Read : Nehemiah 2: 2-9 “The One who breaks open the way will go up before them, they will break through the gate and go out. ...” - Micah 2:13 William Carey, as a young man, wanted to go to India and preach the good news. A senior Baptist minister in the committee said, “Young man, sit down. When God wishes to convert the heathen, He’ll do so without your help or mine.” Carey was unmoved. He was willing to step out in faith, willing to take the risk, trusting in His God. Th

Read : Nehemiah 1: 4-10 "... I mourned and fasted and prayed before the God of heaven.” - Nehemiah 1:4 On hearing the news about the city of Jerusalem, Nehemiah, who was at the time in the palace at Susa, developed a deep concern over the affairs of the city. He could not immediately do anything to alleviate the problem. He mourned. He wept. But he did not stop with that. He took a decision to FAST & PRAY before the God of heaven! Nehemiah started fasting where he was. He

Read : Acts 11: 21-27 “... And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” - Matthew 28:20 There are certain other important guidelines for effective evangelisation and for soul-winning. First, “Be immersed in prayer.” Jesus’ life was immersed in prayer. In Matthew 14:23 and Mark 6:46 we read that “Jesus went up on the mountainside by Himself to pray.” We read in the gospels that Jesus spent even the whole night praying. In Matthew 26:41 Jesus advises us to

Read : Acts 11: 19-21 “... Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation.” - Mark 16:15 The following are the guidelines for effective evangelisation. First - Be sure that you are saved. A person cannot give others something which he does not have! Ephesians 2: 8,9 says, “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith, and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God, not by works, so that none can boast.” If you have not received this free

Read : I Corinthians 9:16-23 “... My Father will honor the one who serves me.” - John 12:26 In Matthew 28:18-20, God has given us the Great Commission. This Great Commission is the command given to all, to everyone who is saved, not just to pastors and full- time Christian workers, everyone irrespective of who we are and what we do. We may be students, businessmen, professionals or housewives - that does not matter! We need to share the gospel - ”That Christ died for our

Read : Psalm 119: 89-96 "Yet to all who received Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God." - John 1:12 We hear God when He speaks to us through the Bible, His Word. In it, He says certain important things about our identities. For example, God says that we are created in His image. (Genesis 1:27) With loving care, God formed each one of us as a unique person, each with exquisite details that give us an identity unlike any other p

Read : Numbers 20:1-13 “Do what is right and good in the Lord’s sight, so that it may go well with you. ...” - Deuteronomy 6:18 When the Israelites arrived at Kadesh, there was no water for them. So they quarrelled with Moses, complaining and mourning over the situation. When Moses and Aaron heard this, they were greatly distressed because they had just lost their own beloved sister Miriam. Because of this, their hearts were burdened with sorrow. And the Israelites provoke

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 : 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