Adventures of Faith

John 6: 12-13 When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost. Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten . Jesus expressly told the disciples to gather up the fragments from the leftover of the feeding of the multitude. Perhaps the disciples didn’t see any need to gather up the remnant; at least a miracle had taken place, the people had been fed, so they could just forget about that experience because nothing else valuable could come from it. But they were wrong, Jesus directed that they gather up the fragments that nothing be lost, and eventually they gathered up twelve full baskets from the leftover. The disciples and the multitude viewed the leftover as being insignificant probably because they were scattered all over the place in small bits, but by the time they gathered them together, i...

Luke 4:18-19 18  The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, 19  To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. There are many who seek to be anointed but no matter how hard they try to get the anointing they never have it. Could it really be that God is denying them of the anointing or could it be that there is something that needs to be checked in their lives? For the purpose of this article, I will refer to the anointing as God’s manifested presence in and through the life of an individual, making such individual to prosper in ministry or secular work. I will draw a parallel from the life and ministry of Jesus to clearly illustrate my point. In the text that we read, Jesus clearly defined His mission before the audience gathered at the temple, a...

Have you ever wondered why believers lack faith in their faith? 1 John 4:16a (KJV) And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. Galatians 5:6 (AMP) For [if we are] in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith activated and energized and expressed and working through love. My purpose for sharing this short piece is just to awaken your consciousness to God’s love for you, thereby stirring up your faith for greater things that God intends to do in your life. I will begin by quoting what a senior friend said to me some year back which has stuck with me ever since, he said, “if a person isn’t sure that God truly loves him/her, then such a person’s faith can never work.” I have thought about that statement for years, and I have come to the conclusion that it is true. Alas, this is the position of many believers today, and that perhaps includes you. If you have never really ...

The Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges that established homosexual marriage as national policy is unambiguously wrong on at least three crucial levels: Moral, Constitutional, and Structural.   On the Moral Level The Court’s decision violates the moral standards specifically enumerated in our founding documents. The Declaration of Independence sets forth the fundamental principles and values of American government, and the Constitution provides the specifics of how government will operate within those principles. As the U. S. Supreme Court has correctly acknowledged:   The latter [Constitution] is but the body and the letter of which the former [Declaration of Independence] is the thought and the spirit, and it is always safe to read the letter of the Constitution in the spirit of the Declaration of Independence.   The Declaration first officially acknowledges a Divine Creator and then declares that America will operate under the general values set forth in “th...

Mark 11:23-24 (KJV) 23  For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. 24  Therefore I say unto you, what things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. This is one of the fundamental scriptures on the subject of faith which you must have heard preached a number of times. In this scripture lies the secret of possessing our desires in prayers when we realize that the words are the very words of Jesus as he taught His disciples on the subject of faith. Jesus established that there must be a desire, followed by prayers, then when you have prayed, you must believe that you have received your desires in prayers. This is the point where faith becomes difficult for many people. How do I believe I have received when nothi...

Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, today if ye will hear his voice, Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness: When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years. Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, they do always err in their heart; and they have not known my ways. So I swear in my wrath, they shall not enter into my rest.) Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God’ (Hebrews 3: 7-12) It is possible for a Christian to have a heart of unbelief. Some may find this statement provocative. When we read the book of 2nd Corinthians, we would always assume that scripture is speaking concerning unbelievers whereas it is intended for Christians. When a person is in unbelief, it means that the mind of that person is blinded. That is the person facing a particular challenge cannot see a way out. The minute a Christian is in situation and they...

This is the concluding part of our previous discussion on Getting your confessions to work for you , so I advise that if you have not read the previous article, you endeavour to do so by clicking on the link of the subject above. This will help you to gain a thorough understanding of the entire discussion. Having understood the place and value of confessions in the believers walk of faith, it is important for us to now look carefully at how you can effectively structure your confessions to maximize results. We cannot over emphasize the need for a believer to maintain a strong and roburts confession, this is because even when the devil is throwing negative thoughts into your mind, y our head will stop thinking to listen to what your mouth has to say , so you have to have to say something. This is where what you say becomes really important , and the best way to redirect your thoughts when they are going astray is to make confessions based on the scriptures. The most vital po...