Scriptures: 1 Corinthians 12:4-6"There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. There are differences of ministries, but the same Lord. And there are diversities of activities, but it is the same God who works all in all."
Scriptures: Amos 8:11-12“Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord God,“That I will send a famine on the land,Not a famine of bread,Nor a thirst for water,But of hearing the words of the Lord.They shall wander from sea to sea,And from north to east;They shall run to and fro, seeking the word of the Lord,But shall not find it.”
Scriptures: Genesis 2:9“And out of the ground the Lord God made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.”
Scripture: Romans 8:11“But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.”
Scripture: Leviticus 16:13-14“And he shall put the incense on the fire before the Lord, that the cloud of incense may cover the mercy seat that is on the Testimony, lest he die. He shall take some of the blood of the bull and sprinkle it with his finger on the mercy seat on the east side; and before the mercy seat he shall sprinkle some of the blood with his finger seven times.”
Scriptures: John 3:1-7“There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him.” Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Nicodemus said to Him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?” Jesus answered, “Most...
Water baptism is a common practice in the church. Since her birth in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost about two thousand years ago, the church has been baptizing countless people in water. People across different age groups, from infants to elderly people, have received this baptism. There are three methods of water baptism which have been practiced over the centuries: immersion, pouring, and sprinkling.
There are three basic spiritual practices that we must learn to do secretly. Secretly here means not before men to be seen by them. These spiritual practices are doing charitable deeds, praying, and fasting. If we do them to be seen by men, God will not reward us. But if we do them not to be seen by men, God will reward us openly. When God rewards us openly, men will clearly see it.
True spiritual life is not about following certain laws, rules, and regulations strictly, but it is about having a living and dynamic relationship with God. As in every relationship, in this relationship with God communication is very important. The quality of this relationship is determined by the quality of its communication. Strong communication will produce a strong relationship and weak communication will produce a weak relationship.
What is spiritual life? It is relationship with God. In this relationship we grow in our knowledge of God and in our image of God. The objective ofthis growth is Christlikeness. We know God as Christ knowsGod and we have the image of God as Christ has the image ofGod.
There are two ways to recover our bodies from sicknesses or diseases: Man’s way or God’s way. Man’s way is the natural way through medication with or without the help of physicians. God’s way is the supernatural way by His power and through prayer. In the Bible it is written, “And in the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa became diseased in his feet, and his malady was severe; yet in his disease he did not seek the Lord, but the physicians.” (2 Chr. 16:12) Seeking the Lord for healing and seeking physicians for healing are two different ways. The...
Often in our lives we are in difficult situations that we ourselves cannot overcome. As believers we then pray and cry out to God for help because we know that God hears and answers prayers. We pray and pray and pray, but after some time we become discouraged if we do not see any change in our situations. We wonder why God does not answer our prayers. When we become discouraged, we usually do not pray as fervently as before, or we even give up and donot pray anymore.
Building a spiritual life is like building a house. It starts with the foundation. To build a good and strong house, we must first lay a solid foundation. Likewise, to build a good and strong spiritual life, we must first lay solid spiritual foundations. In one of his Psalms, King David wrote, “If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?” (Psa 11:3)
When this happens, we will feel like dreaming. Nevertheless, our spirit will rejoice, we will be exceedingly glad and our mouth will be filled with holy laughter.
Scriptures: 1 John 4:10-11“In this is love, not that we loved God, but that God loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.”
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:48-49"As was the man of dust, so also are those who are made of dust; and as is the heavenly Man, so also are those who are heavenly. And as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly Man."
I committed a great sinA few years ago, I committed a great sin against God. Just about an hour after I committed that sin, something very shocking happened to me.
