2 Corinthians 9:7 Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. The Old Testament is very clear and specific about tithing. 1/10th of all earnings must be tithed under the Mosaic Law. However, there is no mention of tithing in the...
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15 February 2025 – BC & AD – Part 4
Matthew 15:19-20 For out of the heart come evil thoughts—murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander. These are what defile a person; but eating with unwashed hands does not defile them.” Leviticus 11 of the Mosaic Law gives us details of the ceremonial cleansing and dietary laws. It gives a whole list of animals...
14 February 2025 – BC & AD – Part 3
Acts 2:17 “In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people; your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams”. The anointing of the Holy Spirit was only for a selected few before the birth of Jesus. Prophets, priests and...
13 February 2025 – BC & AD – Part 2
Matthew 23:25-26 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. Blind Pharisees! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside also will be clean. The Gregorian calendar that divides the...
12 February 2025 – BC & AD – Part 1
Isaiah 61:2 To proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn. BC (Before Christ) and AD (Anno Domini) are abbreviations used to designate years in the Gregorian and Julian calendar. BC refers to the years before the birth of Jesus Christ and AD...
11 February 2025 – Patience – Part 7
Romans 12:12 Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Patience has a profound voice to preach the Gospel. Patience preaches through silent suffering without words. Children of God are not exceptions to afflictions. We go through the same disappointments, disease and demotions. However, the way we respond to pain and persecution in comparison...
10 February 2025 – Patience – Part 6
James 1:4 “But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing”. Patience is the pathway to perfection. Let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God (vs 9). Most of the time we...
09 February 2025 – Patience – Part 5
Romans 15:1 Now we who are strong ought to be patient with the weaknesses of those who are not strong and must stop pleasing ourselves. Patience is rational, non-judgemental and non-reactionary. Patience marks the spiritual maturity of a person. In the journey of faith each one is at a different level of maturity. Age, knowledge...
08 February 2025 – Patience – Part 4
Psalm 46:10 “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth”. Patience is a sweet spiritual fruit. It is not a sour or bitter fruit. It is a fruit that is developed in the intense heat of disappointments and frustrations. Waiting can...
07 February 2025 – Patience – Part 3
Hebrews 12:1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us. Life is a marathon not a sprint and we are called to run...