Sunday Mornings

1Peter 2 ( MSG ) 1 So clean house! Make a clean sweep of malice and pretense, envy and hurtful talk. 2 Now, like infants at the breast, drink deep of God's pure kindness. Then you'll grow up mature and whole in God. 3 You've had a taste of God. 4 Welcome to the living Stone, the source of life. The workmen took one look and threw it out; God set it in the place of honor. 5 Present yourselves as building stones for the construction of a sanctuary vibrant with life, in which you'll serve as holy priests offering Christ-approved lives up to God. 6 The Scriptures provide precedent: Look! I'm setting a stone in Zion, a cornerstone in the place of honor. Whoever trusts in this stone as a foundation will never have cause to regret it. 7 To you who trust him, he's a Stone to be proud of, but to those who refuse to trust him, The stone the workmen threw out is now the chief foundation stone. 8 For the untrusting it's . . . a stone to trip over, a boulder bl

But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne: Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King. Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. Matt 5:34-36 Everybody likes a good name. We can go at any length to gain reputation, even if it is at the expense of integrity. Many times, we say something and do another because we do not want to step on toes. Because of the atmosphere of falsehood, we need to swear an oath in order to be taken for our words. From today's edition, we can see that God does not ever want us to be in a position where we have to swear in order to be taken seriously. If we are saying something, we should mean it without mixing words. Every idle word will be brought to judgement  (Matt 12:36). God is known for His faithfulness because he does not go back on His words. Psalms 138:2b says that God honours His words a

Genesis 39:9 KJV There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God? Last week, we looked at Lot's wife; she served as an example to warn us from desiring the pleasures of the world. Today we shall be looking at an example that teaches us about the Fear of God. Having reference for God will deter one from committing sin. Genesis 39:4 KJV And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand. Genesis 39:7 KJV And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me. Joseph was the head of Potiphar's house. So if he had yielded to Potiphar wife's temptation, no one could possible had known. But Joseph was rooted in God; he feared God and wouldn't do such an evil thing. Joseph resisted

Remember Lot’s wife! Luke 17:32 When I come across such scriptures as this, my mind becomes heavy with a lot of questions. Jesus was talking about the coming of the Son of Man in this chapter of the scripture, and suddenly, he laid emphasis on Lot’s wife; someone whose name is not really known, her identity can only be traced to her husband, but in her story lies a lot of lessons to learn from. We trust the LORD to lead us to find the lessons He was intending to teach us from the life of Lot’s wife: But Lot’s wife looked back as she was following along behind him and became a pillar of salt (Gen 19:26). The first thing that I feel the LORD is laying emphasis on this week is to note particularly that Lot and his family were on a journey. They were on a journey to safety; away from destruction. A foundational truth is that the reason why we are in the body of Christ is also for the same reason. We are all on a journey away from destruction. It is because our eyes were opened