Tag: service
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The Last Shall Become First
Even Jesus’ disciples argued amongst themselves about who were the greatest. Wanting to be in the spotlight is not a new trend in the Church. People have vied to be glorified even from Bible times. Do you want to be first? Then you have to be last. Serve to lead. That’s how Jesus did it.…
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Prayer Is Also A Verb
As much as God is concerned about us, God is as concerned about the suffering of people. The poor, the oppressed, the hungry, the lonely, the brokenhearted, the widow, the orphan, those without a voice and His hand is not short to help them and sometimes and most times, we are His hands. We…
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God Equips The Called
If you ask the Lord to enlarge your territory – He will also equip you for the task and send you help from all around and orchestrate everything so that the goal is accomplished. Trust God Step out of your comfort zone. Go. Faith operates in the things we cannot see, and in the hope…
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There’s A Call For You
When Jesus told His first disciples, ‘come follow me’, I’m sure they had no idea they were giving up the way they did life for something far more greater than they could ever imagine. Here’s a Man, Who is not talking about fishing for fish. He’s talking about fishing for the souls of men. He…
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Ministry Requires Humble Ministers
God called me to ministry when I was very young in my faith. life. He spoke from a book that was Greek to me. He spoke from Ezra. He spoke from Ezra for several years and then when I was somewhat mature, He spoke from Isaiah. Still very heavy books. It took me years of…
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Retreat & Then Return Refreshed
Today was one of those days when I had to sit down and remind myself how to breathe. To remind myself that when the waters threaten to drown me, that the Word of God is Truth. Truth in my doubts. Truth in my anxieties. I was grasping at straws, drowning in these anxieties everyday situations…
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Bestow Privilege In An Unprivileged World
Chris Tomlin’s song, God Of This City pulled me out of a pew I was warming for too many years one fine sabbath. As I sang out the lyrics, it resonated with purpose, the purposes God intended me to pursue with all of my heart and mind. When I’m in a place of a long…
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Seventy Times Seven
You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love. Galatians 5:13 Every person we meet, irrespective of whether we like them or not is ministry. Even more so if we mutually dislike each other. We are not…
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Kingdom Work
If we are believers and are making a living only to satisfy our own ends, with no heart towards the work of the Kingdom, we will find no matter how hard we toil, that the ends rarely, if ever, meet. Does that mean God gives us every whim and fancy if we work in His…