Text: Psalm 34: 1-22. “Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it,” verse 14, ESV. Peace does not come without effort; it involves working hard by pursuing it. Be ready to deny yourself some of the privileges like honor and some other selfish interests. Reflect on verse 14, for the things you[…]
Text: Ephesians 2: 1-10. “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before hand, that we should walk in them,” verse 10, ESV. Much as we are saved by grace alone, we need to persevere in holiness as we glorify God by conducting ourselves well. Let people see the fruit of the Holy[…]
Text: Exodus 13:1-10. “You shall tell your son on that day, ‘It is because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt,’” verse 8, ESV. Tell the story of where God found you, especially if He found you an adult. Let people see God’s ability to break chains of bondage. Many will want[…]
Text: Exodus 12:1-30. “And when your children say to you, ‘What do you mean by this service?’ You shall say, ‘It is the sacrifice of the LORD’s Passover, for he passed over the houses of the people of Israel in Egypt, when he struck the Egyptians but spared our houses.”’ And the people bowed their heads and worshiped,”[…]
Text: Matthew 18:15-20. “If your brother sins against you, “go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother,” verse 15, ESV. You realise that this refers to spiritual brothers, and not necessarily a biological brother. You need to help both spiritual and biological brothers to come to repentance.[…]
Text: Ephesians 6:1-4. “Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord,” verse 4. ESV. By referring to “fathers” this verse points to those in authority over these children to disciple and help them grow well and not to exasperate them into anger and discouragement. A child who[…]
Text: Proverbs 22:1-16. “Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it,” verse 6, ESV. Train your child to make the right choices, for example, to pray always and trust God, so that even when you are not available he/she knows God is with him/her and that[…]
Text: Proverbs 29:1-27. “To discipline a child produces wisdom, but a mother is disgraced by an undisciplined child’’, verse 15, LASB. For you to propagate a godly family legacy, you must discipline your children. When you discipline in order to correct them, they learn and learning gives them wisdom. When children are properly and consistently corrected, they will also[…]
Source: www.anglicannews.org A charity is working with the Episcopal Church in South Sudan to open a multi-campus university within the next two years, with the aim of helping the next generation escape the violence that has plagued the country. Theologian Dr Eeva John, Director of Pastoral Studies at Ridley Hall, Cambridge, chairs the charity behind the[…]
Text: Romans 8:36-39. Paul answers for self and for many of us in two aspects: first, that nothing will indeed separate us from Jesus. Secondly, that no circumstances will prevail over what has been obtained in victory as Christians through Jesus Christ. So friends you can also, like Paul, declare with a big NO that nothing on earth will make[…]