A HIGHER CALLING….. The Urban dictionary defines a ‘Higher Calling’ this way “to act in service to a higher i.e. more noble cause, a greater good. Often indicating an action undertaken at the behest of a Higher Power, such as a supreme being or deity, or some conception of justice and the morally right; motivation for personal growth and/or individual sacrifice for the greater good”. As Christians God is calling each and every one of us higher. We all exist at different levels of faith but we must not remain on the same level we have always been. It doesn’t matter if you are a Pastor, Evangelist etc, are you going higher with God? Are you being transformed from glory to glory? Are you looking and behaving more like Jesus? Philippians 3: 10- 14 10 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; 11 If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the...
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In His Presence..........: Let Go and Let God! : In my walk as a Christian God has taught me a lot and is still teaching me so much. I remember back in the days when I walked in the flesh a...
In my walk as a Christian God has taught me a lot and is still teaching me so much. I remember back in the days when I walked in the flesh and liked to get things done my way, it was a dreadful thought for me not to have control of myself, what I did, said or how I acted, I thought if I gave God full control of my life he could tell me to do something I didn't want to do, so the thought of losing control of my will was a dreadful one, but the devil had sold me a lie. Over the years I slowly begun to let go and started to understand more clearly the Scripture Matthew 11:29-30 "T ake My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentlne and humble in heart, and YOU WILL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light." indeed Gods burden is light, I have realised that Gods ways are far better than what I can ever come up with in my flesh. To let go and let God it means you are no longer in control of your life, the decisions you make, the way you...
Growing up I used to find the word ‘Born Again’ Christian very strange, as I grew older it became clearer but still a little strange, but as I grew much older and became a friend of God I realized it actually meant living a life of holiness separate from the world, but I also realized then that ‘Born Again’ Christians were not living holy lives, they actually love the sin and hate the sinner, rather than the opposite. The problem of our day is that many Christians do not understand what the word ‘holiness’ means, they are confused about the concept of holiness and do not even desire to be holy. Loyalty to God’s standard of holiness has shifted but God still desires us to pursue holiness, because it is old, fresh, still exciting and can never go out of fashion. To be holy is to be distinct, separate, in a class by oneself, It comes from an ancient word that meant, ‘to cut,’ or ‘to separate.’ It means to be cut above the rest that is outstanding, having a superior exc...
RELENTLESS It is easy as believers to get weary and tired especially in well doing. But the call to us believers is to be relentless in prayer, in faith, in fasting, and in well doing. It is also said that it is not about starting well but the most important thing is finishing well, and so even through all the hardship and adversity we may come across we just need to fasten our seat belts and go on the ride. Do we often wonder why God cannot just wipe off the enemy once and for all? It is just like what the children of Israel faced when other nations constantly hassled them, I am sure they also wondered why God didn’t just wipe away their enemies for good. But Romans 8: 28, 29 states that ‘ And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. 29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren .’ So we may not...
BASKING IN HIS PRESENCE I remember as a little girl how excited I often got when my dad came back home from work, I do not know how to describe the feeling but maybe I had butterflies in my tummy, I was always so excited. Oh! how I loved to have my dad around, it was always the crown of my day. Daddy would carry me up so high, well it seemed high at the time, make funny faces, play with me, I would laugh and giggle and smile he was always a delight to be around. I was always looking forward to be in the presence of my dad, but just like many other dads he wasn’t always around 24/7 he would go to work and come back in the evening, sometimes he would travel for days, so he was there but not always there. This is the difference between my earthly father who is now late and my heavenly Father. My heavenly Father is always there 24/7, he is there when I am asleep, he is there when I am confused, he is there when I feel discouraged, he is there in my high moments, he is there at...