Topic:‘NOW MY EYES SEE YOU, LORD!’ Job 42:5 “I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees You. You may have heard of God from a friend or colleague. Perhaps you continue to hear of Him in church services on Sundays. Like Job, you say to God, “I have heard of You by …
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Topic:GET GOD’S WORD FOR IT Matthew 4:4 …He [Jesus] answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.'” When the devil tempted Jesus, Jesus turned the Word of God on him, saying, “It is written…It is written…It is written…” (Matthew 4:4, 7, 10). Likewise, should …
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Topic:THE POWER OF THE BODY AND BLOOD 1 Corinthians 11:26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death till He comes. Some time ago, one of our church members developed deep vein thrombosis (DVT) while on a flight to Israel. As she was disembarking from the plane, she collapsed. She was …
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Topic:STANDING ON NO-CURSE GROUND Genesis 8:4 Then the ark rested in the seventh month, the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat. For 40 days and nights, it rained so hard that the whole world perished, except for Noah and those who were with him in the ark. At the end of 150 days, on the 17th …
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Topic:GOD IS WITH YOU UPHOLDING YOU Isaiah 41:10 Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’ It is easy to say, “Praise the Lord! Hallelujah!” when times are good. It is easy to believe that …
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Topic:BELIEVE YOUR DEBT IS MORE THAN PAID! Hebrews 10:22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. I would like you to imagine this scenario: You borrow a huge sum of money from a friend and promise to pay him …
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GOD WANTS YOU FREE FROM WORRIES Matthew 6:25 “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? Is your heart full of worries about your health, finances, family …
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Topic:FLOW WITH RIGHTEOUSNESS, PEACE AND JOY Romans 14:17 …the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. If we are supposed to seek first the kingdom of God every day (see Matthew 6:33), then we should know what the kingdom of God is in the first place. I used to …
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Topic:NOTHING CAN STAND UP TO GOD’S LOVE Romans 8:35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? The pastor of our Hokkien and Mandarin congregations, Pastor Mark, used to suffer from certain health problems before he became a Christian. His doctor told him that he …
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Topic:GOD IS A GIVER, NOT A TAKER Romans 8:32 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? Some Christians mistakenly believe that God gives and also takes away. At funerals, we sometimes hear the minister say, “The Lord giveth, and the …
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