Adventures of Faith

  Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him. I John 3:1 (NKJV)   We often talk about how much we love God, and how far we can go to defend our love for Him, as well as defend our Christian faith, and this is a good thing in itself. However, we cannot afford to lose sight of the bigger picture – how much God loves us. The truth is that when you really come to know how much God loves you, your life will be changed forever. It will look too good to be true.   There are many verses in the Bible that tell us how much God loves us, and how He demonstrated and still demonstrates that love. Unfortunately, not many people truly believe that God loves them, and this is a foundational problem. In our text, the apostle tries to describe the manner of love that God has for us. From John’s gospel chapter 3, verse 16, we know that God went as far as giving up His d...

  Arise, my people! Let your light shine for all the nations to see! For the glory of the Lord is streaming from you. Isaiah 60:1 (TLB)   Many people think of doing great things with their lives, unfortunately, not everyone ever gets to achieve great feats. We know that there are different reasons that could be responsible for this failure, but I will not attempt to discuss those in this piece, rather I will try to focus on something I think you can do to be counted as one of those who achieved a great feat in life.     For so many people, the challenge is not that they have got no ideas at all, but they are too afraid to try anything. Success is partly a product of ambition, but more than that, you must set sail from shore if you don’t want to be a perpetual dreamer. When you stand at the shoreline of life and watch the big waves as they beat, you may discover that those big waves have a way of intimidating you never to launch out. But it will interest you to know t...

    Most assuredly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much grain. John 12:24   In the natural realm, when you sow a seed, the seed dies and takes on new life. This new life has the potential ability to bear fruits, usually greater than what was sown. However, the death experience of the seed presents a challenge to the seed, it has to lose hold of itself and trust absolutely in the natural process of germination to take on new life. If a seed refuses to trust this process and so refuses to die, then it can only abide the way it is. As basic as this is, it can be the simple reason why some believers never experience increase – the fear of dying to self.   I have established in several previous writings that God wants you to prosper and to increase, and He has put everything in place for that to happen, but if you don’t follow God’s system of increase, He is not going to begin to run halt...

And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren. Gen.24:27   There is an interesting story of Abraham and his eldest servant in Genesis 24, which forms the core of this piece of writing. As a background to the text, Abraham had instructed his servant strictly to get a wife for Isaac from amongst his own people, and not from amongst the Canaanites where he dwelt. The servant then set out for Mesopotamia to get a wife for Isaac, his master’s son. God showed this servant His kindness, and led him straight to Rebecca who was from the household of Nahor, Abraham’s brother.   As you read this interesting story, something stands out and that thing is what is often times absent in the lives of some believers; it is the motion of faith. Abraham and his servant didn't just wish for a wife for Isaac from amongst Abraham's people, neither...

So he shepherded them according to the integrity of his heart, and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands. Ps.78:72   What does it take to excel in God’s way in your chosen area of business or career? When we consider business or career success, it’s tempting to worry about things like: ·      Being charismatic ·      Being attractive ·      Being insanely intelligent   Those qualities are great, but they are not the real determinants of success. I will focus on three major areas that could help you succeed: 1.    Integrity of heart 2.    Skilfulness of hands 3.    Prayer Get these three things right, and you’ll succeed in any area of endeavour.   Integrity of Heart Integrity of heart is an emotional, spiritual, and practical consistency with your purpose. In essence, integrity of heart is internalising your purpose. That purpose becomes not just wh...

  But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does. James 1:25 (NKJV)   In the bible passage above, take note of the emphasis I added on the word doer. Over the years I have found out that this word can be the differentiator between a believer who lives a very ordinary life, and a victorious believer. Even though some may choose to differ on this, it stands obvious. There are far too many believers who would rather talk the word than do the word. Like the saying goes, it is not how much you know, but what you do with what you know. What good is it if you know so much of the word, but barely do it? The word cannot profit such a life.     You see, sometimes it is easy to find an excuse to do other things other than the word. It can even be easier sometimes to hide under the cover of praying than to do the word. For instance, the word says in 2 Cor. 9:6; ...

Many who desire to operate consistently in the miraculous have continued to press in consciously into the power of God. Some have seen the power at work consistently, while there are many others who haven’t experienced the power of God at work as much as they would have desired.     If you are in the latter place, you need to step back a little and evaluate again if you have everything right or possibly you are missing something important. From my study of the word of God and experience, often what is lacking is deep compassion.   The greatest men that have been mightily used of God to touch people’s lives have been men of deep compassion. Jesus was a man of deepest compassion, and the power of God flowed naturally through Him. One of the stories that points out the compassion of Jesus, and the lack of same by His disciples is the story of how Jesus fed the multitude in Mark’s gospel.   Mark 6:34-44 When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them, ...