Matthew 13:34 Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables. “A picture is worth a thousand words” – Ben Shneiderman. Jesus spoke revelations, corrections, navigations, motivations and confirmations through pictures, portraits and parables as more than 80% of His audience were unschooled illiterates. Education was a luxury in Jesus times, however the people...
Category: Spiritual Encouragement
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29 November 2021 – Dream with God – Part 4
Ephesians 3:20 Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us. God’s dreams are revealed as “passions” hidden in our hearts. A Godly dream will always be empowered by divine power. God’s vision embodies zealous desires. There are many thoughts...
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28 November 2021 – Dream with God – Part 3
Isaiah 55:8-9 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the LORD. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways. God’s dreams, thoughts and ways are much higher, deeper and wider than our well delineated, processed thoughts and premeditated plans. Dreaming with God would require...
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27 November 2021 – Dream with God – Part 2
2 Kings 7:2 The officer on whose arm the king was leaning said to the man of God, “Look, even if the Lord should open the floodgates of the heavens, could this happen?” God’s dreams are big. Dream big with God. Most times the prophecy or promise would echo impossibilities to our frail mind. 1 Corinthians...
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26 November 2021 – Dream with God – Part 1
Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Once in about every ten years, the Death Valley National Park, which is the lowest, driest, and hottest place in the United States, bursts...
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25 November 2021 – Raise Your Bar – Part 7
John 21:1 Simon Peter said to the others, “I am going fishing.” “We will come with you,” they told him. Experiences of the past limits God. The power of God cannot and should not be boxed-in based on our past experiences. The most common reaction in a catastrophe is to expect the worst. There are...
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24 November 2021 – Raise Your Bar – Part 6
Judges 13:14a The Spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon him. Self-reliance, self-sufficiency and selfishness limit the power of God. “The world teaches us to be self-sufficient, self-reliant and self-motivating. But anytime we put ‘self’ before ‘Saviour’, we are in trouble” – Toni Sorenson. Leaning on the muscle of the flesh rather than the might of God...
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23 November 2021 – Raise Your Bar – Part 5
2 Kings 13:18-19 Elisha told him, “Strike the ground.” He struck it three times and stopped. 19 The man of God was angry with him and said, “You should have struck the ground five or six times; then you would have defeated Aram and completely destroyed it. We limit God when we give up too...
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22 November 2021 – Raise Your Bar – Part 4
1 Corinthians 1:27 But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. Thomas Edison was disqualified and expelled from school as a special-needs kid. The disqualified slow-learner went on to invent the light bulb, motion picture camera, telephone, phonograph...
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21 November 2021 – Raise Your Bar – Part 3
Exodus 15:26b I am the Lord, who heals you. Physicians, psychiatrists and medical practitioners would assess our physical condition based on the test results, images and symptoms. However, even the most experienced, knowledgeable brilliant prodigies are restricted by human limitations. It is God who gives wisdom to doctors to investigate, diagnose, medicate, operate and treat...