Latest Teachings
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Is Jesus the only Way?
Have you ever heard people saying “okay if your religion works for you, I do not believe in God”? Or something like, “that’s your belief, mine is different”? Or even “you do your religion, I do mine. We worship the same God anyway”. Perhaps, have you thought or said it yourself? We Christians believe that Jesus is the Only Way to God. Have you heard that before? Or have you been caught up in a conversation with Christians who made such a claim? How did you react to this statement? We Christians believe so because Jesus Himself said it… Read More..
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Praise after God’s own heart
In Hebrew the word psalms [tehilìm] is derived from the root He-Lamed-Lamed that produces the words to praise; to shine. It’s important to note that Praise is different from Worship; praise is of our words uttered towards Christ, worship is through surrender expressed in our posture or our spirit within us. Simply put, Praise is with words exclaiming God’s glory and character. “Therefore by Him [Jesus Christ] let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name.” -Hebrews 13:15 Now, let us take a closer look at the… Read More..
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El Elohe Israel – God is the God of Israel
“There he set up an altar and called it El Elohe Israel.” – Genesis 33:20 Ok, that was quite out of the blue, wasn’t it? Let me give you some context. If you are not familiar with the story, I would recommend you to first read Genesis chapters 25 to 33. It’s such a heartwarming story about broken human beings full of deceit, malice, fears, and doubts. In brief, Isaac, the promised son of Abraham, also waited for 20 years before His wife Rebekah and him had sons: a set of twins, named Esau and Jacob. One day, because Esau… Read More..
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Why are we doing this?
As Christians, we often wonder what the will of God for our lives is. What is He calling us to do, as individuals or as a community? Thankfully enough, the Bible is here to guide us towards that answer. In the scriptures, we find the commandments of God, and through the Holy Spirit, we can understand God’s specific will for our individual lives. But once God answers us and tells us the “what”, i.e. what He expects from us, it is important for us to seek the “why” as well. It is important to mention here that, when asking… Read More..
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Jireh – The Lord Will Provide
Today I read the story about how Abraham was asked to sacrifice Isaac. If you are not familiar with the story, I would recommend you read the whole story from Genesis 22. But to get the background context, you need to read from Genesis 11. Briefly, God promised Abraham that He would make him into a great nation, but he was 75 years old without any son. He waited for 25 years until he got Isaac, his only son with his wife, Sarah. She was 90 years old, way past her childbearing age when she delivered Isaac. Nothing is… Read More..
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Warn the Wicked
“When I say to the wicked, ‘You shall surely die,’ and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life, that same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand. Yet, if you warn the wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul.” Ezekiel 3:18-19 God does not want anyone to perish, instead, He desires for all to be saved. That is why… Read More..
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Ebenezer : So far the Lord has helped us!
That was the theme of the New Year’s eve celebration in my local church last night. Indeed, I can testify that so far the Lord has helped me. The year of 2023 was full of turbulence for me, but again, God has never failed to show His faithfulness. I have so many stories of the things that happened last year, but I will share three examples with you today. First, I thank God because I was able to travel back to my home country in January 2023. My mom, for a long time, has felt some pain at the… Read More..
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Decluttering
Obedience is something I am struggling with on a daily basis. Why is it so hard for me to obey? Not only to the Lord, but also to other trivial rules, for example, I know I should do something but instead of doing it, I find excuses to justify myself, when the real reason is disobedience or perhaps hypocrisy (do as I say and not as I do). Why is that so? “For what I am doing, I do not understand. For what I will to do, that I do not practice; but what I hate, that I do. If, then,… Read More..
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We are God’s Law Enforcement Officers
Have you ever heard about Juneteenth? It is a federal holiday in the United States of America established on June 19 to commemorate the emancipation of African-American slaves on June 19, 1865. However, emancipation from slavery did not take place in a single day. Fair enough, the thirteenth amendment to the US constitution abolishing slavery was passed, ratified and proclaimed in 1865 but in certain states, especially the southern ones like Texas, it took much longer for slavery to be abolished effectively, for some of them up to nine years after the amendment. Therefore, in those places slavery continued,… Read More..
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Saving The Best For The Last
“On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Now both Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding. And when they ran out of wine, the mother of Jesus said to Him, “They have no wine.” Jesus said to her, “Woman, what does your concern have to do with Me? My hour has not yet come.” His mother said to the servants, “Whatever He says to you, do it.” Now there were set there six waterpots of stone, according to the manner of purification of the Jews,… Read More..