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Beyond the natural laws

    Laws are laid down principles to help people to walk in certain directions. It is structured, firm, and sometimes rigid. Laws are expected to always follow the same pattern and anyone found doing differently will be accused and penalized. The scribes and Pharisees were always angry at the ways and teachings of our Lord Jesus Christ because he wasn't doing the same as them yet have mind-blowing impacts better than theirs. He taught, people listened and yielded, but they force people to do it their own way (Mark 6:1-3).    They are ignorant that even though we have one big God, He is diverse in his ways and acts. No wonder people find it difficult to believe in the ways and characters of a child of God. It is a life led by the wind of God's Spirit because it's beyond the normal laws they believe in. Natural laws are principles generally accepted by people and passed down from one generation to another. We are Christians. We operate in the supernatural ...

BROKEN CISTERN

    Cistern can be defined as an underground storage that holds water especially rainwater. The word "broken" qualifying the storage makes it clear that some part it has been taken from it. In other words, it's damaged!     A broken object is of no use and no matter the amount of energy to make it work. A man that relies on it will definitely be disappointed because it won't produce results. Can you imagine someone trying to fill a broken jar with water or waiting to drink from it? He will end up being frustrated.    It is clear that both (the one who fills and the other who needs water) will not only be disappointed and also discover that its been a waste of time and energy all along. We might consider these fellows as fools, But don't we think if they'd known the cistern is broken, they wouldn't have bothered themselves to even seek for water nor fill it up. They might be ignorant. It is true that rain falls, but how good is the cistern? O...

HOME

A home is defined as a family living together in one building. A family consists of the father, mother, and children. I believe that each person has an effective role to play in the bringing forth of an extraordinary change in the result we've seen over the years about what a home as turned out to be. A place to find rest, love, and encouragement in the home, but how many people get it the whole package?    As written in one of Paul apostle's epistles, in the book of Ephesians 5:22-33. He said the head of the family is to be like Christ (as the standard). So as the head of the home, he must be responsible - a person who is able to respond to the needs of the home. He must Love not by samples from parents and friends, but as the Lord Himself who gave Himself for us(sacrifice) and takes it upon Himself to meet the need of His bride(the church).  He is caring for the church, washing her with water by the word of God so that she will be presentable to the Father. I be...

Close, yet far away

  The word close means the coming together of some things or people. Being far away is just to be separated from a thing or person. In a case where a man has a gun in his hands ready for a fight and was killed in the hands of someone else holding a log of wood, whereas he could have killed the opponent with just a gunshot. This is the state of being close, yet far away.    I wondered and asked if he was dumb? Why can't he just lift his hands before the opponent's first strike? Then I discover that he lacks understanding. Of course, he knows what it is, but what he lacks is how it works. This man's case isn't as pathetic as some Christians are. We have a great warfare weapon, yet we do not use it unless we are helped from the outside, we will be beaten down to death by things that do not have half the power we carry.      We claim to have a close relationship with the father, yet we get worried and anxious over little things that don't matter. The Ph...

Love working faith

   Love can be defined as the strong feeling or constant affection for a person, while Faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen(Hebrew 11:1). The greatest commandment that the prophets and law hang on is the love principle which is towards God first and then to fellow humans(Matthew 22:36-40).    Christianity has three major pillars which are hope, faith, and love and the Scripture makes it clear that LOVE is the greatest (1 Corinthians 13:13). I personally visualize it this way, in Faith, hope is found and in love we have faith. Hope can't work without a pinch of faith, while faith can't work without love. They are interwoven, but important as an individual.     Love is a broad topic that so many preachers and writers have talked about and had given different definitions to the word. 1 John 4:16 told that God is LOVE, so as dynamic as God is so in love and can be defined based on the dealings and personal expe...