“Seven days from now I will make the rains pour down on the earth. And it will rain for forty days and forty nights…The rain continued to fall for forty days and forty nights.”—Genesis 7:4,12 NLT I once saw a Facebook video about the forty days and forty nights in the Bible. The narrator askedContinue reading “Forty Days and Forty Nights”
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Church Leadership – Privilege or a Calling?
“Here I am; testify against me before the Lord and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Or whose donkey have I taken? Or whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Or from whose hand have I taken a bribe to blind my eyes with it? Testify against me and I will restoreContinue reading “Church Leadership – Privilege or a Calling?”
How Bright is Your Light?
Church helpers must also have a good character and be sincere; they must not drink too much wine or be greedy for money. —1 Timothy 3:8 GNT This chapter in 1 Timothy discusses the characteristics and behaviours that church leaders and deacons (helpers) must possess. However, I believe this is advice we all, as ChristContinue reading “How Bright is Your Light?”
Awake and Sober
So then let us not sleep, as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober.—1 Thessalonians 5:6 ESV Today’s verse takes my mind back to Jesus’ talk/ teaching in Matthew 24 about the end time, and He gave a similar warning: “Therefore, stay awake, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming.” Matthew 24:42Continue reading “Awake and Sober”
Suffering
For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God’s will, than for doing evil. For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit.—1 Peter 3:17-18 ESV Suffering is the experience of pain, distressContinue reading “Suffering”
Be Conscience Sensitive
I know and am convinced on the authority of the Lord Jesus that no food, in and of itself, is wrong to eat. But if someone believes it is wrong, then for that person it is wrong. And if another believer is distressed by what you eat, you are not acting in love if you eatContinue reading “Be Conscience Sensitive”
Five Years On 🎉
This is from the Lord and is His doing; It is marvelous in our eyes—Psalms 118:23 AMP When Hills and Valleys marked its first anniversary, we quoted today’s verse. As we approached the fifth anniversary and reflected on the Bible verse to quote, we couldn’t find any other verse that summed up what God hasContinue reading “Five Years On 🎉”
How Well Do You Love?
Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. —Romans 13:10 ESV When we observe the Church, there has always been some sort of problem, confusion and turmoil. As mentioned last week (in Stay Connected), it’s not surprising because the Church is made up of imperfect people. And anywhere thereContinue reading “How Well Do You Love?”
Stay Connected
Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep his promise. Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works. And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that theContinue reading “Stay Connected”
It Can Take Time
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.— 2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV “A new creation”, meaning being restored to God, “the old”, meaning our selfish lifestyles and “the new”, meaning being transformed into the likeness of Christ. It is important to knowContinue reading “It Can Take Time “
