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Humble Yourself

Grace for Grace 2

Certainly, let's break down John 1:16 for a clearer understanding.  This verse from the Holy Bible reads: "And of his fullness have all we received, and grace for grace. "Breaking it down:"And of his fullness": This phrase refers to the abundance of blessings, grace, and goodness that come from Jesus Christ ."have all we received": It emphasizes that all believers have received from this abundance. It's a statement of inclusivity, highlighting that this grace is available to everyone who believes."and grace for grace": This part suggests a continuous flow of grace. In other words, as we receive grace from Christ, more grace continues to be poured out upon us. Overall, John 1:16 speaks to the abundant and continuous grace that believers receive from Jesus Christ. It's a reminder of the overflowing blessings available to those who have faith in Him.

Pray for a “sympathy breakthrough” “Clothe yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.” Col 3:12 NLT   The poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote, “If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man’s life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.” In his documentary on twentieth-century wars, Jonathan Glover refers to what he calls “sympathy breakthroughs.” Even in the situation of war, acts of compassion supersede the conflict. Most sympathy breakthroughs, according to Glover, are triggered by eye-to-eye contact, and that eye-to-eye contact displaces hand-to-hand combat. Have you ever had a sympathy breakthrough? If not, pray for one. It’s a moment when your tendency to hate is overcome by your will to love. A moment when proactive compassion overrules negative anger. A moment when you’re concerned more about someone else’s pain than your own. Those are the moments when you discover what it really means ...

What makes you glad, sad, or mad? “To him who is afflicted, kindness should be shown.” Job 6:14 NKJV   A pastor writes: “What makes you glad or sad or mad? What puts a holy smile on your face? What causes your spirit to sob uncontrollably? What makes you pound your fist on the table out of righteous indignation? Somewhere in the mixture of that gladness, sadness, and madness is your God-ordained passion. Or maybe we should say compassion, because you are feeling what God feels. And once you identify it, doing something about it isn’t optional. You can’t not do something about it.” In 2006, Blake Mycoskie was touring Argentina when he noticed that many of the children didn’t have shoes. He could have returned to the United States and gone about his business. Instead, he started TOMS shoes, a business with a mission of putting shoes on the feet of children in third-world countries. It works like this: When you buy a pair of TOMS shoes, you’re giving a pair of shoes to a barefoot chi...

You are a wonder “I praise you because I am…wonderfully made.” Ps 139:14 NIV   Despite your aches and pains, you are a living, breathing, walking, talking wonder. The psalmist said, “You created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made” (vv. 13-14 NIV). One author explains: “Most of us take our eyesight for granted, but even the simplest of processes is divinely complex. The retina, for example, conducts close to ten billion calculations every second, and that is before an image even travels through the optic nerve to the visual cortex. The human nose can detect one-millionth of one milligram of garlic floating in the air and distinguish among ten thousand distinct odors. The hairs blanketing your body magnify the sensation of touch so that you can discern a thousandth of an ounce of pressure on the tip of a half-inch hair. Amazing, isn’t it?” Trillions of chemical reactions are taking place in every cell of...

The art of being a sheep (2) “The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.” Ps 23:1 NIV   We need to know two things: (1) Our shepherd’s character. Jesus distinguished good shepherds from bad ones (See Jn 10:11-16). Bad shepherds look out for their own interests, not the welfare of the sheep. They’re unreliable; when a threat arises, they abandon the flock. But Jesus claimed, “I am the good shepherd” (Jn 10:11). What makes Him good? “The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep” (v. 11 NKJV). Their needs and their security come before his own, and if necessary, he will die for them. “I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me” (v. 14 NIV). Jesus knows each of His sheep individually and desires an intimate relationship with them. He calls each one by name; they trust Him and follow where He leads (See Jn 10:3). You can rely on your shepherd to protect and guide you! (2) The sheep’s condition is the shepherd’s business. He can’t be a good shepherd if his sheep’s needs...

The art of being a sheep (1) “The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.” Ps 23:1 NIV   Perhaps you memorized Psalm 23 as a child. The vivid visual images remain with us lifelong. Author Hannah Whitall Smith said, “What we all need is just to get back into the nursery again, and take up our childish verses once more, and, while reading them with the intelligence of our grown-up years, to believe them with all our old childish faith.” As adults we become jaded, losing the simple joy that stress-filled lives require. We need to remember these three things: (1) Who our shepherd is—“The Lord.” He is the source of everything we will ever need, beginning with salvation. Jesus said: “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep” (Jn 10:11 NKJV). (2) What the shepherd’s job is—protector and provider for the sheep. And He knows how to handle wayward, headstrong, vulnerable sheep and care for them. Long before Jesus came as our shepherd, the Father said, “I will rescu...

God will rescue you “We stopped relying on ourselves and learned to rely only on God.” 2Co 1:9 NLT   Are you feeling hopeless about the situation you’re in and don’t know which way to turn? Maybe you’re struggling to find a reason to keep going, but you’re so tired and overwhelmed that you just want to give up. If that’s the case, you’re in a vulnerable place. Look out—Satan will try to convince you there must be sin in your life, or that you’re out of God’s will, or that He is unhappy with you because you have disobeyed Him in some area you’re unaware of. Don’t buy it! You can be in the center of God’s will doing everything the right way, and still experience adversity. The apostle Paul writes: “You ought to know…about the trouble we went through in the province of Asia. We were crushed and overwhelmed beyond our ability to endure, and we thought we would never live through it. In fact, we expected to die. But as a result, we stopped relying on ourselves and learned to rely only o...

https://youtu.be/nch-oo0-JXk Meditate on God’s Word “In His law he meditates day and night…and whatever he does shall prosper.” Ps 1:2-3 NKJV   Thomas à Kempis wrote, “If you wish to grow in your spiritual life, you must not allow yourself to be caught up in the workings of the world. You must find time alone, away from the noise and confusion, from the allure of power and wealth.” You say, “Does that mean God doesn’t want me setting goals and achieving things in life?” No, quite the opposite! The Bible says, “In His law he meditates day and night. He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also shall not wither; and whatever he does shall prosper” (vv.2-3 NKJV). What’s the secret of a tree’s fruitfulness? Having deep roots that are connected to life-giving streams of water. And as the demands on your time and energy become greater, you must discipline yourself to spend even more time in the Scriptures, not less. Wh...

The situation in our world is such that we need prayers, and we need them urgently. This is a practical prayer session. It is designed for every true child to take responsibility to ensure the kingdom of God keeps advancing irrespective of the happenings input world. Below are fourteen things we believe will empower your prayer journey as it was born out of a burden to see godly possible changes in nations, continents, tribes, and tongues.  1.) Be Encouraged to go to the place of prayer prepared! Proverbs 16:1 -- “The preparations of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the LORD.” To make plans, God gave us eyes, ears, and minds, and He wants us to use them." 2.) Be determined to rescue this generation's youth, teenagers, and children, from corruption. Luke 19:10 "For the Son of Man has come to save that which was lost." Mark 16:20 "And they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word through the ...

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 The Conflagration Of The Universe As defined in the Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary of Current English, the word Conflagration simply means great and destructive fire, especially one that destroys buildings or forests; while the word Universe means everything that exists everywhere. By this simple exposition, therefore, the title of the material you are reading through is self-explanatory. The day cometh, by the word of God, when every damn thing on the surface of the earth, no matter how great or beautiful it may be, shall be set ablaze for it is written: "...the heaven and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men...the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up" (2Peter 3:7,10).       Scientific knowledge; coupled with daily experiences of changes in w...

 LIFE IS NOT A COINCIDENCE 1.  ADULT has 5 letters,      so does YOUTH. 2.  PERMANENT has 9 letters,      so does TEMPORARY. 3.  GOOD has 4 letters,      so does EVIL. 4.  BLACK has 5 letters,      so does WHITE. 5. LIFE has 4 letters,     so does DEAD. 6. HATE has 4 letters,      so does LOVE. 7. ENEMIES has 7 letters,      so do FRIENDS. 8. LYING has 5 letters,         so does TRUTH. 9. HURT has 4 letters,         so does HEAL. 10. NEGATIVE has 8 letters,         so does POSITIVE. 11. FAILURE has 7 letters,        so does SUCCESS. 12. BELOW has 5 letters,         so does ABOVE. 13. CRY has 3 letters,        so does JOY. 14. ANGER has 5 letters,        so does HAPPY. 15. RIGHT has 5 letters,    ...

 THE BATTLE YOU CAN NEVER WIN NO MATTER WHO IS BACKING YOU Dear Servants of God all over the world, please hear me very well. The battle against your Spiritual Father is a battle you can Never Win no matter who is backing you. Don't even attempt it, you can never win it. You may be anointed to kill Goliath but will forever not be anointed and permitted to kill Saul. Ask David whenever you see him. You cannot ERASE the man who RAISED you.  You cannot DISHONOUR the man who made people HONOUR you. You cannot bring EMBARRASSMENT to the Man who gave you ENDORSEMENT. Never become a PROBLEM to the man who gave you a PLATFORM to rising. Why become a WARFARE to the man who took care of your WELFARE. Determine not to become a DISAPPOINTMENT to the man who gave you the APPOINTMENT. How can a man put so much INVESTMENT into your life, and your "thank you to him" is to put so much SORROW into his own life. In most cases, Fathers may be the ones who WRONGED you. But still remember, the...

 Sacrifice Made Without Blemish       “Ye shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats. But whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you. And whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the Lord to accomplish his vow, or a freewill offering in beeves or sheep, it shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish therein. Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, ye shall not offer these unto the Lord, nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto the Lord. Either a bullock or a lamb that hath any thing superfluous or lacking in his parts, that mayest thou offer for a freewill offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted. ...Neither from a stranger's hand shall ye offer the bread of your God of any of these; because their corruption is in them, and blemishes be in them: they shall not be accepted for you....