Job 19:25-26 I know that my redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand on the earth. And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God. Pruning is painful but pruning makes us more fruitful. Patient endurance will turn the agonizing experiences into profound divine encounters. Pruning...
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12 August 2024 – Resolute Resilience – Part 1
Matthew 7:25 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. Problems are God’s pruning scissors. Our perspective of adversity will turn a problem into a pruning knife or a punishing rod. Pruning makes us...
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11 August 2024 – Fruits in the Furnace – Part 7
Proverbs 25:28 A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls. Self-control is the fence and the boundary line that keeps us aligned to our purpose. For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he (Proverbs 23:7a). Self-control is self-discipline that resists temptation and sets limits to spiritual and physical...
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10 August 2024 – Fruits in the Furnace – Part 6
1 Peter 4:8 Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. Love is the secret condiment and seasoning that adds God’s flavour to our words and actions. Without love our goodness and generosity would be vain self-promotions. Love is not just the first facet of the ‘fruit of the spirit’;...
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09 August 2024 – Fruits in the Furnace – Part 5
Judges 6:34 So the Spirit of the LORD clothed Gideon [and empowered him]; and he blew a trumpet, and the Abiezrites were called together to follow him. “The will of God will never take you, where the grace of God cannot keep you, where the arms of God cannot support you, where the riches of...
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08 August 2024 – Fruits in the Furnace – Part 4
Psalm 27:14 “Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!” The difference between a seasoned leader and an unseasoned leader is ‘selflessness’. An experienced leader is selfless and safeguards the interest of others but an immature leader would not be able to think beyond himself. The fruit of...
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07 August 2024 – Fruits in the Furnace – Part 3
Mark 5:8 For Jesus had said to him, “Come out of this man, you impure spirit!” Miracles manifest the grace of God and His mercy opens the door to His miracle working power. It is not our goodness, godliness or generosity but the ‘mercy’ of God that draws His compassion towards our brokenness and bondages....
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06 August 2024 – Fruits in the Furnace – Part 2
Romans 5:3-4 We also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. The crisis produces character. The fiery furnace of affliction refines our affections and the fire of suffering prepares us for success and significance. Persecution produces perseverance and patience. Patience is not developed by waiting. We...
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05 August 2024 – Fruits in the Furnace – Part 1
Isaiah 48:10 Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tried and chosen you in the furnace of affliction. The furnace of trials and temptations develop the different facets of the fruit of the spirit. In fact, without the furnace experiences, our spiritual fruit will not be succulent and sweet. But the fruit...
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04 August 2024 – The Well – Part 7
John 4:14 But whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” ‘Welling Up’ means to come up and appear on the surface or come out from somewhere. The barometric pressure (air pressure in the atmosphere) causes...