Food For Your Spirit

  'From then on Jesus began to tell his disciples plainly that it was necessary for him to go to Jerusalem, and that he would suffer many terrible things at the hands of the elders, the leading priests, and the teachers of religious law. He would be killed, but on the third day he would be raised from the dead. But Peter took him aside and began to reprimand him for saying such things. “Heaven forbid, Lord,” he said. “This will never happen to you!” Jesus turned to Peter and said, “Get away from me, Satan! You are a dangerous trap to me. You are seeing things merely from a human point of view, not from God’s.”  Matthew   16:21-23.  Are you blaming Peter? There are many of us who have done the same thing and will do it again. Imagine the Almighty Jesus who fed them when they were hungry ( Matthew 14:13-21 ), the one who paid Peter's tax when he was broke ( Matthew 27:24-27 ), and healed his mother-in-law ( Matthew   8:14-15 ). What is your expectation of Peter's ...

  “What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one which is lost until he finds it?  And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!’ I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine just persons who need no repentance. Luke 15:4-7. Whenever I read this story, I just wonder: would I leave ninety-nine in the desert and go after just one, risking the life of ninety-nine? Normally, there is no sense in it. But we are talking about God who sent His only Son to die for the sin of the world. The scriptures say in 1 John 4:9-10 ‘In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him.  In thi...

  When God was creating the world, when it came to man's turn, He created man in His image and likeness. The scriptures say, 'Then God said, ' Let us make human beings in our image, to be like us'. Genesis 1:26. He has made it possible for him to have power and authority over everything. Take notice in the passage that God didn't only create man in His image but also in His likeness, meaning that He gave him the capacity to act and behave just like Himself. God's support is what makes it possible for us to achieve and be whatever we want to be. We can all see all the creations and inventions of man today, and this is possible because God has given us the ability to create. LeBron James, the recognized basketball player from Little Akron, Ohio in the United States, became the first player in NBA history to score 50,000 combined points, a feat that basketball experts never thought was possible.   The scriptures say that we can do all things through Christ who stre...

 So on March 7 the two decrees of the king were put into effect. On that day, the enemies of the Jews had hoped to overpower them, but quite the opposite happened. It was the Jews who overpowered their enemies’  Esther 8:1 (NLT). The decree was made a year ago, according to the scripture.   ‘So in the month of April, during the twelfth year of King Xerxes’ reign, lots were cast in Haman’s presence (the lots were called Purim) to determine the best day and month to take action. And the day selected was March 7, nearly a year later’ Esther 3:7 (NLT).  The scripture says that those that put their trust in God will not be put to shame ( Romans 10:11 ). The scripture also says ‘When I cry out to You, Then my enemies will turn back;
This I know, because God is for me’ Psalm 56:9.  It is important to note that the Jews engaged in prayer and fasting during this tribulation, indicating their faith in God ( Esther 4:15-17 ). God is capable of fighting for you and changing...

  Then Jesus went into the temple [of God and drove out all those who bought and sold in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who sold doves.   And He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a ‘den of thieves.’ ” Matthew 21:12-13. Luke 8:26-29 details the story of a man who was engulfed by a legion of demons who took control of his destiny before Jesus Christ came to rescue him. It will be difficult for many to fulfill their destiny on earth just because the devil and his demons are using their bodies as a trading floor. They have no authority or control over this activity that is taking place in their life. Their glory and whatever achievements they struggle to make are taken away or exchanged in the realm of the spirit, thus leaving them empty.    Being the son of God makes it illegal for demons to have a place in your body, they won’t even dare, for the Scriptur...

 ‘ But when you ask him, be sure that your faith is in God alone. Do not waver, for a person with divided loyalty is as unsettled as a wave of the sea that is blown and tossed by the wind. Such people should not expect to receive anything from the Lord’.  James 1:6-8 After sowing the seed of prayer and waiting for the manifestation, instead of having faith and thanking God for answering our prayers, we kill the seed with unbelief. The way we do this is by confessing our negativity about what we have already prayed for. We overlook the power of life and death in the words we speak ( Proverbs 18:21 ). The angel of God needs to silence Zechariah's tongue to prevent the prophecy of God about him, his wife, and their son John ( Luke 1:8-23 ) from being destroyed. The Scriptures say in Matthew 7:9-11 “You parents—if your children ask for a loaf of bread, do you give them a stone instead? Or if they ask for a fish, do you give them a snake? Of course not! So if you sinful people know...