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Teens

Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain (1 Corinthians 9:24)

What we read in our theme verse lets us know that in Christianity, there’s godly competition; we run to win, to obtain the prize.

28 April 20231 Corinthians 9:242 min read

Salvation

Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need (Hebrews 4:16)

In the Old Testament, there was a place called the Mercy Seat; it was the place of grace.

28 April 2023Hebrews 4:162 min read

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Salvation

And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity (Isaiah 33:24)

There’re those who aver stoutly that sickness is for everybody, but it’s not true. God doesn’t get any glory out of us being sick.

28 April 2023Isaiah 33:242 min read

Salvation

Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light

Being born again, you’ve been translated from the domain of darkness into the Kingdom of God’s dear Son. But it’s important for you to understand the process.

28 April 2023Colossians 1:12-132 min read

Love

The Nations Are His Focus

Some things happen by God's choice. When they do, there're often no human ways of explaining them.

20 April 2023Acts 10:382 min read

A single lamp glowing softly against deep green

Salvation

For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet (1 Corinthians 15:25)

Talking about the Lord Jesus, the Apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians 15:24-25 tells us, “Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the…

20 April 20231 Corinthians 15:252 min read

Christian Living

Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light (Colossians 1:12)

In Exodus 19:5, God spoke to Moses and instructed him to tell the Israelites that if they’d obey his voice, then they’d be His treasured possession—a priestly kingdom…

18 April 2023Colossians 1:122 min read

Christian Living

And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen (Revelations 1:6)

As God’s people in the earth, we’re king-priests; that is, royal priests.

18 April 2023Revelation 1:62 min read

Prayer

But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light (1 Peter 2:9)

In our previous study, we outlined three important roles of the priest: to offer gifts, intercede in prayer, and teach the knowledge of God.

18 April 20231 Peter 2:92 min read

A soft beam of light across a quiet field

Love

Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness (2 Peter 3:17)

GUARD YOUR HEART WITH THE WORD Sunday, April 16th.

18 April 20232 Peter 3:172 min read

Warm lights of a hillside town at evening

Teens

Romans 12:2 AMPC “Do not be conformed to this world (this age), [fashioned after and adapted to its external, superficial customs], but be transformed (changed) by the [entire] renewal of your mind

I learnt of an ignorant young Christian who barred his friends from entering his house in the height of the Covid debacle, all because he’d heard they weren’t following some safety precautions.

18 April 2023Romans 12:2 AMPC2 min read

Christian Living

Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world (1 John 4:4)

Being born again means you’re God’s offspring; you’re a divine being. You’re not an ordinary person, because you have in you the same life that God has.

18 April 20231 John 4:42 min read