His host was amazed to see that he sat down to eat without first performing the hand-washing ceremony required by Jewish custom. Then the Lord said to him, “You Pharisees are so careful to clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside you are filthy-full of greed and wickedness! Fools! Didn’t God […]
“And so I tell you, keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened. Lk 11:9-10. […]
Give to anyone who asks; and when things are taken away from you, don’t try to get them back. Lk 6:30. This is speaking about a heart of generosity, a heart after God’s own. When someone asks you, be ready to give, be the blessing someone needs. There is no greater witness to our faith, […]
To learn, you must love discipline; it is stupid to hate correction Pr 12:1. Discipline is about focus, it helps you to keep your eye on the ball. Sometimes when we go off course we may need correction or counsel to brings us back in line. The wise person welcomes correction as they will become […]
If someone slaps you on one cheek, offer the other cheek also. Lk 6:29a. This verse does NOT say be a doormat. It’s saying how will you respond when adversity hits you, this is something that’s in your control. Will you slap them back and stoke into full blaze a spark or will you pause […]
And you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands that I am giving you today. Repeat them again and again to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are on the road, when you are going to bed and when you are getting up. Tie them to your hands and […]
How can you think of saying, ‘Friend, let me help you get rid of that speck in your eye,’ when you can’t see past the log in your own eye? Hypocrite! First get rid of the log in your own eye; then you will see well enough to deal with the speck in your friend’s […]
One day soon afterward Jesus went up on a mountain to pray, and he prayed to God all night. At daybreak he called together all of his disciples and chose twelve of them to be apostles. Lk6:12-13. Jesus withdrew to pray about key decisions. Choosing His apostles who would spread the good news after the […]
Give, and you will receive. Your gift will return to you in full-pressed down, shaken together to make room for more, running over, and poured into your lap. The amount you give will determine the amount you get back.”Lk 6:38. Generosity is a kingdom principle where you can’t out give God. It reveals God in […]
but I will do what the Father requires of me, so that the world will know that I love the Father. Jn14:31a. The world measures success in many ways that are not God’s ways, wealth, materiality, fame etc. but Jesus shows us what He considered to be the greatest success and that was to do […]