Renew Your Mind Podcast

King Saul knew the same thing Jonathan knew about David, but he reacted differently. King Saul decided to hate David while Jonathan, who had more to lose, decided to be good friends with David. Whether a child of God or not, we go through the same experience,it's our responses that should be different, which will result in different outcomes. We have joy even in chaos!

Boldness is a mark of a righteous person. God can not use a cowardice because everything that God will require of us will require faith. God told Gideon to instruct 22,000 soldiers to return home because they were fearful. God told Joshua severerally at the beginning of his ministry to be bold and courageous. God is telling us to be bold and courageous!

Why fight Goliath? Because there is a cause to. Our lives are bigger than ourselves and are more than us. Mordecai had to remind Queen Esther that despite the comfort and luxury she enjoyed, there was more to her queenship than that. This is one of the filters our decisions should go through before they are made.

Goliath seemed impossible, and David, a caretaker of a few animals. But a critical observance of both will reveal weakness for Goliath and strengths for David. It is amazing how we can see ourselves as grasshoppers in the face of Goliath and forget that we are on the side of the captain of the Lord's host

The same words of Goliath that paralyzed the Israelites were the same words that encouraged David to face him. Fighting the lion and the bear in the wilderness would have been a waste if David was not bold enough to face Goliath. Boldness not just to say yes to fight Goliath but to say No to the King's amoury.

Encouraging yourself in the Lord not only strengthens your faith but also heightens your sensitivity to hear from God. In challenging times, we need two critical things to endure: strength to persevere and divine guidance for the right strategy. Being able to discern God's presence and direction during adversity is essential for overcoming the trials of the evil day.

There is an evil day in everyone's life; a season that makes us feel like God does not exist, and even if he does, He is a liar. We must know how to encourage ourselves in the lord, we must know how to speak to ourselves in psalms, hymns and spiritual songs, making melody in our hearts to God. This is the strategy David found.

If the invited guests truly valued being invited to the banquet, they won't have made up such excuses, especially after accepting the invitation. We hardly truly appreciate God and His call the way we say we do, and it just takes one excuse for us to shove Him out of the driving seat of our lives. Consider God's call.

It's remarkable how God deals with us. Over the past 20 years, Joseph's life appeared to spiral downwards, yet God was with him. Despite being enslaved, Joseph thrived. We may find ourselves in unpleasant situations, yet they can be beneficial for us. However, because we often fail to perceive what God is accomplishing within us and for us, we sometimes become frustrated and miss Him. As for God,...

Noah was to build a big boat, Moses to lead stubborn former slaves through the wilderness, and Abarahm was to leave his family and start a nation as a fatherless man. Never despise the call of God. It never really looks like a big deal, but in fulfilling it that we see the great destiny God has for us.

In Christ, we've each been extended an invitation from God. As we reflect on the journeys of Abraham, Moses, and Noah, we contemplate the divine call they received. Through Paul's teachings, we're urged to ponder the nature of God's call and the individuals He chooses, ensuring we don't overlook our own call. Let's heed the call and faithfully fulfill our purpose.

Ruth had no reason to stay with an old lady whose life was falling apart other than the value she placed on her relationship with Naomi. Friendships are avenues created by God for us to serve and invest in each other. We shouldn't allow minor disagreements to undermine the amazing companionship we share with people.

Sadly, it takes people on the verge of death for them to appreciate what is really worthy in life. The cares and the glories in life make us trivialize sincere relationships. Ruth had no business giving up her young life in her home country to be a stranger in another country. She did that because of the genuine relationship between she and an old woman whose life seems to be in a mess.

There are times when all we can see are the storms. There are moments all we can feel is God forsaken us. In those moments, May God grant us the strength to remember that he moved hevean and earth for us. He willingly gave up everything for us. He would rather die than to live without us. God cares

Does God really care? Why will Jesus be comfortably sleeping in the midst of the storms? Why did God watch Naomi lose her husband , two sons, and return home with nothing but her life and a daughter-in-law? If Jesus so cared about a wedding not running out of wine, He does care about everything concerning you.

We somehow think that because we are in God's will, it exempts us from storms. People think that because they are marrying someone in God's, we will have a smooth sail and not have to put in the work to make it succeed. Jesus told them to go to the other side, but there were storms. Storms are not indications that God doesn't care.

Why Jesus? Because He was the only one worthy to unlock the scroll with the seven seals. He was the only one who could pay the price we could not pay. He is the one who chose to lay down his life for us when we did not even know it was possible. He is the only one who found us worth dying for.

None of the people in the Old Testament had a full and accurate image of the Father. They even did not know God as Father but as Lord and at best as Friend. It is not surprising that people think God is the thief. Jesus came to give us an accurate and complete image of who God is. He gives and gives abundantly

The nature of the Father makes it impossible to see Him. Jesus, the exact representation of His being and the fullness of the God head bodily, provides us with a platform to have a father- child relationship with God. Jesus is the way and the door to the Father. Why Jesus? Without him, no one can access the Father

We mostly focus on the "moments" in life, forgetting the "ordinary" days that lead to those days. Everything that seems as though Gid just did sporadically is well planned orchestrated years before. Ours is to number our day and apply our hearts to wisdom in anticipation of the fullness of time for the manifestation of His generosity to us.

A glimpse into who God is can result in only one reponse- praise. The presidents of nations are referred to as "His or Her Excellency" not necessary because of their excellency but who they are. Our Father, as the uncreated creator, deserves our every praise. Be a Chronic praise giver for He is God!

Our Father is a worker. Jesus revealed that God has been working up until now, and he Jesus, works. No matter how physically exhausted Jesus was, he never failed to capitalize any moment to work the works of Him that sent him. It was this, that gave him satifiscation in life. For everyone who seeks to imitate God, he or she should appreciate the gift of work and be willing to exert himself or her...

God had a habit of evaluating his work daily. Honesty to yourselves is one of the greatest gifts we can give to ourselves. The people who accused the woman caught in adultery had the audacity to want to stone her because they were never a self- reflective person. The prodigal son made the right choice because he was honest with himself. How often do you assess every detail of your life?

In every living thing God created, he embedded in them the ability to reproduce after their kind. God is glorified in us bearing after our kind. He is a God of increase, and he expects increase from us. He is not interested in the two He gave you but the two more you added.

We tend to lose sight of the truth of how detailed and thorough God is in everything He does. We get surprised when we discover the thought and depth of brilliance in God's creation. This is because we somehow think that God just does things spontaneously, without a plan, and in a haphazard fashion. A study on the creation story reveals how God ordely created everything. Anything associated with d...