2025

Our learning and expertise, no matter how vast, will come to nothing without the indispensable factor of God’s presence and guidance.

To gain the whole world and lose one’s soul is no success at all. True success is being in harmony with God and dwelling with Him eternally.

We are not likely to overcome evil speaking until we have overcome evil surmising. By the way, to surmise is to conclude with little or no evidence.

Walking with the Spirit of God in fellowship and obedience is a sure way to activate joy which no force on earth can quench.

There are two ways to activate the peace of God. Firstly, walking in righteousness is a must.

God’s operations are beyond the limits of human conventions. One of the reasons why many people miss God’s operations is that they expect Him to reason and act in a certain way.

The summary is that music is indeed powerful, and must be used with discretion. If a category of music brought the hand of God to bear, it is not in doubt that Satan may also manifest if the choice of songs appeals to him.

In our text, we see a different type of endurance – enduring blame for what He did not do wrong! Martha’s statement implied that Jesus’ delay was the cause of Lazarus’ death.

There are two possible extremes one can fall into regarding pleasing God. The first can be illustrated with the story of the Pharisee told in Luke 18.

Judging who is courageous based solely on outward appearance is a flawed and unreliable measure. It will be misleading to assume that someone who appears macho and cocky is courageous.