Manna for the Soul

Did you know that the moment you decided to become a follower of the Lord Jesus Christ you did not only receive the privilege and the right to be heirs with Christ but you were also tasked to carry your cross? In Luke 9:23, Jesus told his followers as we read below: (Luke 9:23 KJV)  And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me .  Jesus pointed out to his followers, in the above scripture, that when you choose to bear his identity you must first deny yourself and then take up your cross daily. A lot of times many people profess to be Christians without truly appreciating what it means to be a Christian. Such people cannot be blamed very much because we are increasingly seeing Preachers who put so much emphasis on the benefits of being heirs with Christ with little emphasis on the cross we are tasked to bear, which is equally a critical part of being a Christ-follower. Please don't get me w...

Believe it or not, the Lord God Almighty delights in our true worship.  Our Father in heaven indeed seeks true worshippers to worship Him. We worship God because He is the very reason for our very existence. The following scriptures make it clear: (Deut 30:20 KJV)  That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.  (Psa 100:3 KJV)  Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. (Act 17:28 KJV)  For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.  (Col 1:16 KJV)  For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and i...

You may be at the point in your life where you probably are asking if it is all over and if you must throw in the towel. If you currently have the breath of life then there is still hope and there is a reason why you are still alive. Being aware of this you need to keep your faith up and know that what is ahead of you is more important than what is behind you. For the believer, the first point of call when in any situation is the scriptures. Often, when I have encountered situations in my own life that seem insurmountable, the first thing I do is to seek God's guidance through His word on how to handle them. God did not promise us problem-free lives. In fact, for as long as the earth remains, the problems of man are far from over. But God promised us beauty for our ashes and joy for our pain . In Isaiah 61:1-3, the Prophet Isaiah said: Isa 61:1  The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to...