Judges 7:21 While each man held his position around the camp, all the Midianites ran, crying out as they fled. Gideon and his three hundred men faced the multitudes of the Midianites and the Amalekites armies that camped to attack the Israelites. The Lord thinned the army of Gideon from thirty two thousands to three...
Author: Caroline Joseph (Caroline Joseph)
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27 March 2021 – Outage – Part 2
2 Kings 19:35 That night the angel of the Lord went out and put to death a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the Assyrian camp. When the people got up the next morning—there were all the dead bodies! During the time of King Hezekiah the enemy of Israel experienced a complete blackout and was knocked...
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26 March 2021 – Outage – Part 1
12 Kings 6:18 As the enemy came down toward him, Elisha prayed to the Lord, “Strike this army with blindness.” So He struck them with blindness, as Elisha had asked. The millennials cannot comprehend life without internet or power. Just a few minutes of outage will drive them crazy. Similarly, our prayers can penetrate into...
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25 March 2021 – Ships – Part 7
John 13:35 “Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.” We wear different hats at different places. We are fathers, mothers, sons or daughters at home, we are entrepreneurs, engineers, teachers in the corporate world; we are deacons, preachers or members in the church world and influencers, motivators...
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24 March 2021 – Ships – Part 6
Malachi 4:6 “He (Jesus) will turn the hearts of the parents to their children, and the hearts of the children to their parents; or else I will come and strike the land with total destruction.” The arrival of Jesus was for restoration of families and relationships. Jesus is the bridge between us and our earthly...
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23 March 2021 – Ships – Part 5
Luke 1:56 Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months and then returned home. Mary and Elizabeth were amazing cousins. Elizabeth was much more older than Mary; they would not have grown up together, hung out in the shopping malls or spent sleepover in each other’s house as kids. Elizabeth might have even been married...
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22 March 2021 – Ships – Part 4
Romans 13:1 Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God – This is a shocking revelation! Even the members of the opposition party in a parliament cannot be placed in their position without God’s admission. Sometimes,...
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21 March 2021 – Ships – Part 3
John 15:15 I no longer call you slaves, because a master doesn’t confide in his slaves. Now you are my friends. A friend is different to an associate. Friend is someone who loves you unconditionally, who accepts you unpretentiously and understands you unassumingly. A friend does not cause confusion, clamour and calamity but brings clarity...
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20 March 2021 – Ships – Part 2
Psalm 133:1 How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity! Brotherhood/sisterhood plays a very important part in the holistic development of a person. Growing up in a community, family and fellowship will instil leadership and companionship. However there are no perfect families hence the challenges we struggle through shapes our...
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19 March 2021 – Ships – Part 1
Mark 12:31 The second is this: ‘Love your neighbour as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.” Life takes us from one ship to another. Childhood, adulthood, parenthood and grandparenthood takes us to different “ships” – sonship, studentship, courtship, marriage relationship and friendships. The hardships sometimes turn our ‘ship’ into battleships and we are...