Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about. For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit (Acts 1:4-5 NIV). I can imagine how very sad the chosen apostles of Jesus must have been as they watched their beloved Lord as He was taken up from them into heaven in a cloud. They had spent every day together for three…..
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart (Jeremiah 29: 11-13 NKJV). Have you ever woken up from a dream or vision and knew that…..
Those who shut their ears to the cries of the poor will be ignored in their own time of need (Proverbs 21:13). The book of Proverbs tells us plainly that if we shut out the cry of the poor, no one will hear us or respond to us in our own times of need. If we however open our ears to their cry and show mercy and love, in our times of needs, someone else will come to our rescue. …..
Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter— when you see the naked, to clothe them, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood? Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your…..
Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 18:3 NIV). In the book of Matthew chapter 18, the disciples of Jesus asked Him, “Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” In response, Jesus called a little child, placed him in the midst of them and said, “Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means…..
Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me. (Psalm 50:15 NKJV) I called upon Jesus from the depths of my soul, with tears streaming down my face. He turned and looked down upon me with great love and compassion. While I was still telling Him about all my struggles, He answered my prayer and He met every single one of my needs. He delivered me from all harm and danger and…..
To whom then will you liken Me, or to whom shall I be equal?” says the Holy One (Isaiah 40:25 NKJV). Thus says the Lord: “I am the Lord, the God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for me? Is the LORD’s arm too short? Now you will see whether or not what I say will come true for you. For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, and do not return there, but water the…..
If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you (John 15:7 NKJV). In the passage above, Jesus gave two conditions or keys to receiving answers to our prayers. We need to abide in Him and His words abide in us. The psalmist David rightly said, “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path” (Psalm 119:105 KJV). The Word of…..
But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed (Isaiah 53:5 NKJV). Because of the sin of disobedience, the whole human race was separated from God and plunged into darkness. “…The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 6:23 NKJV). God loved the world so much that He was…..