Worry is symptomatic of how unbelievers act.
But the question is why do we worry and how can we overcome worrying?
Both Matthew 18 and Luke 15 record Jesus’ parable about a shepherd who leaves 99 sheep in the fold to go in search of one that had wandered away. What’s the sense in that right?
This writeup is an attempt to answer that question.
God needs men like Ananias who can see beyond their biases and see sinners with the eyes of God, pray for them, and speak to them until God lay hold of them and bring them into his plan for their lives
You probably know that the name of Jesus is powerful but in reality, are you exhibiting enough faith in the power of the name?
Pilate was torn between protecting his political career by being a friend of Ceaser or embracing eternal life by becoming a friend of Jesus but he can’t be both so he chose to reign with Ceaser in this world and lost a chance to reign with Jesus eternally.
Many times we feel like some things are impossible to be accomplished in our lives, and they may have been left alone just like the wall. But like Nehemiah, we need to be able to trust God to accomplish them.
Isn’t it interesting how far people go to impress people out of their jealous of someone who in the real sense may not be exactly what they think they are? I’ve seen people buy cars to compete with friends only to discover that their friends were actually driving a borrowed car.
How easy would life be if we could just learn to cast our cares upon the Lord knowing that he cares for us? (1 Peter 5:7). Some of the stress we go through in our life will be unnecessary and we will be able to sleep with our two eyes closed. Even when things seem to be falling apart, we will be relaxed in the confidence that the steering of our life is in the master’s hand and we know that he has our best interest at heart..
When David was confronted with his sin, he didn’t beg God to retain his generational covenant of making him the royal family. He wasn’t even worried about God delivering him into the hands of the enemy. He was more worried about losing God’s presence, everything else matters less.
One of the clearest memories I have of primary school integrated Science is planting seeds in two pots. One was placed on the window sill; the other was placed in a dark closet. Every day we examined both of the…