Psalms 51:3 For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. Unlike the burden of stress that is heavy behind us, the burden of sin lies before us and causes us to stumble. Genesis 4:7 “If you had done the right thing, you would be smiling; but because you have done evil, sin...
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09 Nov 2020 – Burdens – Part 3
Ruth 1:21 I went away full, but the Lord has brought me back empty. Emptiness is heavier than fullness as it is weighed down with suffering, scorn and shame. The burden of emptiness, loss and death loaded on Naomi made her sulky, gloomy and grouchy. She left Bethlehem full but had returned empty with an...
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08 Nov 2020 – Burdens – Part 2
Matthew 14:15 As evening approached, the disciples came to him and said, “This is a remote place, and it’s already getting late. Send the crowds away, so they can go to the villages and buy themselves some food.” The most difficult and weighty burden to carry are ‘people’. These are relationships we are stuck with...
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07 Nov 2020 – Burdens – Part 1
1 Peter 5:7 Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous be shaken. The burdens of life are like a heavy backpacks that we carry around everywhere we go. We might be at work but the invisible emotional or financial burden will be heavy on our...
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06 Nov 2020 – Currency – Part 4
Zachariah 9:12 Return to your fortress, you prisoners of hope; even now I announce that I will restore twice as much to you. Hope is the power supply that keeps the light of faith on. Hope is the nutritious sap that feeds the substance of faith. When Paul writes to the church in Ephesus, he...
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05 Nov 2020 – Currency – Part 3
Nahum 1:7 The Lord is good, A stronghold in the day of trouble; And He knows those who trust in Him. Trust is another divine currency and heavenly commodity that is treasonable in times of trouble. There is a thin line between faith and trust. Faith is the core belief that “God is able to...
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04 Nov 2020 – Currency – Part 2
1 Samuel 15:22 To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams. The divine currency to buy favour is ‘obedience’. God’s love for us does not change; our worst behaviour will not wear out His love nor our best deeds, increase His love. However, the ‘favour of God’...
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03 Nov 2020 – Currency – Part 1
Isaiah 66:1 “Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost. Currency is a system of money used in a country for commercial transactions. As we use currency to do business deals in the...
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01 Nov 2020 – Stages of Growth – Part 3
1 Corinthians 13:11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. The five stages of human growth are fetal, infancy, childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. The saved sinner is first born...
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31 October 2020 -Stages of Growth – Part 2
1 Corinthians 13:11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. The five stages of human growth are fetal, infancy, childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. Childhood covers the ages between two...