Category: Religion

An automatic door does not open on its own, even though it is clearly marked  ‘automatic’. You must get within the sensor range, before it will open.  Irrespective of how desperate you are to enter a building, if you are thirty yards  away from the sensor range of its automatic door, it will remain shut. 

When God says you should remind Him of His promises, it is not because He has  forgotten. He remembers exactly what He has said to you. It is for your benefit.  When you remind God of His word in the place of prayer, you are telling Him  that you are standing on His promises and…

The things that are happening to you though challenging are working  in you a perfect work. They are growing in you a wisdom that is so rich, deep and original. This is the kind of wisdom that comes from  triumphing over affliction.

I had been feeling weighed down by a particular concern that had to do with a  close family member and it was beginning to wear me out emotionally and  physically. On this morning, my eyes fell on the above scripture, and it was like  a heavy burden was lifted of my shoulders.

Storms, trials, failures, tribulations, heartaches and difficulties are all part of  human existence. In John 16:33, Jesus said to His disciples, “These things I have  spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have  tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world”.

Ephesians 2:8-9 says, “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that  not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast”.  Your salvation does not depend on your good works. But your salvation should  produce a deep yearning for good works.

God’s word is powerful and can transform every area of your life. 2 Timothy  3:16-17 says, “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for  doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the  man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work”. There  is a word…

In today’s reading, Jesus told His disciples that new wine cannot be poured into  old wine skin, else the wine skin will break and the wine will be spilled. He said  new wine must be poured into new wine skin. . New one is fresh and strong.