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...

John 15:16 KJV Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. The Lord has chosen us and we ought to be rooted in Him; and then recruit others that will serve Him in that manner. Matthew 28:19-20 KJV Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: [20] Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen. Matthew 9:37-38 KJV Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; [38] Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest. For us to to serve effectively in contributing to the Great Commission and also reaping in the harvest, We ought to have the spirit of God as our ult...

2 Kings 4:6 KJV: And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed. ...and the oil stayed; but why? -there was no more vessel. We must learn that out LORD is not a wasteful God. The heavens are only open when God wants to move, and He would only move when there are people waiting to receive from Him. Acts 2:2-3 KJV: And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. Even though there was a sort of rushing wind, the LORD only visited those who were waiting for Him. There were a lot of people in Jerusalem at this time, but the anointing of God’s Spirit was not for careless passers-by. It had a target-empty vessels. Often at times we attend meetings with friends and it seems your friends be...

Psalm 143:8 KJV Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee. Couple of years back, at 5:00am the bell ringer jingles the bell till you wake up. Even if you are lost in non- rapid eye movement slow wave sleep, the stroke of cane administered by the house master will wake you up. We just had to stay awake. Most times, we just open the Bible and place our quiet time notes in front of us and sleep off. Also, we could just put our head between our knees on the bed and pretend to be praying; then sleep off. Other times, we genuinely wanted to have an Alone time with God, but yet we sleep off. Even when you doze off, you try to remain sensitive to the environment; such that when you perceive that the house master is coming around for his routine check, you start mumbling words as though you were praying. When ever it was time to check our quiet time notes, we just copy from the ...