Scrapes and Bruises! For this people’s heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Matthew 13:15. Lord, do I know you as my stumbling stone or my building stone? If I am not properly connected to You, I will surely stumble over You, as Peter did (Matthew […]

Sacrificial Preaching! Then the Lord reached out his hand and touched my mouth and said to me, “I have put my words in your mouth. Jeremiah 1:9. Lord, am I a Christian by indoctrination or revelation? If I am merely parenting truth, that has been dictated to me, woe is me and woe is any […]

The Spared Self! I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. Gal. 2:20. I promise with your help not to spare myself, […]

Life Between Brackets! “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind…..” Luke 9:27. Lord, you are teaching me that I must always live my life between brackets. No condition of my life is ever permanent. God brings about every […]

Enduring Contradictions! Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober, set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming. (I Peter 1:13). I will promise to learn what Jesus’ experience, the contradictions of sinners against Himself. (Heb. 12:3). So often my best friends become […]

Living as Never Seen Death! Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?” The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians 15:55-57 God ‘s purpose for me as […]

Competition with Others! Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart. (Hebrews 12:3). I must be aware of one of Satan’s subtlest traps-competing with others. Jesus knew nothing of competition; He only knew service. Too often I am like the disciples, striving to see who […]

YESHUA Salvation Many people don’t understand the importance of a name. When people hear your name, what do they think about it? What type of person are you? What have you done to better the lives of others? What’s in the name? You see, the name Jesus in Hebrew is Yeshua, which means “salvation”. So, […]

The Aftermath of Victory! Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. (Romans 8:37). I must be careful never to let a victory over Satan become my weakness, his prime targets are not victims, but victors. Paul reminds me of this when he says, “And having done all, […]