GO ON, YOU CAN MAKE IT
“I have strength for all things in Christ Who empowers me [I am ready for anything and equal to anything through Him Who infuses inner strength into me; I am self-sufficient in Christ’s sufficiency].” Phil 4:13 (Amplified) Do you know that every promise that God makes...
LOOK UP AND SEE
“I lift my eyes to the hills – where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.”Ps 121:1-2 (Amplified) Vision is often defined as today’s perception of what tomorrow will be. It is the goal we see in our mind’s eye and towards...
A KNOW-IT-ALL GOD
“Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down into Egypt to live temporarily, for the famine in the land was oppressive (intense and grievous).”Gen 12:10 (Amplified) One benefit that you can be sure of receiving as a result of obeying God’s word is the...
THE STRENGTH OF MY HEART
“My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the Rock and firm Strength of my heart and my Portion forever.” Psa 73:26 (Amplified) A close friend was about to go into hospital for angioplasty and we were praying for her. As the prayer progressed, a song rose up in my...
A PERSON FOR ALL SEASONS
“So, everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts upon them [obeying them] will be like a sensible (prudent, practical, wise) man who built his house upon the rock. And the rain fell and the floods came and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not...
THE CONQUERING COWARD
“So Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this day, because he wholly followed the Lord, the God of Israel.” Josh 14:14 (Amplified) What an oxymoron of a title. Cowards don’t conquer. They run! They die a thousand deaths before their...
SLAYING THE GIANT WITHIN
“May He grant you out of the rich treasury of His glory to be strengthened and reinforced with mighty power in the inner man by the [Holy] spirit [Himself indwe-lling your innermost being and personality].” Ephe 3:16 (Amplified) More often than not, our ability to...
TAKING AUTHORITY
“Then a prophet came to Ahab king of Israel and said, Thus says the lord: Have you seen all this great multitude? Behold, I will deliver it into your hand today, and you shall know and realise that I am Lord.” 1 King 20:13 (Amplified) A troubling question that one...
ROUSING THE SLEEPING GIANT
“The king of Israel answered, Tell him: Let not him who girds on his harness boast as he who puts it off.” 1 Kings 20:11 (Amplified) In modern parlance, the above statement translates as ‘He that is mobilising for war should not boast as he who is already on a victory...
BLINDSIDED
“And the king of Israel answered and said, My Lord, O king, according to what you say, I am yours, and all that I have.” 1 Kings 20:4 (Amplified) Moments earlier, Israel’s King Ahab had received an ultimatum from his belligerent Syrian counterpart King Ben-Hadad,...
