Sunday Mornings

Those who try to gain their own life will lose it; but those who lose their life for my sake will gain it. Matthew 10:39 Scripture by scripture, day by day God keeps bringing home one crucial point: " my ways are not your ways, neither are my thoughts like yours ". Today we see another contrast in life. Contrast in the sense that in order for you to do something, then you must consciously be doing the exact opposite of it. This kingdom lifestyle has baffled many for ages. Indeed it is beyond imagination. Today we hear of seminars everywhere with great themes; all with the aim of making mankind find themselves. Jesus also gave his own rule. He teaches a selfless life. A life that thinks, breaths, and acts only for the sake of Christ. But why is God asking so much from us? The heart is deceitful: the thoughts of man are always evil naturally (Jer 17:9, Gen 6:5). Even when we want to do the right thing, if you look closely, it is to esteem your image among other men;...

Hebrews 10:26-31 The Message (MSG) If we give up and turn our backs on all we’ve learned, all we’ve been given, all the truth we now know, we repudiate Christ’s sacrifice and are left on our own to face the Judgment— and a mighty fierce judgment it will be! If the penalty for breaking the law of Moses is physical death, what do you think will happen if you turn on God’s Son, spit on the sacrifice that made you whole, and insult this most gracious Spirit? This is no light matter. God has warned us that he’ll hold us to account and make us pay. He was quite explicit: “Vengeance is mine, and I won’t overlook a thing” and “God will judge his people.” Nobody’s getting by with anything, believe me. Hebrews 10:26-31 New International Version (NIV) If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left, but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging f...

..."Go to the village there ahead of you; as you go in, you will find a colt tied up that has never been ridden. Untie it and bring it here. If someone asks you why you are untying it, tell him that the Master needs it." Luke 19:30-31 We all know the story of the two donkeys that goes thus: Two donkeys were walking in Jerusalem when one donkey said to the other, "just yesterday I was here carrying Jesus and the people were singing and shouting and throwing their clothes for me to walk on, and today they don't even recognize me". The other donkey replied "that is how it is my friend, without Jesus you are nothing". What we do not know about this story is the choice of donkey that Jesus decided to use in His triumphant entry. 2 publications ago we were looking at whom the LORD uses as His instruments on earth and today we will be looking at very special vessels. Even though God can use anyone to do his bidding, he takes pleasure in using the col...

1 God give us Christian homes! Homes where the Bible is loved and taught, Homes where the Master's will is sought, Homes crowned with beauty Your love has wrought; God give us Christian homes; God give us Christian homes! 2 God give us Christian homes! Homes where the father is true and strong, Homes that are free from the blight of wrong, Homes that are joyous with love and song; God give us Christian homes; God give us Christian homes! 3 God give us Christian homes! Homes where the mother, in caring quest, Strives to show others Your way is best, Homes where the Lord is an honored guest; God give us Christian homes; God give us Christian homes! 4 God give us Christian homes! Homes where the children are led to know Christ in His beauty who loves them so, Homes where the altar fires burn and glow; God give us Christian homes; God give us Christian homes!

In a large house there are dishes and bowls of all kinds: some are made of silver and gold, others of wood and clay, some are for special occasions and others for ordinary use. If anyone makes himself or herself clean from all those evil things, they will be used for special purposes, because they are dedicated and useful to their Master, ready to be used for every good deed. (II Tim 2:20-21) It is a very big world we live in. There are different tribes, tongues, peoples and nations. One of the similarities we share is that we are different. God knows about our differences and treats us accordingly. Our differences does not hinder God from using us. In the great house pictured in the verse above, the key fact remains that what determines whether one will be used for honor or dishonor is a function of his doings. You can be a vessel of gold, yet you are used for ignoble purposes because there are impurities in you. If a golden vessel has not yielded to refining, it is not honorable...

And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not steadfastly look to the end of that which was abolished...But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart. (II Cor 3:13-15)   The ministry that we all have been called to is to make disciples of all nations. This usually involves telling people about the good news in the scriptures. It is often the case noted that the sermons we have lack the power to back it up. We see a similar senario in the passage above. The vail that Moses used to cover his face was very symbolic and affected many generations to come. God is an all knowing God. Whatever He gives to us is essential in its fullness. We must learn never to cover a part of the message He has given to us. It renders everything ineffective.   Scriptures say that Jesus is the end of the law (that which was abolished) [Rom 10:4] because [ the law in itself is a shadow of good t...

Hebrews 2:5-6 ( MSG ) 5.God didn't put angels in charge of this business of salvation that we're dealing with here. 6.It says in Scripture, What is man and woman that you bother with them; why take a second look their way?. Man disobeyed God and fell out of God's original plan. But God, being so mindful, kind and merciful, provided a means of reconciliation for man to reconcile back to Him ; The Salvation Project. "This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life"  John 3:16 The Salvation Project is a planned endeavor by God with the goal of delivering man from sin and eternal damnation; giving man a new life. This process was kick-started by the birth of Jesus. "It's obvious, of course, that he didn't go to all this trouble for angels. It was for people like us, children of Abraham." Hebrews 2:16. Yo...