Exposition:The call of God is not free from trials and hard times. In the Scriptures above, you would notice that Abram encountered trials and hard times in his journey with God- the famine in the land of Bethel and the conflicts. Abram trusted God to pr ...
TOTAL SEPARATION
ExpositionGod promised to bless Abram and make him a great nation but on the condition of doing the will of God. This was leaving his home, family and friends, and travelling to a new land where God promised. The call undoubtedly would have placed an emo ...
So Far This Week
This week we have learnt about fruitful Christian living. We learnt that fruitfulness has been God’s desire for man right from creation. When God blessed man to be fruitful and multiply, God put into man all that is needed to be fruitful. Again, we learn ...
FRUITFUL CHRISTIAN LIVING GLORIFIES GOD
Exposition:We deduce from John 15:8 that God’s desire and expectation is for Christians to be fruitful. He is glorified when we bear fruit that remains. When we exhibit godly character and behaviour as Christians, our Lord becomes honoured. This shows th ...
THE DANGER OF NOT BEING FRUITFUL
ExpositionOur Lord clearly wants us to be truly united to Him as a branch is to a tree that feeds it. Yet the vinedresser will cut off every branch that does not bear fruit. In the same vein, the Lord himself will take away from His church all professed ...
YOUR FRUIT MUST REMAIN
ExpositionJesus tells His disciples that they did not choose Him but He chose them to bear fruits that will last. In that same way, Jesus has chosen us and has endowed us with diverse kinds of gifts, talents and abilities. These gifts have been given to ...
WHAT FRUITS ARE YOU BEARING?
Exposition:Fruits denote the works of people. Someone has said that “a man’s works are the tongue of his heart, and tell honestly whether he is inwardly corrupt or pure.” By the works of people, one may distinguish the wolves from the sheep. Thorns can o ...
ABIDE IN CHRIST
ExpositionJust as a branch of a tree cannot bear fruit in isolation, the Christian cannot also be fruitful without abiding in Christ. Everyone that is a true follower of Christ must be united to Christ by faith and by that will derive grace and strength ...
FRUITFUL CHRISTIAN LIVING: GOD’S DESIRE FOR MANKIND
ExpositionFruitfulness has been God’s desire for man right from creation. God, after creating man, ‘blessed them’ and said, “be fruitful and multiply”. By blessing them, God put into mankind all that was needed to befruitful. This fruitfulness did not on ...
SO FAR THIS WEEK
It is gratifying to know that God has chosen to use you and me to possess the nations. In God’s agenda, He has you in mind and wants to use you to fulfil this mandate. He has therefore called you as His ambassador, to make known to the nations, the Kingd ...