Jer 31:3 The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee. The Lord in his message to his prophet says: I have actively loved you. This love is a love that will never end. And it is with this love, that I act kindly towards you. To God’s people, the Lord Jesus says the same : I have actively loved you, this love will never end and I will act kindly towards you. What a blessed message to us as His people! What undeserving merit and favour has been granted to us His people that…

Matt 22:37-39 – Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. The Lord Jesus was approached to identify the most important rule in the Word of GOD , the most important principle that every Jew must adopt and live by, the highest law that our Saviour, the King of the Universe see as important. The Lord Jesus teaches us that the GREATEST COMMANDMENT IN THE BIBLE IS: TO unconditionally love GOD. The…

1 Cor 13:13… but the greatest of these is charity. It is said that we can give without loving but we cannot love without giving. Actions by themselves are meaningless, but fueled by motivation of love, it gives rise to the greatest of expression. A child motivated by love for paralysed parents will sacrifice much to ensure that the parents are taken care of ; poverty-stricken parents motivated by parental instinct of love and compassion for their child will do ALL they can to secure their child’s future, to the point of personal suffering and pain. Paul mentions that now abideth faith hope and charity. When prophecies, and tongues and…

God is love – 1 John 4:8 The love in the bible is unconditional love, love that has no conditions or strings attached to it. This love respects the freedom of the one loved. It is defined as such: Love is a desire for, and a delight, in the well-being of the one loved, leading to active and self-sacrificiing efforts on his behalf. This love is further defined in 1 Cor 13:4 – 8: it suffers long, is kind, does not envy, is not proud, behaves appropriately,not self-seeking, no easily irritated, rejoices in the truth, bears, believes, hopes and endures all things. The origin of this love is GOD. Love…

He shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse. Mal 4: 6… At the close of the Old Testament, the great prophet Malachi predicted the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ and that of our saviour’s forerunner. Included in this great prophecy of the coming of the Saviour were these important words of Revival: the Forerunner of the saviour, through his preaching, will be turning the hearts of the fathers back to the son and the son to the Father. There is in this world, an intense lack of natural…

2 Ch 17:3 … the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim; From the beginning of the Nation of Israel, God has given the laws and commandments to the people, that they are to follow with all their hearts. GOD is not looking for robotic obedience, but sincerity in discipleship. David, as King, though imperfect, as all fathers today are not perfect, followed GOD with ALL his heart. The bible calls David a man after God’s own heart. David’s example of following GOD was the inspiration of many prophets and kings, and one of them was Jehoshaphat. David reigned about a 100…

Colossians 3:21 Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. There are many broken children in this world, children who has lost the spirit for living , but more than anything they have lost the spirit for doing what is right. Many are brought up in Christian families, with parents bringing the children to the house of worship. Yet, there are many who would walk away from the Lord, and unfortunately totally reject the teaching of the Lord for their lives. Why do children get discouraged? Notice the source… FATHERS… Fathers wield great influence in the lives of their children. God gave the father to the children…

“As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.” Joshua 24:15 In Joshua’s final message to the Israelites, challenging them to follow the Lord, he spoke as a father. He spoke as the head of his head, he spoke as one who has decided to follow the Lord. He spoke as a follower of the Lord Jehovah. His life was spent in following God, doing GOd’s will of conquering the land, leading his family. In Joshua’s words, we learn three precious lessons: He had a personal devotion to the Lord: AS FOR ME… His following of GOD was a personal decision and a personal commitment. AS FOR ME……

Philippians 3:13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, There is a great ambition in the heart of Paul and that is to be ALL HE CAN FOR JESUS! He knew that GOD has given Him a mission and He wants to keep on improving that for GOD. His knowledge and His experience of Christ and His power, love and strength was abundant, but Paul wanted to know more of this limitless Saviour, Paul wanted to experience more of GOD’s power and strength. The Lord Jesus is our…

Luke 2:10-11 Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. The birth of a child is a symbol of hope. It is the beginning of the good and the removing of the poor. The shepherds were in the fields tending their sheep. They were undoubtedly the outcast of the society and they were despised by many. They had no hope, no cause for joy and no lasting happiness. But it was to this people that the angels announced the coming of…