Fear is the enemy of growth

Fear is the enemy of growth

‘Tell the children of Israel to go forward.’ Exodus 14:15 NKJV If you want to grow, you need to get over any fear you may have of making mistakes. Professor Warren Bennis stated, ‘A mistake is simply another way of doing things.’ So, expect to make mistakes along the...
Keep trusting God

Keep trusting God

‘Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him.’ Job 13:15 NKJV The story of Job reads like this: Chapter 1, he is one of the wealthiest men in his generation. Chapter 2, he loses everything, including his health, his wealth, and his children. Chapter 42, he is back on top...
Use your gifts in ministry to others

Use your gifts in ministry to others

‘For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.’ Romans 11:29 NKJV When God gives us a spiritual gift, He doesn’t take it back. ‘For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.’ (Romans 11:29 NKJV) And if God does not, we must not! Paul writes: ‘Brothers...
Expect to ‘wrestle’

Expect to ‘wrestle’

‘For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood,’ Ephesians 6:12 NKJV The new birth brings a new battle between your regenerate spirit and your unregenerate body, which still craves old desires and clings to old habits. Paul describes this graphically as a wrestling...
Use your gifts in ministry to others

You are called to be salt and light

‘You are the salt of the earth… You are the light of the world.’ Matthew 5:13–14 NKJV Jesus gave us two everyday examples so that we could clearly understand how He wants us to serve and represent Him each day. Let’s look at each of them. (1) Salt. The only thing that...
‘Throw it down’

‘Throw it down’

‘Then the Lord asked him, “What is that in your hand?”’ Exodus 4:2 NLT The Bible says: ‘Then the Lord asked him, “What is that in your hand?” “A shepherd’s staff,” Moses replied. “Throw it down on the ground,” the Lord told him. So Moses threw down the staff, and it...