Luke 6:45 A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of. Our tongue has creative or destructive power. This is not a fancy positive...
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01 Feb 2021 – Taming the Tongue – Part 4
Proverbs 25:11 A word spoken at the right time is like gold apples on a silver tray. Our tongue can be a stress reliever or a stress creator. Proverbs 10:19 Too much talk leads to sin. Be sensible and keep your mouth shut. There are conversations, phone calls and communications that makes us worried, stressed...
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31 Jan 2021 -Taming the Tongue – Part 3
Psalms 34:1-2 I will bless the LORD at all times: His praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul boasts in the LORD; let the oppressed hear and rejoice. Tongue echoes the voice of the soul. Our tongue will sing praises if our soul boasts of the goodness, greatness and graciousness of the Lord....
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30 Jan 2021 – Taming the Tongue – Part 2
James 3:8 No human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. “Taming the tongue” is a process of “training our tongue” to speak God’s thoughts about us. “If you have nothing nice to say, Don’t say anything at all”. The most difficult project in this world is to train...
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29 Jan 2021 – Taming the Tongue – Part 1
James 3:8 No human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. Tongue is the true reflection of our thoughts. No one accidentally slips out comments, remarks or statements. “You will say and do what you think about the most – Dr. Caroline Leaf.” Unprocessed thoughts cannot form words...
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28 Jan 2021 – Unanswered Prayers – Part 7
1 Thessalonians 5:18 Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. Prayer requests don’t get answered when praise slows down, anointing quenches, petitions cease or we give up too easily as we look for “instant answers”. When there is lack of...
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27 Jan 2021 – Unanswered Prayers – Part 6
Exodus 33:11 T he LORD would speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend. Prayer is a dialogue not a monologue. In modern theology, the conversations that the Lord had with the patriarchs, prophets and priests is termed as “prayer”. He spoke to Moses for 40 long days and shared His secrets,...
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26 Jan 2021 – Unanswered Prayers – Part 5
James 4: 16b-17 The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.17 Elijah was a human being, even as we are. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. Elijah’s prayers could control the climatic conditions. At his word, like...
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25 Jan 2021 – Unanswered Prayers – Part 4
James 4:2-3 You do not have because you do not ask God. 3 When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures. Jesus said, Ask, Seek, Knock – “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock...
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24 Jan 2021 – Unanswered Prayers – Part 3
Luke 18:1 He spoke a parable to them, that men always ought to pray and not lose heart. Prayer is text or pretext in context within the divine precepts. Jesus in the parable of “the widow and the unjust judge” portrayed prayer as court proceedings. The unjust judge adjourned the proceedings of the widow’s plea...