Our Mission To love all people at all times and lead them into a new life in Christ.
Our Vision To be a church that will be multicultural and generational, having a lasting impact on the people to whom we minister.
To see the gospel extend beyond the walls of our church through various outreaches.
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The Local Church is a Place of Refuge
The Old Testament cities of refuge reveal a beautiful picture of Christ as our protection. Now let me show you another type hidden in the teaching of the cities of refuge, and that is the picture of the local church. The six cities are scattered across the land so a person can flee to the nearest one to take refuge. It is a picture of local churches scattered all around the world. The local church, my friend, is a place of refuge. The church is not man’s idea; it is God’s idea. It is a place where all the guilty. Where all who are suffering from condemnation, and where those who are being pursued can come and take refuge. You see, it is not God’s heart for you to take this journey of faith on your own. Certainly, you can learn a lot by reading books or watching sermons online, but God’s heart is for you to be part of a community of faith.
In the Father’s house, people experience healing, breakthroughs, protection, and other blessings. God the Father raised Jesus from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, “far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named” (Eph. 1:21). This means that Jesus is far above all sicknesses, all diseases, all terror, all snares, all cancers, all depression, and all addictions. AMEN!
We all agree that our Lord is above every name, but on this earth, where does this power and dominion reside? The apostle Paul declares, “And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all” (Eph. 1:22-23). Where is this power today in our broken and fallen world? It is found in the CHURCH! His power, His authority, and His fullness are all found in the church–our city of refuge where we can run to and find divine protection! Joseph Prince
“For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them.”
Matthew 18:20
JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD IS THE GREATEST!
Jesus Christ our Lord is the greatest man in history.
He had no servants, yet they called Him Master.
He had no degree, yet they called Him Teacher.
He had no medicines, yet they called Him Healer.
He had no army, yet kings feared Him.
He won no military battles, yet He conquered the world.
He committed no crime, yet they crucified Him.
He was buried in a tomb, yet He lives today.
JESUS IS MORE THAN ENOUGH FOR YOU!
Keep on believing, Jesus is nearby;
Keep on believing, there is nothing to fear but fear itself.
Keep on believing, for Jesus Christ, Adonai Yeshua is on the way;
Faith in the night as well as the day for victory assured. Bishop OC
BLESSED TO BE A BLESSING
“I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing.” Gen. 12:2
Listen to the words that God pronounced over Abraham: “I will bless you and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing.”
Myfriend, as your trust God to walk more and more in the fullness of Abraham’s blessing, have a revelation that He blesses you because He loves you, and gives to you the privilege of being a practical extension of His love to your community, your country and beyond,
God’s financial provision is for a divine purpose. Don’t use people and love money. Instead, use money to love people! When it comes to our relationship with people, it is always more blessed to give than to receive. Have an abundant eye and heart, look around for people in need and bless them. Let your light so shine before all men for the glory of the name of Jesus Christ!
Today, see His abundant grace abounding toward you and your family so that you will have an abundance for every good work!
Joseph Prince
Barna’s 7 cornerstones of a Biblical Worldview:
–God is eternal, omniscient, omnipotent and just Creator.
-Humans are sinful by nature.
-Jesus Christ grants forgiveness of sin and eternal life when sinners repent and profess their faith in Him alone.
-The Bible is true, reliable and always relevant.
-Absolute moral truth exits.
-Success is defined as consistent obedience to God.
-Life’s purpose is to know, love and serve God with all one’s heart, mind, strength, and soul.
Franklin Graham asserts that an individual with a Biblical worldview looks at the world and sifts all information through the lens of God’s Word. “Scripture informs his thinking and behavior, guiding his intellect and moral determinations,” he said. The Bible is the bedrock that undergirds his entire life.
Over and against every competing worldview, the Bible forcefully declares, ‘Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind.’ (Romans 12:2). In other words, the only way to see all of life accurately is through the transforming lens of Scripture.”
THE POWER OF WORSHIP
“Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us bow down before the Lord our Maker. For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, and the sheep of His hand.” Psalm 95:6-7
Some people think that when they worship God, they are giving something to Him. On the contrary, I believe that as we worship and praise Him, He is giving to us, imparting His life, wisdom, and power into our lives, renewing our minds and physical bodies as well in His sweet presence.
Worship is simply a response on our part to His love for us. We don’t have to, but when we experience His love and grace in our lives, we want to. It’s a response birthed out of a revelation in our hearts of just how great, how awesome,how majestic, and how altogether lovely our Lord and Savior truly is. As we worship Him and become utterly lost in His magnificent love for us, something happens to us. We are forever changed and transformed in His presence. All fears, worries, and anxieties depart when Jesus is exalted in our worship.
Joseph Prince
SALT AND LIGHT
Matthew 5:13-16 Message
“Let me tell you why you are here. You’re here to be salt-seasoning that brings out the God-flavors of this earth. If you lose your saltiness, how will people taste godliness? You’ve lost your usefulness and will end up in the garbage.
And here’s another way to put it: You’re here to be light, bringing out the God-colors in the world. God is not a secret to be kept. We’re going public with this, as public as a city on a hill. If I make you light-bearers, you don’t think I’m going to hide you under a bucket, do you? I’m putting you on a light stand. Now that I’ve put you there on the hilltop, on a light stand–shine! Keep open house, be generous with your lives. By opening up to others, you’ll prompt people to open up with God, this generous Father in heaven.
A Night like No other
From CTA. INC.
HOPE–When something good is coming, it seems like it takes forever for it to come. God’s people in the Old Testament knew that feeling They were waiting to be rescued. God’s people didn’t know when the rescuer could come. They waited. Their children waited. Their grandchildren waited. For generations and generations, their descendants kept hoping and waiting. Their hope was based on God’s promise. And God always keeps His promises. He sent His only son Jesus to be the rescuer. On Christmas we celebrate the day that He was born. Jesus took the punishment for our sin by dying on the cross. But wait, there’s more! Jesus rose from the dead. He promised to come back again and give us eternal life. Jesus will come back, and it’s going to be good! It’s hard to wait for something wonderful to come, but hope helps us get through. Hope is being certain that what we are waiting for will really happen.
PEACE–When God made the world, it was peaceful and beautiful. Each thing was in the right place. The relationship between God and the people He made was also beautiful and peaceful. In Genesis we read that God spent time with Adam and Eve. He walked through their garden home and they talked together. Can you imagine how fun and amazing that would be? When Adam and Eve disobeyed God, their relationship changed. They rejected God’s good rules. Instead of peaceful walks together, they tried to hide from him. Their sin built a wall between God and themselves. When Isaiah called the coming Messiah the Prince of Peace, it wasn’t just an empty title. When Jesus took the death punishment that we deserve, he broke down the wall of separation. We don’t need to be afraid of God and try to hide from Him the way Adam and Eve did. A sleeping baby is a sweet sight. Once a baby is well fed and comfortable, she can finally relax. Closed eyes and regular breathing show peaceful rest. God cares for you more than any earthly parent could.
He sent Jesus to restore the relationship that was broken with sin. Through Jesus, we have complete peace with God…
We can rest in him!
SWEET. SWEET GRACE
“For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace.” Romans 6:14
In many places today, all you hear is more teaching on right doing, right doing, and more right doing! But I believe what we need is more teaching on right believing. What we need to do is keep pointing people to Jesus, His grace, His finished work, and His forgiveness. I have no doubt then that their right believing will produce right living. They will become people whose hope is not in the righteousness they can produce, but in the gift of righteousness from Jesus Christ and what Jesus can produce in them.
Sin has no dominion over your life when you are under grace. Sin cannot take root in your life when you are established in God’s forgiveness. Receiving His forgiveness and gift of righteousness puts you in a cycle of victory over sin, whereas those who receive condemnation for every wrong thought in th4eir mind enter into a never-ending cycle of defeat.
Do you see the difference?
Joseph Prince
Seeing God through the Eyes of Jesus
Jesus portrays God as a good shepherd, a good woman, and a good father in Luke Chapter 15. He also teaches that repentance is based on our acceptance of the love God has for us. The shepherd searched and found the lost sheep. The woman, the owner of the lost coin, searched and found her lost coin. The father of the Prodigal ran out and embraced and kissed him.
If we don’t see our heavenly Father in the light Jesus portrayed Him to be, we will act like the critical fault-finding brother who resists his father’s love, grace, and mercy–at the same time, being blind to the love his father has for him.
Ed Elliot
Your Heart Will Expose You
Today, you hear many believers talking about God in terms of going through tests, trials, tribulations, judgment, and even hardships. Whenever your spiritual identity isn’t rooted in righteousness, your will feel worthy of suffering instead of blessing.
Paul explained to the church in Rome that trials, tribulations, and persecutions, etc. would never separate you from God’s love. (Romans 8:35-39) He went on to teach them they would overcome all these situations if they never forgot they were loved by God.
Religion tries to convince people that trials, tribulations, etc. came as punishment or evidence that God is angry with you. Obviously, Paul disagrees because he wanted believers to know that it doesn’t matter what life’s difficulties they face. They didn’t come from God.
“Do not let your heart be troubled,(afraid, cowardly. Believe (confidently) in God and trust in Him, (Have faith, hold on to it, rely on it, keep going and ) believe also in Me (John 14:1, AMP).
Ed Elliot
If it troubles you, God wants to take care of it!
The very hairs on your head are all numbered. So don’t be afraid; you are more valuable to God than a whole flock of sparrows. Luke 12:7, NLT
If, as the Bible says, God bothers to keep track of how many hairs you have on your head, then there is no symptom, no discomfort, and no condition in your body that He doesn’t know of or care about. His love for you is all-encompassing, personal and in-depth. There is nothing in your body or life too small that you can’t bring to Him and watch Him take care of ! Joseph Prince
The Power of Righteousness
Most believers struggle with their identity. They allow their failures and sins to identify who they are. I can’t tell you how many people I have counseled who believe they are losers because of their past. Sadly, even friends and family have reinforced this erroneous idea in their heads. The truth is, as a believer in Jesus, He has given us His righteousness as a gift (2 Corinthians 5:21).
Being righteous does not mean you will never fall. It means when you do fall, you get back up again.
“For though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again, but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes” (Proverbs 24:16).
How does God help us get back up again? So glad you asked, and I promise the answer will bless you. The last verse in Psalm 23 about Jesus being our Good Shepherd, tells us something we should never forget.
“Surely goodness and mercy and unfailing love shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell forever (throughout all my days) in the house and in the presence of the Lord” (Psalm 23:6) AMP.
Whenever you fall, you fall into the arms of God’s goodness and mercy that will never fail you. God uses His goodness and mercy to raise you when you fall. It is His unfailing love for you that helps you stand up again after you have fallen.
Do me a favor. Turn around and say, “Thank you goodness and mercy, for always being there for me to catch me when I fall and for raising me up again.”
Ed Elliot
Why We Should not Worry
“Therefore I tell you, stop being worried or anxious (perpetually uneasy, distracted) about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, as to what you will wear. Is life not more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow (seed) nor reap (the harvest) nor gather (the crops) into barns, and yet your heavenly Father keeps feeding them. Are you not worth much more than they? And who of you by worrying can add one hour to the length of life?”
Matthew 6:25-27
Jesus preached against worry three times, He said, “Do not worry.”
Worry is probably one of the major reasons for stress.
Worry will hold one captive, waste one’s time, sap one’s energy and robone of today’s joy.
Listen! Worry is fear-based. Worry is meditating on things that we are afraid of.
God has not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, love and of sound mind. Satan is the author of fear.
Moreover, fear will give the devil legal entry into one’s life. Bishop Daniel O.C.
GOD IS A GOOD FATHER
What man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent? If you then, being evil, know how to give good fits to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him! Matthew 7:9-11
How do you know that God is a good God and a good Father?
Jesus dealt with this question simply by asking another question: “If earthly fathers, imperfect as they are, know how to give good gifts to their children, don’t you think that your loving Father who is in heaven will be even better?”
If your child asks you for bread, would you give him a stone? Certainly not. You would give him the best bread you can find. How much more then, will your heavenly Father give good things to you when you ask Him!
Beloved, know in your heart that God is a good Father to you. So if you need something today, just as Him for it. And as you ask HIm, believe that you have received it from Him, and you will have it (Mark 11:24). Joseph Prince
The Right Definition of “Righteousness”
What has a right understanding of your righteousness got to do with expecting good to happen to you today? Everything!
Many believers associate righteousness with a list of things that they have to do, and if they fulfill this list, they feel “righteous.” Conversely, when they fail in terms of their behavior, they feel “unrighteous.” But this is the wrong definition of righteousness.
Look at 2 Corinthians 5:21: “For He (God) made Him (Jesus Christ) who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him (Jesus Christ).” We are not righteous because we do right. We became righteous because of what Jesus did for us at the cross. “Righteousness, “ therefore, is not based on our right doing. It is based entirely on Jesus’ right doing. Christianity is not about doing the right to become righteous. It is all about believing right in Jesus to become righteous.
Do you realize we have been conditioned to associate being blessed with doing right? Most belief systems are based on a system of merit whereby you need to fulfill certain requirements–give to the poor, do good to others and care for the underprivileged–to attain a certain state of righteousness. It all sounds very noble, self-sacrificial and appealing to our flesh, which likes to feel that our good works have earned us our righteousness.
But God is not looking at your nobility, sacrifices or good works to justify you. He is only interested in Jesus’ humility at the cross. He looks at His Son’s perfect sacrifice at Calvary to justify you and make you righteous! Attempting to be justified by your good works and trying your best to keep the Ten Commandments to become righteous is to negate the cross of Jesus Christ. It is as good as saying, “ the cross is not enough to justify me. I need to depend on my good works to make myself clean and righteous before God.”
The apostle Paul said, “I do not frustrate the grace (unmerited favor) of God; for if righteousness comes by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.” My friend, consider carefully what Paul is saying here. He is effectively saying that if you are depending on your good works, your doing and your ability to keep perfectly the Ten Commandments to become righteous, then Jesus died for nothing! That’s what “in vain” means–for nothing! So don’t frustrate the grace of God by depending on your good works to make yourself righteous and put God on your side. Jesus’ sacrifice is more than enough to justify you! And when you know that you are justified, you can be confident that the unmerited favor of God is on your side and expect good to happen to you today! Joseph Prince
The Right Definition of “Righteousness”
What has a right understanding of your righteousness got to do with expecting good to happen to you today? Everything!
Many believers associate righteousness with a list of things that they have to do, and if they fulfill this list, they feel “righteous.” Conversely, when they fail in terms of their behavior, they feel “unrighteous.” But this is the wrong definition of righteousness.
Look at 2 Corinthians 5:21: “For He (God) made Him (Jesus Christ) who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him (Jesus Christ).” We are not righteous because we do right. We became righteous because of what Jesus did for us at the cross. “Righteousness, “ therefore, is not based on our right doing. It is based entirely on Jesus’ right doing. Christianity is not about doing the right to become righteous. It is all about believing right in Jesus to become righteous.
Do you realize we have been conditioned to associate being blessed with doing right? Most belief systems are based on a system of merit whereby you need to fulfill certain requirements–give to the poor, do good to others and care for the underprivileged–to attain a certain state of righteousness. It all sounds very noble, self-sacrificial and appealing to our flesh, which likes to feel that our good works have earned us our righteousness.
But God is not looking at your nobility, sacrifices or good works to justify you. He is only interested in Jesus’ humility at the cross. He looks at His Son’s perfect sacrifice at Calvary to justify you and make you righteous! Attempting to be justified by your good works and trying your best to keep the Ten Commandments to become righteous is to negate the cross of Jesus Christ. It is as good as saying, “ the cross is not enough to justify me. I need to depend on my good works to make myself clean and righteous before God.”
The apostle Paul said, “I do not frustrate the grace (unmerited favor) of God; for if righteousness comes by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.” My friend, consider carefully what Paul is saying here. He is effectively saying that if you are depending on your good works, your doing and your ability to keep perfectly the Ten Commandments to become righteous, then Jesus died for nothing! That’s what “in vain” means–for nothing! So don’t frustrate the grace of God by depending on your good works to make yourself righteous and put God on your side. Jesus’ sacrifice is more than enough to justify you! And when you know that you are justified, you can be confident that the unmerited favor of God is on your side and expect good to happen to you today! Joseph Prince
The Right Definition of “Righteousness”
What has a right understanding of your righteousness got to do with expecting good to happen to you today? Everything!
Many believers associate righteousness with a list of things that they have to do, and if they fulfill this list, they feel “righteous.” Conversely, when they fail in terms of their behavior, they feel “unrighteous.” But this is the wrong definition of righteousness.
Look at 2 Corinthians 5:21: “For He (God) made Him (Jesus Christ) who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him (Jesus Christ).” We are not righteous because we do right. We became righteous because of what Jesus did for us at the cross. “Righteousness, “ therefore, is not based on our right doing. It is based entirely on Jesus’ right doing. Christianity is not about doing the right to become righteous. It is all about believing right in Jesus to become righteous.
Do you realize we have been conditioned to associate being blessed with doing right? Most belief systems are based on a system of merit whereby you need to fulfill certain requirements–give to the poor, do good to others and care for the underprivileged–to attain a certain state of righteousness. It all sounds very noble, self-sacrificial and appealing to our flesh, which likes to feel that our good works have earned us our righteousness.
But God is not looking at your nobility, sacrifices or good works to justify you. He is only interested in Jesus’ humility at the cross. He looks at His Son’s perfect sacrifice at Calvary to justify you and make you righteous! Attempting to be justified by your good works and trying your best to keep the Ten Commandments to become righteous is to negate the cross of Jesus Christ. It is as good as saying, “ the cross is not enough to justify me. I need to depend on my good works to make myself clean and righteous before God.”
The apostle Paul said, “I do not frustrate the grace (unmerited favor) of God; for if righteousness comes by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.” My friend, consider carefully what Paul is saying here. He is effectively saying that if you are depending on your good works, your doing and your ability to keep perfectly the Ten Commandments to become righteous, then Jesus died for nothing! That’s what “in vain” means–for nothing! So don’t frustrate the grace of God by depending on your good works to make yourself righteous and put God on your side. Jesus’ sacrifice is more than enough to justify you! And when you know that you are justified, you can be confident that the unmerited favor of God is on your side and expect good to happen to you today! Joseph Prince
The Right Definition of “Righteousness”
What has a right understanding of your righteousness got to do with expecting good to happen to you today? Everything!
Many believers associate righteousness with a list of things that they have to do, and if they fulfill this list, they feel “righteous.” Conversely, when they fail in terms of their behavior, they feel “unrighteous.” But this is the wrong definition of righteousness.
Look at 2 Corinthians 5:21: “For He (God) made Him (Jesus Christ) who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him (Jesus Christ).” We are not righteous because we do right. We became righteous because of what Jesus did for us at the cross. “Righteousness, “ therefore, is not based on our right doing. It is based entirely on Jesus’ right doing. Christianity is not about doing the right to become righteous. It is all about believing right in Jesus to become righteous.
Do you realize we have been conditioned to associate being blessed with doing right? Most belief systems are based on a system of merit whereby you need to fulfill certain requirements–give to the poor, do good to others and care for the underprivileged–to attain a certain state of righteousness. It all sounds very noble, self-sacrificial and appealing to our flesh, which likes to feel that our good works have earned us our righteousness.
But God is not looking at your nobility, sacrifices or good works to justify you. He is only interested in Jesus’ humility at the cross. He looks at His Son’s perfect sacrifice at Calvary to justify you and make you righteous! Attempting to be justified by your good works and trying your best to keep the Ten Commandments to become righteous is to negate the cross of Jesus Christ. It is as good as saying, “ the cross is not enough to justify me. I need to depend on my good works to make myself clean and righteous before God.”
The apostle Paul said, “I do not frustrate the grace (unmerited favor) of God; for if righteousness comes by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.” My friend, consider carefully what Paul is saying here. He is effectively saying that if you are depending on your good works, your doing and your ability to keep perfectly the Ten Commandments to become righteous, then Jesus died for nothing! That’s what “in vain” means–for nothing! So don’t frustrate the grace of God by depending on your good works to make yourself righteous and put God on your side. Jesus’ sacrifice is more than enough to justify you! And when you know that you are justified, you can be confident that the unmerited favor of God is on your side and expect good to happen to you today! Joseph Prince
Could you forgive someone who sexually assaulted you and cut of your hands and feet?
Many years ago, I read a news story about a young girl who had been kidnapped, sexually assaulted, and brutally attacked. Her hands and feet had been cut off by her attacker, and she was left for dead. Miraculously, she survived, and the man was caught and sent to prison for his horrific crime.
Eighteen years later, this man was being paroled. The news media got wind of it and thought this would make a great human interest story. They tracked down the girl, who was now a married woman with children of her own. With cameras running, they approached her front door, and when she answered, they delivered the news that the man who had kidnapped and brutalized her was going to be set free! The cameras quickly zoomed in on her face expecting to see a burst of emotional outrage and anger at hearing this monster was going free. Instead, she calmly said, “Eighteen years ago this man took thirty minutes of my life, and I have decided not to give him one second more.”
This lady was a believer in Jesus and she made the decision to forgive the man who had maimed and violated her so terribly. If she hadn’t forgiven him, she too would have been in prison; a different kind but, nonetheless, a prison.
Someone once said, “ Harboring unforgiveness is like drinking poison and hoping your enemy will die!” Unforgiveness poisons anyone who holds it, causing them to become bitter. It is impossible to be bitter and get better at the same time!
The love every believer possesses today is the very same love that forgave the entire world on the cross. God would never ask us to forgive if He hadn’t equipped us with the ability to do so. This same love can heal your broken heart and enable you to forgive the one who broke it. Living in God’s forgiveness is freedom. Knowing how to forgive is freeing.
“And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you” (Ephesians 4:23). Ed Elliot
A LYDIA PLACE
She was baptized along with other members of her household, and she asked us to be her guests. “If you agree that I am faithful to the Lord,” she said, “come and stay at my home.” And she urged us until we did. Acts 16:15
“Be my guests,” said Lydia to Paul and Silas. Lydia “urged” them–in other words, she wouldn’t take no for an answer. So Paul and Silas accepted her offer of gracious hospitality.
Hospitality has been defined as “the love of strangers,” and all through Christian history, the homes of believers have been the places where both strangers and friends have gathered for worship, friendship, healing, and help. Paul told the Roman Christians to practice hospitality (Romans 12:13); and Paul honored Gaius, the Roman whose hospitality he and the church enjoyed (16:23). On the island of Malta after a shipwreck, Publius, “the chief official of the island,” welcomed Paul, Luke, and their companions to his home and fed them for three days (Acts 28:7). Paul healed Publius’ father while he was there, and a stream of blessing began on the island (28:8-10).
If nonbelievers, like Publius, and brand-new believers, like Lydia, welcomed strangers hospitably, then how much more should we, who have known the Lord for much longer, show hospitality? The problem often lies in western busyness and fractured, scattered families. The words, “Come and stay with me,” are seldom heard.
Jill Briscoe
The Key to Living a Life Filled with Joy!
When we entertain or meditate on thoughts from our past or present, that gives birth to negative emotions. If we don’t cast them down as Scripture instructs us to do, those thoughts will cause us to disconnect from our true identity in Christ.
“Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ” (2 Corinthians 10:5).
One significant negative thought that tries to capture many people is the false idea that God doesn’t love them. Take that thought captive and cast it down never to think or meditate on it ever again because Jesus’ life demonstrated beyond any shadow of a doubt God loves us.
Ed Ellliot
Delight in Jesus Daily
The Bible tells us, “Blessed in the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly.” This means that while there is wisdom in ungodly counsel, a blessed man does not depend on it nor walk in it. On the contrary, his delight is in the Word of God, which is the person of Jesus!
Let your delight be in Jesus. See Him in every page of the Bible as you meditate on God’s Word day and night.
Beloved, whose counsel are you walking in today for your provision? Be wary of ungodly counsel that promises you quick short-term gains that could cause you to get into a debt trap. Conversely, as you meditate on Jesus daily, you will enjoy the blessings of abundance as a by-product of just being in His presence! As you delight in Jesus, you will bring forth fruit in season, your leaf (your health) will not wither, and whatever you do becomes abundantly blessed!
Joseph Prince
JUDGE GOD FAITHFUL
“By faith Sarah herself also received strength to conceive seed, and she bore a child when she was past the age, because she judged Him faithful who had promised.” Hebrews 11:11
We often hear about Abraham’s faith, but do you know that his wife, Sarah, had faith too? She received divine strength to conceive Isaac, even though by this time, as a woman who had never conceived, she was doubly barren!
How did Sarah find faith? The Bible tells us that she “judged Him faithful who had provided”. She was conscious of the Lord’s faithfulness, not her own faithfulness!
My friend, rest in the faithfulness of Jesus. It’s not your faith but His faithfulness–His faithfulness is always loving you and making good on His promise to heal you. When you find yourself wavering in faith, judge Him faithful and be at rest. He cannot fail you and will do as His Word has promised.
Joseph Prince
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