The Spoken Word

God has made a choice to us the man Abraham to bless mankind. He promised him a seed, despite Abram’s ability to reproduce. God is working in creation to eventually redeem us from the power of sin. Despite all external opposition, despite our own flaws and failures God’s faithfulness remains steadfast. God can and will fulfill all His promises and we can rest in the assurance of His unwavering fai...

We learn from Genesis 27 that despite our efforts as human beings God’s purposes will prevail. God, before the birth of Isaac and Rebekah’s children predetermined that the blessing should go to Jacob. Isaac desired for Esau to be the recipient of the blessing and Rebekah thought she needed to help God fulfill what He had purposed. Jacob’s eventual blessing aligned with what God had purposed, but t...

There is a way that seems to right to us, it seems right but it’s not and it leads to destruction. We need to learn God’s will and give Him opportunity to bring His purposes to completion. We have to take the word God sends and mix it with faith, wait on Him and be of good courage. God doesn’t need our help; He needs our obedience and submission to His plans. He is both willing and able to bring t...

The Bible shows us that our need of help is normal, it's by design of God, as aspect of human life and not failure. God is our ultimate helper and our asking for His help is a show of humility. Also, by design of God we can co-labor with God, but God does not need our help, in the way we need His, to bring to pass the things He desires, He is not like us, yet we are like Him. Whenever we deter...

God Himself is holy and He calls us to be holy. God is faithful and He calls us to likewise be faithful. We are to walk in the light as He is in the light, then we can have fellowship with Him and other saints. He calls us to this manner of living even when we are without strength to perform it, why; because He gives us grace, divine enablement. God is sovereign, His is a covenant keeper, and by H...

No matter where we are, what we’re up against, God is able to do exceedingly abundantly beyond all we can conceive; but it is according to His power that works in us. The power of God that works in believers is the immeasurable, active energy of Holy Spirit. It’s not any human effort, but rather divine power which enables us to desire and to act according to God’s purpose and to live out our faith...

When we are willing and obedient God is able to make all grace abound toward us and He can even make our enemies live a peace with us. But, we must commit our way to Him, trust in Him and live a life totally committed to Him. Others will be observing, make the choice to walk upright, let your words be seasoned with grace and guard your testimony by speaking truth. God will watch over you to insure...

God works sovereignly in all things for our good, according to His purposes. God prepares us, He prepares our place, and He prepares people to be receptive of us; but He does it all for His glory and the fulfillment of His purposes so that His will can be accomplished. He pulls one down and sets up another as He moves in time to complete the work He has started, all the while we are navigating our...

The only thing I need I already have. The fullness of His mercy in my hand (4Him). Let me explain it to you, hopefully in words you will be able to understand.

We learned earlier that God has spoken and yet speaks to mankind, He is persistent is His efforts to guide His people. He has used prophets, visions, similes, allegories, metaphors, hypo catastasis, types and analogies (see Hos. 12:10). In Job Elihu said that He speaks once, twice and men do not perceive, Peter said that some of us are willingly ignorant. The truth is we can be rebellious and diso...

Grief is a natural part of life, but as Christians we are not to grieve as if we don’t have a future hope. Likewise, death is a natural part of life, but if we die in Christ our future is secure. While we live we are to operate in integrity, be honest and just in our transactions, make plans to leave an inheritance for those who come after us, but the greatest legacy we can leave is a godly hope;...

Impacting lives for eternity through the teaching of God's Word that His people might be established to express and advance His Kingdom.

The Bible calls for us to examine ourselves to test whether we are truly living in faith and if Jesus' Spirit abides in us. This evaluation ensures that our trust is in Christ rather than our own works and can lead to repentance or assurance. In today's lesson God calls Abraham to such an examination, which results in him being found faithful and leading to God showing us how He will provi...

Trusting and obeying God in seasons of transition will lead to establish of the promise and new beginnings; it will also secure your standing, validate your authority, and the divine blessing. God remembers every word He has spoken, He sees and hears you regardless of your location or position in society or ministry and He has made provision, even for outcasts. Trust God, walk in integrity and kno...

I believe that before we enter into a wilderness, a desert, trials or tribulations, God seeing ahead, will give us a word to encourage us, to fill us with hope, to help us recognize His hand in our lives when it comes to past. We have to remember and cast away our confidence despite any opposition we may encounter. Trust in the Lord, seek Him daily, be receptive to godly counsel and be doers of th...

Take heed how you interact with others. Walk in the light as God is in the light in order that you might represent Him well before others. Avoid being deceitful and encouraging others to be deceitful. Let every action and every response be born of righteousness and a desire to maintain justice, through a clear conscience and a commitment to doing what is right in the eyes of God, that He might be...

The Bible admonishes us to be watchful and to examine ourselves to make sure that we are operating in faith. That means, hearing God, trusting Him, and obeying His commands. We have to take care to put to death all the deeds of the flesh because it is easy to resort back to our old ways and that could be catastrophic, not only for ourselves but for others as well. Fear, which has torment, can lead...

Learn to walk in love, to be hospitable, to take advantage of opportunities to present and receive the love of God. Avoid sinning because it has serious consequences and be prayerful and willing to be available to make intercession for others. Listen, to hear from God and immediately obey what He commands, don’t look back longingly for yesterday when God offers you a bright future or you just migh...

In today's message we see the angels sent to destroy Sodom, Gomorrah and the plains, because of their wickedness, but they cannot perform their assignment until Lot, and his family are delivered out of harm's way. This is one of the testimonies that lead us to believe that God will deliver the Church out of the wrath to come upon the world. God always makes a way of escape, and He makes it...

The stage is set, the curtain goes up, the scene is one of depravity, perversion, and wickedness. The hearts and motives of all of Sodom is laid bare and God’s agents are going to respond accordingly. How can we escape the wrath of God? We can escape solely through repentance and faith in Jesus Christ, Who God has sent to us, even as He has sent the angels, for Abraham’s sake to save Lot. What the...

God is intentional and purposeful in all that He does. He visits us and there is an appropriate way to receive and respond to it in order that we might get from Him what He intends. Take care to be sensitive, to recognize His voice, to follow His instruction so that we can fulfill His plan and purpose. Make sure that you pass on to others what He reveals to you because His plans and purpose go bey...

Have you ever experienced the presence of God, how were afterwards? People talk about changes in their lives from near death experiences, but when God manifests Himself to you that is real occasion for change. We should remember the things He declares, trust in what was spoken or shown and should be driven to prayer for the will He has made known to come, to manifest and fulfill what He has decree...

The Bible teaches us that as representatives of the Kingdom we should be loving, compassionate, hospitable and not prone to argue. We are admonished in these things for good reason, we represent an ever present and watchful God, Who invites us to His kingdom and Who has made great and precious promises and our hearts should always be right to be able to enter into His presence on behalf our others...

God’s choice of us, like His choice of Abram, was intentional. He says that He trusted Abraham to teach his children and descendants to follow the way of the Lord. He has chosen us to teach our children, training them up in the way they should go, to teach others, making disciples and teaching them to obey all that He teaches us. From the beginning He has wanted a people set apart unto Himself; in...

God draws us to Himself to not just reveal Himself but also to reveal His purposes. As God reveal Himself, He gives us power to produce and be effective in that which He calls us to however, we must take the revealed word and mix it with faith, we much worship Him, give thanks in all things and respond, our faith requires obedient action in order to lay hold to what is promised.