The Power of Giving to Others to Receive From God

The Power of Giving to Others to Receive from God

Have you been asking God for something and it seems as if it is not forth coming? Many times, Christians bury themselves in their challenges to the point they sometimes think that God has forgotten them. I have good news for you if you are part of those people, God can never leave you nor forsake you. This post shares what you should do to provoke God’s intervention in your life.

Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” – Hebrews 13:5 (NKJV).

 

Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you – Luke 6:38 (NKJV).

And the LORD restored Job’s losses when he prayed for his friends. Indeed the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before – Job 42:10

Everyone faces one challenge or the other at some points in his or her life. What determines how fast you overcome is your faith in God. There is nothing impossible or difficult for our God (Luke 1:37, Jeremiah 32:27). The challenge is that many Christians dwell in their problems and so are blinded to God’s outstretched hands towards them. They actually say to God through their thoughts, actions and words, “You can’t help me”. Hebrews 11:6 says that without faith it is impossible to please God, this means without faith you can’t receive from God.

When you dwell in your challenge, the word of God is inactive in you even though you know what it says concerning your situation. Dwelling in your challenge also robs you of your joy, which is what you use to draw from the well of salvation (Isaiah 12:3). Furthermore, it gives you the wrong picture. When you picture victory over that challenge you get victory (Jeremiah 1:12). “What do I do”, you may ask me. I will say, give to others especially when you are challenged. Read more...

The Lover of God is Prayerful

Do you love God? There are certain characteristics you find in any lover of God, one of which is prayerfulness. If you love God you will desire to be with Him at all times. Prayer is a platform for fellowshipping with God and expressing your love for Him. This post gives reasons why people who love God are prayerful.

I will love You, O LORD, my strength. The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; My God, my strength, in whom I will trust; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies – Psalms 18:1-3 (NKJV).

Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know – Jeremiah 33:3 (NKJV).

Many people call on God but not all love Him, for if anyone loves Him he or she will obey His commandments (John 14:23-24). However, you can’t love God and not call upon Him. Many people pray to God to receive from Him, but those who love God first and foremost just want to give to Him. They want to give Him praise and to worship Him like David (Psalm 18:1-3).

Prayer is a 2-way channel through which you commune with God. God speaks to you through His word, but through prayer, you have the opportunity to speak to God and also hear from Him. The amazing thing is that God wants to hear you too. This is why in many places in the scriptures He encourages His children to call upon Him (Jeremiah 33:3, 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18, Colossians 4:2, Jeremiah 29:12, etc.).

When you love someone, you will long to speak with the person. Prayer gives us the chance to do the same with our Father in heaven. When you love someone and you are too busy to communicate with the person, your love becomes questionable. So also, you can’t love God and not have time to speak with Him. Read more...

Abide in Christ

 Have you told your self today that Jesus loves you? Have you looked at that image in the mirror and said (pointing at it) "Jesus loves you"? He loved you while you were yet a sinner, while you were deep in sin. He died for you that you should believe and not perish but have eternal life.

I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. “As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love. This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall but e done for you - John 15:5,7,9,12 (NKJV)

Yes, He chose you, you didn't choose yourself. He chose you to bear fruit that will abide (John 15:16). He knows you can do so through Him. O yes! Not by yourself though, for without Him you can do nothing. It's not by your might nor power, but by the Spirit of God (Zechariah 4:6). You can do all things through Christ who strengthens you (Philippians 4:13). Christ is the one who will work in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure (Philippians 2:13).

All He asks of you is that you abide in Him, abide in His love, rest in Him and believe in Him. He wants you to trust in Him to work out His will in you: He wants you to trust Him to help you obey His commandments, trust Him to love as He loves, trust Him to obey as He obeys God. Remember, faithful is He that calls you who also will do it (1 Thessalonians 5:24). Read more...  

Love of God-Foundation for the Church of God

What is the foundation of your church?  Is your gathering as Christians truly in the name of Jesus Christ? Every gathering will be tested and where there is no love of God, there is no presence of God. This post emphasizes the love of Christ as the foundation on which the church of God stands.

We are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, you are God’s building. According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I have laid the foundation, and another builds on it. But let each one take heed how he builds on it. For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ – 1 Corinthians 3:9-11 (NKJV).

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another – John 13:34-35 (NKJV).

The scriptures ask in Psalm 11:3 that if the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do? The righteous can do nothing. A faulty foundation will give rise to a faulty building. Where there is envy and strife, you will find all manner of evil works (James 3:16). But a solid foundation will give rise to a strong building that will stand the test of time (Matthew 7:24-25).

The church which is God’s building, Christian believers and the body of Christ (1 Corinthians 3:9, Colossians 1:24), is built on Jesus Christ, the foundation (1 Corinthians 3:11). It all started with God so loving the world that He gave His only Son Jesus that whosoever believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life (John 3:16). Any church standing on any other foundation other than Christ (Who is God’s gift of love to man) is not God’s building.

Jesus Christ is God (John 1:1-18) and God is love (1 John 4:8), so we can say that the foundation of the church is love. It is the evidence that you are a disciple of Christ. I would say that there is no church of Christ where there is no love. The world knows those who are disciples of Christ by the way they love one another (John 13:35). Read more...