prayer
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Therefore He says “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” – James 4:6 Yesterday we learned about Hannah and her childbirth woes. Today, we will turn our focus on her husband’s second wife, Peninnah, who taunted Hannah year after year over her lack of children. Not much is said about her in…
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As she kept on praying to the LORD, Eli observed her mouth. Hannah was praying in her heart, and her lips were moving but her voice was not heard. – 1 Samuel 1:12-13 Our first glimpse of Hannah depicts a troubled woman who was constantly taunted by her husband’s second wife, Peninnah. We learn from…
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Humility has always been the hallmark of Christ and a true trait of all who follow Him. To drum home how crucial humility is, He preached it severally during His ministry on earth. The most notable one is found in Matthew 20, where He tells us that “whoever desires to be great must first be…
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Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. – Colossians 3:2 The Christian walk is one that requires absolute focus and fixation on Christ. However, our desire to look to earthly things instead of heavenly things comes from two flaws in thinking. We either look to earthly things because we think they will…
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“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.” – Philippians 4:6 Worrying is defined as “allowing one’s mind to dwell on difficulty or troubles; giving way to anxiety or unease.” The name itself is derived from the Old English verb wyrgan, which means…
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One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. – Proverbs 18:24 Truer words have never been penned as these – no man is an island. People who have chopped great feats and changed the course of history in life all had great support…
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“When a wicked man comes, contempt also comes.” – Proverbs 18:3 Is God still big on contempt today? Rarely will you find preachers preaching contempt and other “hard” sermons these days. Many find that congregants don’t like it; plus, it conflicts their understanding of Grace as we have it. So, what is contempt? It is…
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Today, Jesus is counting on us to take our place and exercise the authority He gave to us over sicknesses, death, scarcity, stagnation and all other evil that plague us
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From the outside, train tunnels are long dark roads that seem dangerous to thread. It is dark and lonely, often infested with rodents and reptiles; a person who wants to navigate the tunnel would need a substantial amount of light for guidance.
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