Mwina timavutika pa Nyanja ya msautso,
ndi namondwe akuomba amalondola dzuwa,
koma mdziko la ngwiro, zitachoka nkhunguzo!
tidzazindikila bwino pa tsogolo
chorus.
pa tsogolo mmene mawu abwera,
pamene woyera adzafika kwawo,
tidzanena nthano tagonjetsa bwanji?
tidzazindikila bwino patsogolo.
Zofunika zathuzi nzosoweka mdzikoli,
mthupi, njala ndi usiwa, mminda milibe mmela,
tikhulupile mbuye ndi malinga ndi mawu,
tidzazindikila bwino patsogolo
(bwelezani kolasi)
mbali zonse zovuta zosazindikilika,
njira zosiyana zofika ku dziko la lonjezo,
Mulungu azatisunga mpaka tsiku la imfa,
tidzazindikila bwino pa tsogolo
(bwelezani kolasi)
Ife mwina tigwidwa ndi nsapha wobisika,
mtima upweteka tikanena mawu wolakwa,
tikafunsa chifukwa chomwe timayesedwa,
tidzazindikila bwino patsogolo
(bwelezani kolasi)
Saturday, 4 May 2013
Thursday, 4 April 2013
WAIT THE DAY I SHALL OPEN THESE BOOKS
THE BOOK OF LIFE
This is the book which records the names of all those washed by the blood of Jesus ie the righteous, those whose sins were cleansed and they entered into the family of God. They have the right to enter his kingdom and they are actually called his children(John1V12). People found in this Book shall live with the Lord God Almighty forever in the eternal life.
The book of Revelations tells us abit of this book. It says(Revelation21V27) 'nothing evil will be allowed to enter(God's Kingdom) nor anyone who practices shameful idolatry and dishonesty-BUT ONLY THOSE WHOSE NAMES ARE WRITTEN IN THE LAMB'S BOOK OF LIFE.The way to be found in this book is to accept the Lord as your personal saviour,forsake sin and remain righteous. The lord Jesus did everything for us on the cross, he was crucified for us to be found in this book. His blood paid for our sins and we shall enter the gates free. This book is very important of all the books because if you are not found in it, you shall end up in hell, this is the passage i depicted from the book of Revelation 20 V15 'And anyone whose name was not found recorded in the Book Of Life was thrown into the lake of fire. If you want to read it from verse 11 you will realise that there shall be more than one book which shall be opened on the last day.Verse 12 says' I saw the dead, both great and small,standing before God's throne. And the BOOKS were opened, including the Book Of Life.
THE BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE
This is the book according to Malachi 3V13-15 which God records all the good works performed by the righteous, the deeds we do to help one another in time of need. We saw at one point in the book of Acts10V4 Cornelius being rewarded because of his good works.His acts of helping the poor became as a remembrance before the Lord. It could be that his works were being recorded in this book.
In the book of Malachi the above verses, God is assuring his people that they should not get tired in obeying the Lord because when this book shall be opened on the day of judgement, people shall see the difference between the righteous and the wicked.The reason he spoke that word was because people were complaining in their closets,more especially those who continued to be faithful to the Lord that why do the wicked keep on getting richer while the righteous keep on getting poorer.
Jeremiah asked the same question(Jeremiah12) and God said that 'my own people are turning against me, roaring at me like a lion of the forest' That means these people are claiming to be God's children yet they are rebellious. Jesus said look you have got your own father where you belong. However God continued to speak to Jeremiah by saying(Jeremiah12V15) 'but afterwards i will return and have compassion on all of them. I will bring them home to their own lands again, each nation to its own possession' This is after people have repented and returned to God.
TERMS AND CONDTIONS TO REMAIN IN THE BOOKS
Interestingly the conditions are so simple.They are only two but may be i can break them up a little bit.
1.Love God
2.Love your neighbour
The first one will put you in the Book Of Life and the second one in the book of remembrance.
If you love God you will remain righteous and will not continue to offend him and even if you do, you will repent and return to him, You will seek to follow his ways and honour him all the time. Therefore your name will remain in the book of life. If again you love your neighbour, you will not murder, gossip, become jealous, you will not do any kind of evil act to anayone, You may go further to support them in time of need ie giving to the poor, visiting the sick,counselling the afflicted. These acts will guarantee your name in the book of remembrance.You can be rewarded now or on the day of judgement.In all God's time is the best.
You may want to say the following prayer just to meet the requirement of entering the kingdom of God. The book of John1V12. It says 'But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God.
LORD JESUS, I CONFESS THAT I AM A SINNER AND I ASK FOR FORGIVENESS.
I ACCEPT YOU TO BE MY LORD AND SAVIOUR.
PLEASE WRITE MY NAME IN THE BOOK OF LIFE.
IN THE NAME OF JESUS I PRAY, AMEN.
Please if you made that prayer make an effort to know him better by reading the bible daily, start from the Book of John. Attend your church and fellowship with others.
MAY GOD REVEAL HIMSELF TO YOU AS YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO SEEK HIM!
This is the book which records the names of all those washed by the blood of Jesus ie the righteous, those whose sins were cleansed and they entered into the family of God. They have the right to enter his kingdom and they are actually called his children(John1V12). People found in this Book shall live with the Lord God Almighty forever in the eternal life.
The book of Revelations tells us abit of this book. It says(Revelation21V27) 'nothing evil will be allowed to enter(God's Kingdom) nor anyone who practices shameful idolatry and dishonesty-BUT ONLY THOSE WHOSE NAMES ARE WRITTEN IN THE LAMB'S BOOK OF LIFE.The way to be found in this book is to accept the Lord as your personal saviour,forsake sin and remain righteous. The lord Jesus did everything for us on the cross, he was crucified for us to be found in this book. His blood paid for our sins and we shall enter the gates free. This book is very important of all the books because if you are not found in it, you shall end up in hell, this is the passage i depicted from the book of Revelation 20 V15 'And anyone whose name was not found recorded in the Book Of Life was thrown into the lake of fire. If you want to read it from verse 11 you will realise that there shall be more than one book which shall be opened on the last day.Verse 12 says' I saw the dead, both great and small,standing before God's throne. And the BOOKS were opened, including the Book Of Life.
THE BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE
This is the book according to Malachi 3V13-15 which God records all the good works performed by the righteous, the deeds we do to help one another in time of need. We saw at one point in the book of Acts10V4 Cornelius being rewarded because of his good works.His acts of helping the poor became as a remembrance before the Lord. It could be that his works were being recorded in this book.
In the book of Malachi the above verses, God is assuring his people that they should not get tired in obeying the Lord because when this book shall be opened on the day of judgement, people shall see the difference between the righteous and the wicked.The reason he spoke that word was because people were complaining in their closets,more especially those who continued to be faithful to the Lord that why do the wicked keep on getting richer while the righteous keep on getting poorer.
Jeremiah asked the same question(Jeremiah12) and God said that 'my own people are turning against me, roaring at me like a lion of the forest' That means these people are claiming to be God's children yet they are rebellious. Jesus said look you have got your own father where you belong. However God continued to speak to Jeremiah by saying(Jeremiah12V15) 'but afterwards i will return and have compassion on all of them. I will bring them home to their own lands again, each nation to its own possession' This is after people have repented and returned to God.
TERMS AND CONDTIONS TO REMAIN IN THE BOOKS
Interestingly the conditions are so simple.They are only two but may be i can break them up a little bit.
1.Love God
2.Love your neighbour
The first one will put you in the Book Of Life and the second one in the book of remembrance.
If you love God you will remain righteous and will not continue to offend him and even if you do, you will repent and return to him, You will seek to follow his ways and honour him all the time. Therefore your name will remain in the book of life. If again you love your neighbour, you will not murder, gossip, become jealous, you will not do any kind of evil act to anayone, You may go further to support them in time of need ie giving to the poor, visiting the sick,counselling the afflicted. These acts will guarantee your name in the book of remembrance.You can be rewarded now or on the day of judgement.In all God's time is the best.
You may want to say the following prayer just to meet the requirement of entering the kingdom of God. The book of John1V12. It says 'But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God.
LORD JESUS, I CONFESS THAT I AM A SINNER AND I ASK FOR FORGIVENESS.
I ACCEPT YOU TO BE MY LORD AND SAVIOUR.
PLEASE WRITE MY NAME IN THE BOOK OF LIFE.
IN THE NAME OF JESUS I PRAY, AMEN.
Please if you made that prayer make an effort to know him better by reading the bible daily, start from the Book of John. Attend your church and fellowship with others.
MAY GOD REVEAL HIMSELF TO YOU AS YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO SEEK HIM!
Sunday, 3 March 2013
PONTIUS PILATE FAILED TO STOP THE DEATH OF JESUS, WHY?
Examining the details of the trial of Jesus, one would clearly see that Pontius Pilate struggled to sentence Jesus to death because he found him innocent.
DID HE REALLY HAVE THE POWER TO RELEASE JESUS?
In trying to answer the above question we might as well consider the following facts;
1. Pontius Pilate was given the position of a governor in this particular area, he had the authority to make the final decision. The bible scholars had established that he had made difficult decisions before.
2.As a governor, one of his responsilities was to maintain law and order.Therefore the right decision to exercise this duty was indeed to release Jesus, not to crucify him. Jesus had many followers than the priests. If the followers of Jesus had deciced to protest, the whole province would have been set on fire. If Pilate had released Jesus, he would have had a valid point to justify his decision, he could have seem to be avoidindg mass demonstrations.
3.Bible scholars again describe Pontius Pilate as stubborn and cruel, not really in good terms with the Jews. If he possessed these charachers what could have stopped him from making a decision against the Jewish crowd?
4.He was not a Jew but a Roman citizen, he was there to defend the Roman law not the Jewish beliefs. He would have suspended the political accusation of saying Jesus is calling himself king because after asking, Jesus told him that his kingdom was from above not from this earth or Roman Emperor. The only accusation now left is that Jesus is calling himself son of God and that was blasphemy, now this had nothing to do with the Roman laws, it was up to the jewish people to stone him to death according to their tradition. Again here at this point Pilate would have craftly stopped them from stoning Jesus to death by simply explaining to them that it will destroy peace and order.
5.Pilate's wife had a dream against the sentencing of Jesus to death. Firstly this would have made some changes because during that time people believed in dreams, for instance Joseph decided to marry Mary though she was pregnant because he was told in a dream by God to do so, the three wise men were instructed in a dream not to go to king Herold after visiting baby Jesus. Joseph and Mary were told in a dream to migtate to Egypt to protect Jesus. God communicated in dreams alot, therefore some would have taken Pilate's wife dream seriously. Secondly history says this wife was a Roman citizen who was close to his husband, she was much educated and powerful as most of the educated Roman citizen women at that time. Therefore she could have much influence on this matter. Perharps she was a secret to Pilate's success, may be like a an advisor.(behind the success of every man there is a woman people say)
WHY DID HE NOT USE HIS POWER AS A GOVERNOR?
I believe Pilate would have released Jesus and defended his position, he was showing much compassion towards Jesus so was his beloved wife.I dont think his political career would have been affected by this decision. It was only that God did not give him the authority to do so(John 19 verse 11) That would have worked contrary to God's plan of bringing salvation on earth, that is why he failed to stop the death of Jesus. Noone can stop God's plan.
On the other hand if God had wanted to fight these accusers, he could have used several ways and here I can only pick the ones mentioned by Jesus because I am not in a position to predict God's ways and noone will ever know his ways;
1.Jesus could have allowed and empower his followers to fight back. Jesus said it in the book of John18:36 the second part says' my followers would fight to keep me from being handed over to the Jewish leaders but my kingdom is not of this world' This would have been another method and indeed he had many followers, remember him feeding the 5000, healing the sick,raising the dead so immagine all these groups raising up to protest, some were ready to fight, one of the desciples chopped the ear of the high priests slave who came to arrest Jesus.
2.Jesus could have used his angels from above to fight for him. In the book of Matthews chapter26 verses52-53 when one of his desciples tried to fight back Jesus said in verse 53' dont you realise that I could ask my father for thousands of angels to protect us and he would send them instantly? talking about the Lords army above I read bout them fighting difficult battles. There is this archangel called michael who appears very rare in battles but he can really cause destructions, we will see him during the battle of amalgedon after tribulations in the last days(DANIEL 12 VERSE 1).
HE ALLOWED TO BE SENTENCED TO DEATH TO SAVE US FROM OUR SINS
We have looked into many possibilities of how Jesus could have been released and we did not talk of the original discussions above in heaven we leave that for the day we shall meet Jesus face to face, to say thank you saving us. However when we read the book of revelations it seems noone accepted to drink from this cup, noone accepted it even the fighter archangel michael who the bible says guards the nations and is send to fight crucial battles. Dear readers the bible says the whole heavens stood silence when noone volunteered to come and die for our sins and it took the son of God to leave the throne for he said i will drink from this cup, i will go there and get tortured, mocked and humiliated just for my people to get saved.
Jesus is indeed the good shepherd who would die for his sheep, a king dying for the sins of his subjects.
who would not want to be part of this kingdom whose king can suffer like that for the love of his people? the kingdom which cannot be conquered by any other kingdom! the only kingdom in heaven and earth.
may be you are there and would like this king to be your saviour, he is inviting you and me to experience the joy in his kingdom and the call is for everyone and is now open, at one point in time it shall be closed and now is the best time to accept Jesus as your Lord and saviour
There is a prayer you may wish to pray below and before that let me explain in brief the meaning of each line
1. You accept you are sinner because the bible says all have sinned and fall short of his glory(Romans 3:22-23)
2. Accept Jesus and believe in him so that you can be called a child of God. The bible says in the book of John 1v12 'but to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God.
3. You ask God to write your name in the book of life, you will want your name to be found in this book because it will be opened on the judgement day and those found will enter the eternal life(Revelations 20 :12)
4. You pray in the name of Jesus because he is the only way to God. We reconcile with God through Jesus christ.He is the one leading us all the way through.
please pray with me this prayer now that you know what you are doing;
LORD JESUS, I CONFESS THAT I AM A SINNER AND I ASK FOR FORGIVENESS.
I ACCEPT YOU TO BE MY LORD AND SAVIOUR.
PLEASE WRITE MY NAME IN THE BOOK OF LIFE.
IN THE NAME OF JESUS I PRAY, AMEN.
congraturations! you made the right decision you are now a member of the God's kingdom which rules heaven and earth. There is real peace and joy in this kingdom and eternal life.
DID HE REALLY HAVE THE POWER TO RELEASE JESUS?
In trying to answer the above question we might as well consider the following facts;
1. Pontius Pilate was given the position of a governor in this particular area, he had the authority to make the final decision. The bible scholars had established that he had made difficult decisions before.
2.As a governor, one of his responsilities was to maintain law and order.Therefore the right decision to exercise this duty was indeed to release Jesus, not to crucify him. Jesus had many followers than the priests. If the followers of Jesus had deciced to protest, the whole province would have been set on fire. If Pilate had released Jesus, he would have had a valid point to justify his decision, he could have seem to be avoidindg mass demonstrations.
3.Bible scholars again describe Pontius Pilate as stubborn and cruel, not really in good terms with the Jews. If he possessed these charachers what could have stopped him from making a decision against the Jewish crowd?
4.He was not a Jew but a Roman citizen, he was there to defend the Roman law not the Jewish beliefs. He would have suspended the political accusation of saying Jesus is calling himself king because after asking, Jesus told him that his kingdom was from above not from this earth or Roman Emperor. The only accusation now left is that Jesus is calling himself son of God and that was blasphemy, now this had nothing to do with the Roman laws, it was up to the jewish people to stone him to death according to their tradition. Again here at this point Pilate would have craftly stopped them from stoning Jesus to death by simply explaining to them that it will destroy peace and order.
5.Pilate's wife had a dream against the sentencing of Jesus to death. Firstly this would have made some changes because during that time people believed in dreams, for instance Joseph decided to marry Mary though she was pregnant because he was told in a dream by God to do so, the three wise men were instructed in a dream not to go to king Herold after visiting baby Jesus. Joseph and Mary were told in a dream to migtate to Egypt to protect Jesus. God communicated in dreams alot, therefore some would have taken Pilate's wife dream seriously. Secondly history says this wife was a Roman citizen who was close to his husband, she was much educated and powerful as most of the educated Roman citizen women at that time. Therefore she could have much influence on this matter. Perharps she was a secret to Pilate's success, may be like a an advisor.(behind the success of every man there is a woman people say)
WHY DID HE NOT USE HIS POWER AS A GOVERNOR?
I believe Pilate would have released Jesus and defended his position, he was showing much compassion towards Jesus so was his beloved wife.I dont think his political career would have been affected by this decision. It was only that God did not give him the authority to do so(John 19 verse 11) That would have worked contrary to God's plan of bringing salvation on earth, that is why he failed to stop the death of Jesus. Noone can stop God's plan.
On the other hand if God had wanted to fight these accusers, he could have used several ways and here I can only pick the ones mentioned by Jesus because I am not in a position to predict God's ways and noone will ever know his ways;
1.Jesus could have allowed and empower his followers to fight back. Jesus said it in the book of John18:36 the second part says' my followers would fight to keep me from being handed over to the Jewish leaders but my kingdom is not of this world' This would have been another method and indeed he had many followers, remember him feeding the 5000, healing the sick,raising the dead so immagine all these groups raising up to protest, some were ready to fight, one of the desciples chopped the ear of the high priests slave who came to arrest Jesus.
2.Jesus could have used his angels from above to fight for him. In the book of Matthews chapter26 verses52-53 when one of his desciples tried to fight back Jesus said in verse 53' dont you realise that I could ask my father for thousands of angels to protect us and he would send them instantly? talking about the Lords army above I read bout them fighting difficult battles. There is this archangel called michael who appears very rare in battles but he can really cause destructions, we will see him during the battle of amalgedon after tribulations in the last days(DANIEL 12 VERSE 1).
HE ALLOWED TO BE SENTENCED TO DEATH TO SAVE US FROM OUR SINS
We have looked into many possibilities of how Jesus could have been released and we did not talk of the original discussions above in heaven we leave that for the day we shall meet Jesus face to face, to say thank you saving us. However when we read the book of revelations it seems noone accepted to drink from this cup, noone accepted it even the fighter archangel michael who the bible says guards the nations and is send to fight crucial battles. Dear readers the bible says the whole heavens stood silence when noone volunteered to come and die for our sins and it took the son of God to leave the throne for he said i will drink from this cup, i will go there and get tortured, mocked and humiliated just for my people to get saved.
Jesus is indeed the good shepherd who would die for his sheep, a king dying for the sins of his subjects.
who would not want to be part of this kingdom whose king can suffer like that for the love of his people? the kingdom which cannot be conquered by any other kingdom! the only kingdom in heaven and earth.
may be you are there and would like this king to be your saviour, he is inviting you and me to experience the joy in his kingdom and the call is for everyone and is now open, at one point in time it shall be closed and now is the best time to accept Jesus as your Lord and saviour
There is a prayer you may wish to pray below and before that let me explain in brief the meaning of each line
1. You accept you are sinner because the bible says all have sinned and fall short of his glory(Romans 3:22-23)
2. Accept Jesus and believe in him so that you can be called a child of God. The bible says in the book of John 1v12 'but to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God.
3. You ask God to write your name in the book of life, you will want your name to be found in this book because it will be opened on the judgement day and those found will enter the eternal life(Revelations 20 :12)
4. You pray in the name of Jesus because he is the only way to God. We reconcile with God through Jesus christ.He is the one leading us all the way through.
please pray with me this prayer now that you know what you are doing;
LORD JESUS, I CONFESS THAT I AM A SINNER AND I ASK FOR FORGIVENESS.
I ACCEPT YOU TO BE MY LORD AND SAVIOUR.
PLEASE WRITE MY NAME IN THE BOOK OF LIFE.
IN THE NAME OF JESUS I PRAY, AMEN.
congraturations! you made the right decision you are now a member of the God's kingdom which rules heaven and earth. There is real peace and joy in this kingdom and eternal life.
Saturday, 5 January 2013
IDOL WORSHIP
Idol worship is one among many sins which has made God to either destroy his people or allow them to be taken into captive.
WHAT EXACTLY IS IDOLATRY?
The book of Exodus 20 V3-4 The bible says; you shall not have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of ANYTHING in heaven above or on the earth benearth or in the waters below.
The book of Colossians 3 V5 the second part says; dont be greedy, for a greedy person is an idolater, worshiping the things of this world.
An idol is therefore ANYTHING which can be valued more than God.
IDOLATRY PROVOKES GOD TO ANGER
God wants us for himself, the worshiping of idols makes people ignore him and worse still people use God's resources to sacrifice to these idols.
Ezekiel 16:16 say; you used the lovely things i gave you to make shrines for idols, and jumping to verse 17 it continues to says; you took the jewels and gold and silver ornaments i had given you and made statues of men and worshiped them.
He further says in the same book that people give expensive gifts to these worthless gods yet the poor and the needy are suffering at their doors. He likens this conduct to the behaviour of unfaithful wives who pays to commit adultery with other men. She uses her husbands wealth to give to her lovers.
IDOLATRY HINDERS PRAYERS
James 4v3-4; and even when you ask. you dont get it because your motives are all wrong-you want only what will give you pleasure. Verse4; you adulterers!(those who devote to many gods) Dont you realise that friendship with the world makes you an enemy with God?
These passages enright us that our prayers can be hindered if we begin to trust in other things other than God himself. The other reason for unanswered prayers in this context is that God knows we will misuse his resources, using them to satisfy our desires than worshiping him with those substances. Therefore if God gives us what we want, we will use it to sacrifice to idols, using the same things he gave us to provoke him.
What do we do to get our prayers answered then?
Perhaps we should change our motives, get the right motives which are inline with God's will. Check his requirements and do everything right.
DESTRUCTION
Ezekiel 6v4-6 explaining it without quoting it, the bible is saying that God will destroy these idolaters infront of their idols to see if they can save them. He continues to warn that he will even proceed to destroy their gods.
Let us all worship God alone not our gadgets, cars, job, education,musicians,our heros, etc
These things are good but we make them idols when we devote our time to them more than our God.
WHAT EXACTLY IS IDOLATRY?
The book of Exodus 20 V3-4 The bible says; you shall not have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of ANYTHING in heaven above or on the earth benearth or in the waters below.
The book of Colossians 3 V5 the second part says; dont be greedy, for a greedy person is an idolater, worshiping the things of this world.
An idol is therefore ANYTHING which can be valued more than God.
IDOLATRY PROVOKES GOD TO ANGER
God wants us for himself, the worshiping of idols makes people ignore him and worse still people use God's resources to sacrifice to these idols.
Ezekiel 16:16 say; you used the lovely things i gave you to make shrines for idols, and jumping to verse 17 it continues to says; you took the jewels and gold and silver ornaments i had given you and made statues of men and worshiped them.
He further says in the same book that people give expensive gifts to these worthless gods yet the poor and the needy are suffering at their doors. He likens this conduct to the behaviour of unfaithful wives who pays to commit adultery with other men. She uses her husbands wealth to give to her lovers.
IDOLATRY HINDERS PRAYERS
James 4v3-4; and even when you ask. you dont get it because your motives are all wrong-you want only what will give you pleasure. Verse4; you adulterers!(those who devote to many gods) Dont you realise that friendship with the world makes you an enemy with God?
These passages enright us that our prayers can be hindered if we begin to trust in other things other than God himself. The other reason for unanswered prayers in this context is that God knows we will misuse his resources, using them to satisfy our desires than worshiping him with those substances. Therefore if God gives us what we want, we will use it to sacrifice to idols, using the same things he gave us to provoke him.
What do we do to get our prayers answered then?
Perhaps we should change our motives, get the right motives which are inline with God's will. Check his requirements and do everything right.
DESTRUCTION
Ezekiel 6v4-6 explaining it without quoting it, the bible is saying that God will destroy these idolaters infront of their idols to see if they can save them. He continues to warn that he will even proceed to destroy their gods.
Let us all worship God alone not our gadgets, cars, job, education,musicians,our heros, etc
These things are good but we make them idols when we devote our time to them more than our God.
Monday, 17 December 2012
THE SHEPHERDS
The message about the birth of Jesus came in different ways in Bethlehem. Herod got it from the wise men who came from the East. The wise men saw the star which indicated the birth of messiah.
The message was specially delivered to the shepherds through God's angels.
The bible says in the book of Luke 2v3 that the shepherds received the message from the angels of the Lord, who appeared to them in their fields.
If you could put these three groups of people who received the message in a hierarchy, you could end up in this order; Herod, the wise(Astronauts), the shepherds.Meaning that the shepherds belongs to the lower class according to human understanding. However God viewed them in a different way, in his eyes they were as important as everyone else.
God's favour rests upon everyone,
we are all precious in the eyes of God,
God uses a different criteria in recognising us,
its not our skin colour,
its not our origin,where we came from,
its not our class or education.
infact he extends his invitation to everyone
starting from the king to the slave,
he wants us all to be partakers of his kingdom.
Merry xmas !!!!
The message was specially delivered to the shepherds through God's angels.
The bible says in the book of Luke 2v3 that the shepherds received the message from the angels of the Lord, who appeared to them in their fields.
If you could put these three groups of people who received the message in a hierarchy, you could end up in this order; Herod, the wise(Astronauts), the shepherds.Meaning that the shepherds belongs to the lower class according to human understanding. However God viewed them in a different way, in his eyes they were as important as everyone else.
God's favour rests upon everyone,
we are all precious in the eyes of God,
God uses a different criteria in recognising us,
its not our skin colour,
its not our origin,where we came from,
its not our class or education.
infact he extends his invitation to everyone
starting from the king to the slave,
he wants us all to be partakers of his kingdom.
Merry xmas !!!!
Monday, 17 September 2012
LEARN FROM KING HEZEKIAH
2 kings 18 v1-5
King Hezekiah was the king of Judah who ruled for twenty-nine years. He did what was pleasing in the Lord's sight. He trusted in the Lord, the God of Israel.
ASSYRIANS INVASIONS
2 Kings 18&19, Isaiah 36,37
There came a time when the king of Assyria came to attack Judah. Hezekiah tried to make peace by settling the king of Assyria with gold and silver. Nevertheless the Assyrian king sent his commander-in-chief to confront Hezekiah in Jerusalem. After failing to meet Hezekiah, they started shouting insults at the officials who came to meet them, they boasted about their military skill and strength, they went on to say that no one can save the people of Judah not even the God of Israel.
HEZEKIAH PRAYED TO GOD
The king of Assyria sent a threatening letter to Hezekiah, telling him that he should not trust in the Lord, the God of Israel. He said in his letter that he had managed to destroy many nations before who trusted in their gods.
Upon receiving the insulting letter, Hezekiah went up to the Lord's Temple and spread it before the Lord. He wanted God to see Sennacherib's words of defiance against the living God.
The lord answered through prophet Isaiah that Sennacherib's army will not enter Jerusalem and they will not even shoot an arrow at it. That same night the angel of the Lord went to the Assyrian camp and killed 185,000 soldiers and Sennacherib was killed by his own two sons.
We may seem vurnerable in the eyes of the enemy and he may try to take advantage of us but if we choose to spread all the ridicule before God, allowing him to fight for us, the devil faces the catastrophy because nobody mocks God. I learnt from Hezekiah that he really trusted God even if the enemy tried to put some doubts in his mind, by saying look we defeated you before and your God did not rescue you. However God said that i myself allowed you to conquer them, it was my plan, they rebelled against me.
HEZEKIAH'S SICKNESS
Isaiah 38.
Hezekiah prayed to God again when he became deadly ill and he was told by Isaiah the prophet that he was going to die. Hezekiah pleaded with God, reminding him of his faithfulness and he was healed of his illness and God added another 15 years to his life. This again assures us that God is willing to hear our case, he says come let us reason together. Therefore whatever situation we are in God can turn it arround, he is waiting for us to trust him, talk to him. PRAY!
King Hezekiah was the king of Judah who ruled for twenty-nine years. He did what was pleasing in the Lord's sight. He trusted in the Lord, the God of Israel.
ASSYRIANS INVASIONS
2 Kings 18&19, Isaiah 36,37
There came a time when the king of Assyria came to attack Judah. Hezekiah tried to make peace by settling the king of Assyria with gold and silver. Nevertheless the Assyrian king sent his commander-in-chief to confront Hezekiah in Jerusalem. After failing to meet Hezekiah, they started shouting insults at the officials who came to meet them, they boasted about their military skill and strength, they went on to say that no one can save the people of Judah not even the God of Israel.
HEZEKIAH PRAYED TO GOD
The king of Assyria sent a threatening letter to Hezekiah, telling him that he should not trust in the Lord, the God of Israel. He said in his letter that he had managed to destroy many nations before who trusted in their gods.
Upon receiving the insulting letter, Hezekiah went up to the Lord's Temple and spread it before the Lord. He wanted God to see Sennacherib's words of defiance against the living God.
The lord answered through prophet Isaiah that Sennacherib's army will not enter Jerusalem and they will not even shoot an arrow at it. That same night the angel of the Lord went to the Assyrian camp and killed 185,000 soldiers and Sennacherib was killed by his own two sons.
We may seem vurnerable in the eyes of the enemy and he may try to take advantage of us but if we choose to spread all the ridicule before God, allowing him to fight for us, the devil faces the catastrophy because nobody mocks God. I learnt from Hezekiah that he really trusted God even if the enemy tried to put some doubts in his mind, by saying look we defeated you before and your God did not rescue you. However God said that i myself allowed you to conquer them, it was my plan, they rebelled against me.
HEZEKIAH'S SICKNESS
Isaiah 38.
Hezekiah prayed to God again when he became deadly ill and he was told by Isaiah the prophet that he was going to die. Hezekiah pleaded with God, reminding him of his faithfulness and he was healed of his illness and God added another 15 years to his life. This again assures us that God is willing to hear our case, he says come let us reason together. Therefore whatever situation we are in God can turn it arround, he is waiting for us to trust him, talk to him. PRAY!
Thursday, 16 August 2012
LIFE WITHOUT GOD THE CREATOR IS MEANINGLESS
Reading the book of Ecclesiastes one may think the author is one of those who teaches against riches, saying that they are not associated with Godliness. However he is the same teacher who authored the book of Proverbs in which he is teaching us to work hard to avoid poverty(proverbs10v4). In the book of Ecclesiastes 2v18-23 he questions the value of all this hard labour since we will not take any wealth when we die.
Does the teacher contradict himself or there is something he wants us to learn from his experiences?
please stay with me and read on God will reveal to you even more secrets.
King solomon was very rich and famours but ended up being disappointed because he did not find peace in any of his riches. He started writing this book of Ecclesiastes saying; everything is meaningless and completely meaningless.
If you go through what this king had acquired you may agree that if he did not enjoy life after having all those things, then life is indeed is meaningless. This king had built huge homes, planted vineyards and animal parks(Wild animal parks), he had herds and flocks, slaves, gold and silver, women of all kinds, even personal singers for himself just to mention a few.
This king did not have all the peace as he expected because he tried to do it without God, he stopped trusting God and thought that many women or riches will make him happy.
He became frustrated and saw no difference between the poor and the rich and more over both of them die, their fate is the same he said. He argues therefore that, what is the point of acquiring much wealth yet you will leave them behind when you die. In other ways he is saying being rich without God is as the same as being poor, and if i may add this poor may be better off if he knows God because at the end of life there will be a scenario of Lazarus and the rich man.
The teacher has also made other comparisons like the wise and the fool, the wicked and the honest
and sees no distinction in them if both does not obey God.
Brothers and sister after reading the words of this successful man, king Solomon, though he was frustrated i have learnt in his conclusion that life without God is indeed meaningless.
I have also seen the rich fellows committing suicide because of stress, that means the only happiness is in our creator not in many workers, personal jet, huge homes or holiday homes,bespoke cars etc. God wants us to have all those and enjoy the peace in his kingdom, he is the real source of happiness, our Lord Jesus is the Prince of peace.
May be you started pursuing happiness without God and is like chasing the wind, sleepless nights yet you have got everything, frustrations, disappointments, stress. Why not do the right thing by seeking his kingdom first, before you start hating life, meet the author of life and enjoy it to the full.
Please do not hesitate to email me should you need any guidance.
God bless you.
Does the teacher contradict himself or there is something he wants us to learn from his experiences?
please stay with me and read on God will reveal to you even more secrets.
King solomon was very rich and famours but ended up being disappointed because he did not find peace in any of his riches. He started writing this book of Ecclesiastes saying; everything is meaningless and completely meaningless.
If you go through what this king had acquired you may agree that if he did not enjoy life after having all those things, then life is indeed is meaningless. This king had built huge homes, planted vineyards and animal parks(Wild animal parks), he had herds and flocks, slaves, gold and silver, women of all kinds, even personal singers for himself just to mention a few.
This king did not have all the peace as he expected because he tried to do it without God, he stopped trusting God and thought that many women or riches will make him happy.
He became frustrated and saw no difference between the poor and the rich and more over both of them die, their fate is the same he said. He argues therefore that, what is the point of acquiring much wealth yet you will leave them behind when you die. In other ways he is saying being rich without God is as the same as being poor, and if i may add this poor may be better off if he knows God because at the end of life there will be a scenario of Lazarus and the rich man.
The teacher has also made other comparisons like the wise and the fool, the wicked and the honest
and sees no distinction in them if both does not obey God.
Brothers and sister after reading the words of this successful man, king Solomon, though he was frustrated i have learnt in his conclusion that life without God is indeed meaningless.
I have also seen the rich fellows committing suicide because of stress, that means the only happiness is in our creator not in many workers, personal jet, huge homes or holiday homes,bespoke cars etc. God wants us to have all those and enjoy the peace in his kingdom, he is the real source of happiness, our Lord Jesus is the Prince of peace.
May be you started pursuing happiness without God and is like chasing the wind, sleepless nights yet you have got everything, frustrations, disappointments, stress. Why not do the right thing by seeking his kingdom first, before you start hating life, meet the author of life and enjoy it to the full.
Please do not hesitate to email me should you need any guidance.
God bless you.
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