Tag: Christ
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The mind of Christ (4) – By Femi Aribisala
The worrisome mind is anathema to the mind of Chist. The mind that is fretful and full of anxiety is a mind that does not glorify God. The worrisome mind is the mind that does not trust God. It is the mind that does not believe that God is God. It is the mind that…
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The mind of Christ (2) – By Femi Aribisala
Paul is the chief exponent in the scriptures of the imperative to have the mind of Christ. He taught what he lived, so we have him as our chief example. Paul teaches that: “If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become
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The mind of Christ (1) – By Femi Aribisala
In 1997, I rented a building in Victoria Island, Lagos for two years for N1.5 million naira. When I did, God told me He had given the building to me, even though I was only a tenant. I believed Him because I have a mind of Christ. He says to me, “Blessed are your eyes…
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[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: Stability can only be found in Christ
We are currently living in difficult times. There is currently so much brokenness, decay, lawlessness, and wickedness. The world is currently going through a lot of distress. Insecurity, terrorism, food crisis, inflation, high cost of living and of course the recent earthquakes in Turkey and Syria that claimed thousands of lives.
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[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: No Christmas without “Christ”
Now there were in the same country shepherds living out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. And behold, an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were greatly afraid. Then the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid, for…
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[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: Do you know who you are in Christ?
Today’s reading refers to you as an ‘oak of righteousness’. The oak is a very tall tree between 40 and 80 feet and is said to surpass 300 years. A very interesting feature of the oak tree is the root system. It pushes downwards as deep as the height of the tree and branching out…
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[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: Can God count on you?
By Oke Chinye Read: DANIEL 3:8–30 Meditation verse: “But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we do not serve your gods, nor will we worship the gold image which you have set up.” (Daniel 3:18). Three young men stood in the moment of truth; bow down to the king’s golden…
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Dead to the law: Married to Christ – Femi Aribisala
Femi Aribsala Marriage is at the centre of the gospel. The gospel of Jesus Christ is about a wife espoused to one husband, and about a husband who gave himself for his wife. Paul says: “I promised you to one husband, to Christ, so that I might present you as a pure virgin to Him.”…