Category: Devotionals

Over the past few days we have been trying to grasp a Biblical understanding of worship. We have already said that to worship God you need to be Born Again which in itself must be realized in worship as a lifestyle. Then followed the need to understand the Object of Worship, Almighty God who reveals […]

I visited a lovely family last night and amongst the many things we chatted about was the transparency or the lack there of in a Church. The question that was raised, and is so often raised these days is something like this … “Why does the church, pastor or leaders not tell the congregation what […]

Yesterday we started looking at “worship” as a Christian life style. Firstly we looked at the qualifications for worship and found that in essence worship needs to be a lifestyle by someone who is born again. Today I would like to consider (2) The Object of Worship. Now that we know that one needs to […]

The term “worship” might be a word greatly misunderstood for some people. It’s almost like the humorous illustration I found … Neil Marten, a member of the British Parliament, was once giving a group of his constituents a guided tour of the Houses of Parliament. During the course of the visit, the group happened to […]

In the beginning of the Christian walk it’s almost as though you are on a cloud. You are so excited because of what has happened in your life … the miracle of the New Birth. After a few month or a few years your spiritual momentum might slow down or cool off … and this […]

So far we have seen that the Word of God says it is like a fire, a hammer, a lamp, a sword, a mirror and a sustainer. Opening each of these thoughts has been enlightening and challenging. Today we consider the last one in this mini-series of what the Word of God says about itself. […]

The Word of God says it is like a fire, a hammer, a lamp, a sword and a mirror. Our journey over the last few days has been helping us to see what the Bible says it is like. Today we observe … 6) The Bible is like something that sustains. It feeds. It meets […]

The Word of God says it is like a fire, a hammer, a lamp and a sword. As we progress seeing what the Bible says it is like, we come to something beautiful yet scary! 5) The Bible is like a mirror. It’s amazing the effects of a mirror. When a baby starts to crawl […]

The Word of God says it is like a fire, a hammer and a lamp. Today we continue seeing what the Bible says … 4) The Bible is like a sword. It is interesting to see a butcher ply his trade. When I want to purchase lamb chops I go to a butcher on the […]

Yesterday we started looking at what the Bible says of itself and saw in Jeremiah 23:29 that the Word of God says it is like a fire and a hammer. Today we continue seeing what the Bible says it is like … 3) The Bible is like a lamp. Ps 119:105 Your word is a […]