Category: Inspiration

Lessons from Hezekiah: Steps he took that got God to quickly turn around his situation

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The Bible says that of all the kings of Judah, there was none like Hezekiah who held fast to God and obeyed His commandments. In fact, God so loved his obedience that He extended his life by 15 yrs (2 Kings 20)! Even when he had pride towards the end of his life and showed off his possessions to the Babylonians, the punishment for this didn’t happen in his lifetime. Did you know he was also the one who destroyed the bronze serpent that Moses made? The Israelites had kept it and been worshipping it for all those years!  One of his first moves was to clean up the house of God, followed by a series of “acts of faithfulness” (2 Chr 31:1) - all of which culminated in God moving quickly to turn around the situation of the people of Judah.

The dark side of pride – when we forget our source

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God who lifts man high also brings him down. In His word, God has given us the formula to unlock the windows of heaven and how to revel in His blessings. But He’s also often cautioned us about the risk of forgetting the source of our blessings. To help whip us in line is partly why God uses silent/wilderness seasons to refine us like gold, to re-calibrate our focus to Him when we lose track, or to prepare us for the next level of our walk with Him (e.g. Moses, Joseph, David, Job, Paul, Jesus etc.).

So I believe/have faith in Christ – does my Christian journey stop there? NO!

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Luke 13:23-25; 2 Peter 1:5-11 So I believe/have faith in Christ - does my Christian journey stop there? 🤷🏾‍♂️ NO! In Luke 13:23-25, Jesus said there’s a striving that we need to do to make it to heaven, to enter the narrow gate. Many will find the gate but they will not be able to … Continue reading So I believe/have faith in Christ – does my Christian journey stop there? NO!

When did satan permanently lose access to heaven?

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Job 1:6-7; John 12:31; Revelation 12:7-9, 12 When did satan permanently lose access to heaven? 🤔💡 Recall in Job’s story that satan still had access to heaven despite having already lost the battle with Michael and the good angels, and deceived a third of the angels who were banished with him to earth (Rev 12:7-9; … Continue reading When did satan permanently lose access to heaven?

The ten commandments existed before God wrote them for Moses

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Genesis 26:5 Amazing! God’s laws/commandments existed even before they were finger-written and handed down to Moses. Those holy, perfect, eternal and unchanging laws of His kingdom 🙌🏾🙏🏾😇 One has to wonder why God subsequently saw it fit to write them down, on tablets of stone. It’s probably because the Israelites had forgotten them after living … Continue reading The ten commandments existed before God wrote them for Moses

Does God overlook small sins? Why did God intend to kill Moses before he’d even begun his rescue mission of the Israelites?

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Acts 17:30-31; Exodus 4:24-26; Genesis 17:9-14 Once upon a long time ago, God winked at the ignorance of men; but now, He calls all to repent because judgement is at hand and His word is with us (Acts 17:30-31). There is no more room for excuse. Moses experience with God shows how serious God is … Continue reading Does God overlook small sins? Why did God intend to kill Moses before he’d even begun his rescue mission of the Israelites?

Why did the younger often get blessed over the older in the Bible?

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Genesis 48:17-19 A friend asked this question and got me thinking as it’s a repeated and interesting Bible phenomenon.  One of my thoughts is that in all these cases, God already knew the heart of the people and that’s what guided how the weight of blessings flowed.  If you look at the example of David … Continue reading Why did the younger often get blessed over the older in the Bible?

Understanding the three steps of salvation: Justification, Sanctification and Glorification

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Romans 2:13; Romans 3:20-26, 28, 31; James 2:21, 24-25 Justification is redemption from the curse of sin. This means that because all have sinned and are condemned to death, we are saved from this curse by being justified or declared free of the guilt of sin and made acceptable to God. It’s a gift (unmerited) … Continue reading Understanding the three steps of salvation: Justification, Sanctification and Glorification

The 3 step process on the “Highway of Holiness” – how God prepares us for His big move.

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Isaiah 35:6-8; Isaiah 43:18-20; 2 Corinthians 4:17-18 Like Joseph or the Israelites' journey, God first shows us a vision of our future (perhaps through a burning desire or He speaks to us), then there’s the wilderness experience (where God seems distant and we’re receiving only what we need and not what we want) to prepare … Continue reading The 3 step process on the “Highway of Holiness” – how God prepares us for His big move.

What does it mean to ‘be still’?

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Be still? What does that even mean? Be idle while just praying and keeping the faith?! 🤔🤷🏾‍♂️ So I spent time yesterday thinking about this verse...”Be still and know that I am God”. Does it mean when we’ve got anxieties, after surrendering them to God we should idle away and perhaps just pray and keep the faith? I struggled with it because this line of thinking didn’t seem consistent with what I was reading in the Bible.