (Galatians 4:4) and ‘shared in their humanity’ (Hebrews 2:14). Now exalted and ‘seated at the right hand in the heavenly realms …

What Does God Want?

Find out what pleases the Lord ~ Ephesians 5:10 Have you ever found out what pleases God? Ever wondered what God wants anyway? For some ‘the word of the Lord becomes do and do, do and do, rule on rule, rule on rule; a little here, a little there’ (Isaiah 28:13). However, the repercussions in …

A ‘Godless’ Life

I didn’t grow up in the Church community. None of the Christian values were imparted on me. Prayers were unheard of. Steam rising from our hot meals sufficed as our prayers before food. Our bedtime prayers were snores that the wind would somehow carry heavenward. I don't recall the name of God being uttered, not …

What Stephen Saw

Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked up to heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God ~ Acts 7:55 Stephen before the Sanhedrin council was about to be stoned to death because of his faith sees heaven open and sees God. This verse perfectly embodies the …