Difficult Text(s)

  • It Couldn’t Keep Him It Can’t Keep Us!

    Speaking unknown languages is not a biblical tradition. The few times speaking in tongues is mentioned in scriptures it refers to speaking known existing languages. The only reference to speaking an unknown language is in 1 Corinthians 14 where it is condemned by Paul. The practice of speaking unknown languages masquerading as speaking in tongues began in Corinth. The Apostle condemns it in 1 Corinthians 14. Otherwise, speaking in tongues according to the Bible is to speak existing languages,

  • If Jesus Was Cautious What About Me?

    Are you cautious in your love life? Are you cautious in how you use money? Are you cautious in your friendship? Are you cautious as you open up to people who seem friendly but could be spies for those who are seeking an opportunity to destroy you? Are you cautious in your dealings with people? If Jesus was cautious what about you and me?

  • A City Without Walls Has a Better Wall

    Job 1:9-10
    (9) “Does Job fear God for nothing?” Satan replied. (10) “Have you not put a hedge around him and his household and everything he has? You have blessed the work of his hands, so that his flocks and herds are spread throughout the land.

  • Act Before, The Key Word is Before

    Acting before is being pro-active as opposed to being reactive. Acting before it’s too late is good for our spiritual life. Acting before is also good for other aspects of our life. Act before, the keyword is before! … If we learn to act before the worst happens, we will be excellent in all we do…. Is life hard? Gather together in worship. Are you stressed? After doing everything you can and should do – gather together in worship. Is it a money problem? Do what you must but gather together in worship. Gather together! Gather together! This is a call to worship in preparation for the coming crisis of the day of the LORD!

  • The Valley of Achor A Door of Hope

    The valley of Achor is not a door of hope, but God promises through Hosea that He will make it a door of hope. The valley of Achor. Achor in Hebrew means problems, trouble, suffering, etc. The valley of trouble. The valley of problems. The valley of suffering. The valley of Achor. I will make the valley of Achor a door of hope!

  • Catch Those Little Foxes

    In relationships, the little foxes could be some habits that irritate your loved one. Little foxes could be communication problems. Little foxes could be money problems. Little foxes could be other friends who have become a competition for the one we pledged to love. Little foxes could be careless interaction with an ex or potential mates. Little foxes could be bad manners such as never keeping your word or failing to be available on phone or not returning calls.

  • With a Note? Which Note? Or No Note?

    When others do write their story and they come across your name, what note will they add to it? What note will your children, spouse, and domestic workers add to your name if they were to come across it? Would it be a note of bitterness, joy, gratefulness, or warning people to never fall for people like you? What note will your closest relatives and friends add to your name?

  • He is Still Nice even to the Dead!

    Nice to the dead? How? Are the dead able to experience how nice we are to them? How can one be nice even to the dead? Is it consistent with other biblical teachings about the dead?

    Are there people you really loved and you were close to and they died? Be kind and nice to their families. Show kindness to the living and the dead. The promises we made during funeral and burial should be kept as a kindness to the living left behind and memory of the dead we once loved. Be nice to the living and the dead!

  • But When The Judge Died…

    When the judge died, people forgot the ways of the LORD and went back to sinful ways. When the judge died, people persisted in sin. When the judge died and because of sin, suffering and oppression by enemies became the order of the day in Israel. Everything changed for the worst when the judge died… The worst happens to everyone when the need for God dies. When the passion to serve God dies. When the prayer time dies. When the church attendance dies. When returning tithes and offerings die. When the conscious that governs a person from mistreating others die.