Tag: In His Presence

During His time on earth, Jesus was walking with His disciples one day and He  became hungry. Seeing from afar a fig tree having leaves, He went to see if  perhaps He would find something on it. When He came to it, He found nothing  but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.

It is interesting to note that Elijah could not do anything about how he felt until  God appeared to him and instructed him on what to do. God told him to leave  the cave where he was hiding and return via Damascus.

Read: 1 Kings 18 and 19.  Meditation verse:  “But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat  down under a broom tree. And he prayed that he might die, and said, “It is  enough! Now, Lord, take my life, for I am no better than my fathers!” (1 Kings  19:4) …

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 needs a special task or assignment done, He looks for people who  are already busy. Search the scriptures; Simon Peter and his brother Andrew  were busy fishing when Jesus called them to be His apostles. James and John  were in the boat with their father Zebedee mending their nets and preparing for  the…

Whilst on earth, Jesus told His disciples about the death He would suffer and  how He would rise after three days. He told them several times to prepare their  minds. Yet, on resurrection morning, certain women amongst those who had  followed Him closely, went to look for His body in the grave.

It was a very sad and hopeless day in Jerusalem on this day over 2000 years ago.  The One whom the Jews believed had come to deliver them from Roman  oppression had just been crucified on a cross between two criminals. The  disciples were in panic mode.

God’s grace upon your life can be increased. You can position yourself to enjoy  more grace by:

Grace is God’s life and power released towards and working in an individual.  Grace is the basis of our salvation and continues in us throughout our walk with  God, working out His divine purpose in our lives. There are different aspects of  grace highlighted in the bible which serves different functions in our lives.