What does it mean to be lost? This is an experience in which a person is unable to find his/her way. To be saved as a Christian means that you have confessed with your mouth and heart that you’re saved by Jesus. How can someone be saved yet lost? How Can Someone Be Saved Yet Lost? When you hear the word of God and not do it.Matt. 7:26 KJV. And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:Eccl 10:15 KJV. The labour...
Having a double mind simply refers to someone having a divided interest in two things and wanting those two things at the same time. A double-minded person is unstable in all his ways. If you’re a double-minded person, you’ll not be able to receive things from God. James 1:6 KJV. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. Areas Where People Have Double Minds In the area of praying. James 1:5,8 KJV. (5)If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God,...
Forgiveness is a command. It isn’t willful and it’s not optional. Col. 3:13 KJV. Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.Eph 4:26 KJV. Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:Mark 11:25 KJV. And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. Few Things You Should Know About Forgiveness Forgiveness is God’s property. It’s with God, and it’s the character...
The Holy Spirit is the power that helps you to continue in your Christian race. Having the Holy Spirit in your life as a Christian is one of the best things you can ever do for yourself. There are things that are evident in the life of a Christian that has the Holy Spirit. He/she is not noisy. He/she may sin but sin does not have dominion over him. This is to say that having the Holy Ghost doesn’t mean you won’t encounter temptations to sin. It doesn’t mean that you’ve not come to the fullness of your spiritual growth....
Look for ways to commit yourself to grace and service to God. Keep servicing the grace and empowering your altar. God is watching you and your service to the grace and altar that blesses you. Job 22:1-2 KJV. Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself? There are four enemies of grace. Laziness. Grace doesn’t encourage laziness. 2 Thess 3:10 KJV. For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat. Non-diligent. Grace requires that you’re diligent in whatever you...
Darkness in simple terms refers to the absence of light. The devil uses agents that manifest spiritual wickedness in different ways using different people and things. For you to win the battles against the power of darkness, there are rules you should obey. How to fight and win darkness You must be strong. Gather strength and power for the task ahead. Eph 6:10 KJV. Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.Josh. 1:6 KJV. Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land,...
Everyone has a past, no matter how innocent or holy they appear to be now. If you don’t forget your past now, they’ll hinder you in the future. The word of God says many things about the past. Let’s have a look. What the word of God says about the past Forget the past because it will jeopardize your future. Isa 43:18 KJV. Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. 19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the...
The church is supposed to be a mountain and the mountain according to the Bible is a place of encounters. A lot of people, including Christians, see the church as a place of gathering. The church is more than just a place of gathering and it’s not a social gathering either. It’s a place of encounter, where people come to meet God face to face and spend time in his presence. What happens in the church? The church is a place of feast.Isa 25:6 KJV. And in this mountain shall the Lord of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat...
Dan. 5:26-27 KJV. This is the interpretation of the thing: Mene; God hath numbered thy kingdom and finished it. 27 Tekel; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. Deut 30:19 KJV. I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: Gal 5:17 KJV. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye...
What does it mean to have a firm foundation? The firm foundation here refers to not being soft nor bowing to pressure from anything or anybody. It’s the experience of being strong and firm and standing even when people, experiences, and situations are pushing you around. 1 Cor. 3:13 KJV. Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is. The fact that you’re a born-again Christian doesn’t mean that challenges won’t come. They’ll come, but what...
