Refined Gem

Hey everyone! Welcome back. We begin a short series on divine protection. We reflect on our authority at the place of prayer in watching over the gates of our families. We consider why Moses was asked to instruct the Israelites to mark the door posts and frames of their houses with the blood of the lambs that they were asked to slaughter .(Exodus 11,12, Ephesians 1:13,Isaiah 22:22,2 Cor 10:4)

A blessed Easter to you! We reflect briefly on the death of Jesus and His rising from the grave a day like today. Stay blessed!

Why does God value us remembering significant events or when He has won victories for us? Why did God ask Israelites to carry stones from River Jordan after He had cut off the waters and the Israelites had crossed over into the promised land? (Joshua 3,4,5 ,Genesis 17:7)

Hey everyone! We continue our reflection on a second discipline that we can adopt, having begun a personal relationship with Jesus. How do we nurture it? We consider prayer and learn how to pray from the Lord's prayer. There are all kinds of prayers including praying in the Spirit. We look at what Jesus taught the disciples when they asked him how they should pray. ( Luke 11:1-3 ,Matthew 6:9-1...

After making the decision to let in Jesus into our hearts, what next? We continue to reflect on spiritual disciplines to help us in our growth in salvation. We reflect on the study of God's word as one of these disciplines . ( Joshua 1:8,Deutronomy 6:6-9,1 Peter 2:2,2 Timothy 3:16-17, Pslams 119:105,11,Mathew 4:4,Romans 12:2, John 17:17)

We continue our meditation and today get to understand what a Rebirth in Christ means. The foundation of our being born again. Is good works not enough to earn me a ticket? We reflect on salvation by faith and how we get a new identity. We will also consider what it will take for us to walk the walk after making that decision. ( John 3:4,Romans 6:6,Ephesians 2:8-9,Romans 19:9-10, John 1:12, Ephesi...

Just a note that today's sharing is from an old episode that we had back in December of 2021. Be blessed!

Could we be carrying a ticket for everything we need having been fully paid for and yet not know it? Jesus paid a hefty price for your life and mine .That price is inclusive of a guarantee to us for an abundant life in Him but not many of us experience this abundance. We reflect on what this truly means for us.

Welcome back! We begin a series titled "The finished work of the cross". We reflect on the power of communion through eating His flesh and drinking His blood. How Jesus invites us to commemorate and to remember that which He did for us on the cross. ( Luke 22:18, John 6:44,Hebrews 9:22,Galatians 3:13-14,Luke 7:11)

Hey everyone! A Happy new year and New month! Just popping in to say we hope to be back soon,God willing. May Psalms 1:1-3 be the anchor for our year and indeed for everyone who drops by to listen in as we glean from the word of God together.

Hey everyone! We are already in the festive season! If God hadn't been on our side this year🙃?...... We briefly reflect on the power of thanksgiving even as we wind up 2025 just like the one leper who returned to thank Jesus and he was made whole. (Luke 17:11-19 ,John 6:1-14)

We study today how God's grace qualifies us for our entry into God's kingdom. We reflect on the parable of the workers in the vineyard. How the ones that were hired last became the first to be paid and got wages in equal measure as those that were hired early in the morning. We will draw a parallel to thief on the cross who got into paradise at the last minute- undeserving but qualified by...

Happy New year everyone! Today we are just checking in to say hello and share some updates. While at it,we pray God blesses your new year in a precious way and makes it the best you have ever had!

Welcome back to Refined Gem podcast! We reflect today on how God had put so much spiritual deposit in Moses as the leader of the Israelites. When they complained and the burden felt too heavy for him, God asked him to call 70 elders to help. What was in one man needed 70 people to handle. We also reflect on the two elders who didn't show up and seemingly undeserving yet they still received the...

Hey everyone! Our short charge today is on digging into scriptures as God's word is living and active according to Hebrews 4:12. Stay blessed!

Happy new month! We take a slight detour from our series and reflect on the integrity of God when He speaks. He is not a man to lie and not only is His promise immutable but also the oath which He swears to back what He says . (Hebrews 6:13-19, Numbers 23:19,1 Corinthians 1:20)

Hey everyone ! Today's sharing is alittle long 😊. We delve abit deeper on Jesus as our High priest and how this is a superior priesthood and why this is important for us to know (Hebrews 2-10 ,Genesis 14, James 2:13 ,Exodus 20;5 34:7)

Hey everyone! We continue to reflect today on the topic on priesthood .We look at why there was a need to have priests after the fall of man. The roles they had and what this means in the context of our individual families. We look at how out of the 12 sons of Jacob,God chose the tribe that came out of his son Levi. (Hebrews 5:1-10, Numbers 17& 18,Deutronomy 34:8-11,Hebrews 7:27,Levitius 2:1-3...

We reflect today on how God chooses one generation to use amongt many others that are there. He could even pick one individual in that generation He chooses. He endows them after choosing them. We will see characteristics by way of identity of this generation that He handpicks. (1 Peter 2:9,Revelation 1:6,Zechariah 9:16,Deutronomy 5:9-10,2 Corinthians 1:22)

The book of Esther holds profound lessons us. How an orphaned girl ascended to the throne as a queen. We reflect on another aspect of the one year of preparation that sll the beautiful women were subjected to in the race to make Queen. Season of pampering and rejuvenation before we can step into divine appointments. And yes this applies to all of us. ( Esther 2:12-13, Ecclesiastes 3:1)

God created by speaking .Let there be and there would be(whatever He spoke). We too can co-create our realities with God and more so when we align our prayers with God's word. (Psalms 103:20)

Happy new month! Just popping in to share that we take a short break and resume on 21st September God willing. Stay blessed!😘

God calls us who He created us TO BE even before we become. This journey of becoming may therefore require us to conquer personal giants first before we can conquer the greater ones that then usher us into our God given destinies. We reflect on Gideon- who we are introduced to when he is in hiding with a CV of a fearful man. He follows God's instructions,conquers personal giants and ultimately...

God honors invitations from us. He will always come. We might have invited him to meet a need like Jairus invited Jesus when his daughter was unwell or Manoah and his wife to speak again about the birth of Samson. God though desires intimacy with us. That we can still meet with Him inspite of His having performed for us or not . Abraham loved and walked with God inspite of God taking years to fulf...

We reflect on how Saul was given specific instructions by God through prophet Samuel. He was to destroy the Amalekites ,their animals,men,women ,children infants- literally everything. Saul did not and one of the reasons he gave Samuel was that he was afraid of his own men. His partial disobedience ultimately cost him the throne. (1 Samuel 15)