Read : Psalm 107: 1-9 “Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His love endures forever.” - Psalm 107: 1 Psalm 107 is a psalm of praise to God who changes things. This Psalm is all about the Jewish exiles returning from Babylon back to Jerusalem. They had been redeemed and rescued, and were filled with joy. God had changed things for them, and they were full of thanksgiving. In 1871, when the great fire broke out in Chicago during D.L. Moody’s time, another fire broke ou

Read : I Peter 4: 1-4 “Therefore, since Christ suffered in His body, arm yourselves also with the same attitude. ...” - I Peter 4: 1 When a Christian is undergoing suffering of any kind, he needs to arm himself with the armor of God. He must do this to defeat the enemies of his soul - the world, the flesh and the devil. The armor of a Roman soldier had a shield which provided him defense and a sword which provided offensive thrust. When our Lord was being tempted by the de

Read : Luke 19: 11-26 “... Put this money to work,” he said, until I come back.” - Luke 19: 13 In this parable, we read that a nobleman went to a distant land, and before leaving he called ten of his servants and gave them ten minas. “Put this money to work until I come back,” he told them. In other words, he said, “Do business, stay busy.” This means “produce good results through great effort and energy.” The nobleman was commanding his servants to not only stay busy, but

Read : Exodus 16: 1-5 “... Moses said to them, “It is the bread the Lord has given you to eat.” - Exodus 16: 15 When the people of Israel reached the Desert of Sin, they were unable to find food. The hot, barren wasteland offered nothing that would sustain a multitude of people. But God graciously supplied a heavenly food that looked like a dewdrop, which the people called “manna.” The Israelites had to go out each day and gather enough manna for the day. The Lord told them

Read : Psalm 51: 1-12 “... blot out my transgressions. Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.” - Psalm 51: 1,2 In David’s prayer here, first there is a simple cry for mercy. “Have mercy on me, O God.” (Psalm 51:1) This was his greatest need. He wanted to get clean of his sin, and so he pleaded for God’s mercy. The words represent his transgressions as all written down against him in the book of accounts, and he asked God to have them blotted out, erased and r

Read : Ezekiel 36: 24-28 “I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. ...” - Ezekiel 36: 25 God alone can give the hard-hearted sinner a new heart that desires to obey God. He is the only One who can wash away totally our sin. In Ezekiel 36:25, the Lord said, “I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and you will be clean.” When God Himself says, “Ye shall be clean,” we are clean. His pure and holy eyes detect every part of sin and every trace of uncleanness. Th

Read : Joel 2: 12-15 “Even now,” declares the Lord, “return to me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning.” - Joel 2: 12 In the days of Joel, the nation of Israel was in trouble. One insect invasion after another destroyed their crops. They also faced invasion from surrounding nations where enemies were strong, numerous and seemed to be too powerful. (Joel 1: 4-7) Besides, a severe drought afflicted their land. (Joel 1 : 18-20) Fires broke out that destro

Read : Exodus 35:20-29 “Honor the LORD with your wealth, and with the best part of everything you produce.” - Proverbs 3:9 NLT When Moses gave them a call to give an offering to the Lord - for the building of His tabernacle - the Israelites responded in an overwhelming manner. Exodus 35: 21 says, "Everyone who was willing and whose heart moved them came and brought an offering to the Lord for the work on the Tent of Meeting." The list of items they donated is given in verse

Read : Matthew 7:24-27 “The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the Word of our God stands forever." - Isaiah 40:8 A wise man built the house on the rock and the foolish man built it on the sand. There was a torrential rain and the house built on rock stood because it had its foundation on the rock, whereas the house built on sand crashed down. Jesus said that whoever heard His words and put them into practice was like the wise man. They would certainly survive life's s

Read : Philippians 2: 5-11 “Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand. ..." - 1 Peter 5:6 Manasseh was the wicked King of Judah. He did all detestable things before the Lord, which included sacrificing children in the fire, practicing sorcery, divination, witchcraft, etc. This provoked the Lord's anger, and so He allowed him to be taken as a captive by the Assyrians, who in turn put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles and took him to Babylon. But,

Read : Ezekiel 34:11-16 "You my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, are people, and I am your God'.." - Ezekiel 34:31 A common question asked by many believers, “How can I know if it is God speaking to me when I wait on Him in prayer?” If we, as believers, walk in the Spirit and allow the Holy Spirit to fill us, then it would be easy for us to distinguish whether the voice we hear is of God, the flesh or the devil. It would thus be easy for a Spirit-filled, committed believer

Read : I Peter 5:8-9 "The thief comes only to steal, and kill and destroy. ..." - John 10:10 Bro. R. Stanley writes, "There are three evils greater than evil itself. One is unbelief in the existence of Satan. Second, unmindfulness of his activities, and third, underestimation of his power !" Satan is real. The most common way in which he attacks people is by deception. In fact, he is called as the deceiver. In his book, "Satan is no myth," Oswald J Sanders explains of the

During an interview, a prisoner was questioned about what led him to kill his own mother. He explained that from his childhood, he had a tendency to steal from his classmates, which gradually escalated to shoplifting, then to stealing from neighborhoods, and finally to robbing a bank, where he was caught. The interviewer asked how these events related to the murder of his mother. He stated that his mother never taught him that he would face punishment for stealing or that the

Read : I John 1:8, 2:2 "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins. ...” - I John 1-9 Romans 3:23 says, "All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” But there are some who say, "I have never sinned." This is quite impossible. I John 1:10 says, "If we claim we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar and His Word is not in us." So first of all, we have to accept that we are sinners. We must have a realistic image of ourselves.

Read : Luke 15:11-24 "He who conceals his sins does not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy." - Proverbs 28:13 In Luke 15: 11-24, we read of the parable of the lost son. Luke 15:17 says, "When he came to his senses, he said, "How many of my father's hired men have food to SPARE, and here I am starving to death." Let us take special note of the word "when he came to his senses." What volumes they speak! It means, "He came to himself." That is, his

Read : I John 4:9-12 "How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! ..." - 1 John 3:1 How great is the love of the heavenly Father towards us! It has no measure; it has no depth; width; height; length! It has no boundary. It is consistent, faithful and unending. What is more amazing is that God loved us even when we were still sinners. He loved us before even we knew Him. He loved us even when we betrayed Him. His love is su

Read : I Corinthians 15:50-54 "... Watch out that no one deceives you. ... the Son of Man (will be) coming in clouds with great power and glory" - Mark 13:5, 26 In this age of Science and Technology, many people find it difficult to believe that Christ will return to this earth once again. But the Bible clearly states of this incident which is sure to happen any time, may be even today! What would happen to the believers when Christ returns? Firstly , upon His coming in th

Read : Deuteronomy 15:7-11 "There will always be poor people in the land. Therefore I command you to be open-handed. ...” (Deuteronomy 15:11) It was a cold winter day and the congregation was hardly participating in the church services. There was a sort of coldness in their hearts too. On that Sunday, the pastor, who was known for his generosity and kindness, gave a thought for his parishioners to contemplate, which truly roused them up from their lethargy. He talked about

Read : Acts 5:1-11 "... You have not lied just to men but to God" - Acts 5:4 The Hebrew name Sapphira means the jewel. But tragically whenever the name Sapphira is mentioned, we associate it with greed and deceit. Sapphira along with her husband blatantly lied to God, the Holy Spirit. When the couple saw Barnabas bringing all the money that he got by selling his land to the church, and when they saw the way the people praised Barnabas of his sacrifice, they too wanted to ge

Read : John 4:19-24 “... Worship the Lord in the splendor of His holiness." - Psalm 29:2 "If we look upon worship only as a means of getting something from God, rather than giving something to God, then we make God our servant instead of our Lord," writes Warren Wiersbe. The word 'worship' is first used in Genesis 18:2, where Abraham bowed down before the three visitors. One of whom was the Lord of heaven. Worship literally means 'to kiss toward.' It means 'to show reverenc