A LEADER MAKES DIFFICULT DECISIONS PART I “Get up, for it is your duty to tell us how to proceed in setting things straight. We are behind you, so be strong and take action” (Ezra 10:4 NLT). Someone who is a leader in an areahas many privileges, but also many responsibilities. A leader is obligated…
GOD’S HAND “This Ezra was a scribe who was well versed in the Law of Moses… He came up to Jerusalem from Babylon, and the king gave him everything he asked for because the gracious hand of the Lord his God was on him” (Ezra 7:6 NLT). I see two interesting things about prophet Ezra in this…
ACCEPTANCE “We love because he first loved us” (1 John 4:19 NIV). God first accepted us in His love. Today we love Him, but before we loved Him He loved us first. We cannot boast and say we love God for something He did, because He simply loved us before we did. The Bible says,…
WHY DO TEMPESTS EXIST? “They went across the lake to the region of the Gerasenes” (Mark 5:1 NIV). Why do tempests rise in our life? Tempests arise in our life when we are moving forward. Whenever we cross the line of our commodity to fulfill our purpose there will always be opposition. The devil knows…
OPEN YOUR EYES “Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know” (Jeremiah 33:3 NIV). The crises that seem impossible to survive are only an opportunity to see God’s glory be manifested. Many times, we lose our faith in the times when God wants to…
I WILL ANSWER YOU “Call to me and I will answer you…” (Jeremiah 33:3 NIV). When you are going through problems in your marriage, a financial crisis or a challenge in your career you can always call unto God. Even if other people cannot help you and you have no more options, let me tell…
CELEBRATE THE GOOD THINGS “He told them to celebrate these days with feasting and gladness and by giving gifts of food to each other and presents to the poor. This would commemorate a time when the Jews gained relief from their enemies, when their sorrow was turned into gladness and their mourning into joy” (Esther…
DON’T STAY QUIET “If you keep quiet at a time like this, deliverance and relief for the Jews will arise from some other place, but you and your relatives will die. Who knows if perhaps you were made queen for just such a time as this?” (Esther 4:14 NLT). God has given us something good…
AFTER THE ANGER GOES AWAY “But after Xerxes’ anger had subsided, he began thinking about Vashti and what she had done and the decree he had made” (Esther 2:1 NLT). When we are angry we don’t think clearly and we make hasty decisions. The Bible says that King Xerxes did not think before getting angry,…
HOW TO MANAGE OUR EMOTIONS We learned that our emotions need to be controlled, but how do we manage them correctly? “Please listen and answer me, for I am overwhelmed by my troubles” (Psalm 55:2 NLT). We need to name them. First, we have to identify what we are feeling, whether it is frustration, anger or…
