Compel Them To Come In
Text: Luke 14:15-23 Memory Verse: “Then the master said to the servant, ‘Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled’” (Luke 14:23). A friend planned a birthday party on a particular Monday and spent so much on food and drinks, but most of the…
God Hears The Heart’s Ernest Whispers
Text: 1 Samuel 1:9-16 Memory Verse: “Now Hannah spoke in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard. Therefore Eli thought she was drunk” (1 Samuel 1:13). The heart is the seat of affections or sensibilities. It is where man’s desires reside and from where man’s actions and responses proceed. Humans…
God Is God
Text: Acts 12:1-5, 11 Memory Verse: “And when Peter had come to himself, he said, ‘Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent His angel, and has delivered me from the hand of Herod and from all the expectation of the Jewish people’” (Acts 12:11). Where was God when James, the brother of…
Press Through In Faith
Text: Mark 5:25-32 Memory Verse: “When she heard about Jesus, she came behind Him in the crowd and touched His garment” (Mark 5:27). Jesus was going to Jarius’ house to heal his daughter when this woman with the issue of blood for 12 years came up behind Him. The Bible says “She had heard the…
Pass On The Touch Through Discipleship
Text: 2 Timothy 2:1&2 Memory Verse: And the things that you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also” (2 Timothy 2:2). Paul exhorts Timothy to be strong in the grace that Christ gives. This exhortation is much needed, especially in these present…
Give No Room For Satan
Text: John 13:18-28 Memory Verse: “Now after the piece of bread, Satan entered him. Then Jesus said to him, ‘What you do, do quickly’” (John 13:27). Satan’s mission in any life is to steal, kill and destroy (John 10:10). It might not look destructive at the beginning, when he comes with enticement to sin. It…
Do Not Be Foolish
Text: 2 Chronicles 18:1-3; 27-32 Memory Verse: “Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance; and by marriage he allied himself with Ahab” (2 Chronicles 18:1). For some reason Jehoshaphat, a child of God, allied with Ahab, a wicked and godless king, in marriage. How unfortunate, especially when you consider that he could thereafter not draw…
Do Not Retaliate With Insults
Text:1 Peter 3:8-12 Memory Verse: “Not returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing” (1 Peter 3:9). On his first day in office as President, when Abraham Lincoln entered to give his inaugural address, one man stood…
Unfinished Business
Text: Esther 8:1-6 Memory Verse: “Now Esther spoke again to the king, fell down at his feet, and implored him with tears to counteract the evil of Haman the Agagite, and the scheme which he had devised against the Jews” (Esther 8:3). Welcome Jide, you have come just in time to join us for dinner.”…
Do Not Journey From The Father
Text: Luke 15:11-20 Memory Verse: “And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together, journeyed to a far country, and there wasted his possessions with prodigal living” (Luke 15:13). To journey from a person is to disengage yourself or disassociate yourself from the person. When you disassociate yourself from a person, there will…