MI Daily Devotion: "Why Are You So Fearful?"

MI Daily Devotion: "Why Are You So Fearful?": “ And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a gre...

"Why Are You So Fearful?"

“And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.”

(Matthew 8:26)

 Do You Have Fear? Are you afraid? Who and what are you afraid of?

We are living by faith in the mercy and grace of God. We cannot deny the fact of our faith in God, but it’s also because of His grace, and mercy that we were saved and serve Him. Jesus asked His disciples; “Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith?” Here are some of the bad results in having fear in your life. Fear can make you worry about everything, fear can make you irrational, fear is one of the main cause of why people are disturbed, fear make us get discourage easily, and will definitely destroy us. Matthew Henry wrote; “It intimates how pleasing it is to Christ, and of how much concern it is to ourselves, that we should live without carefulness. It is the repeated command of the Lord Jesus to his disciples, that they should not divide and pull in pieces their own minds with care about the world.” (The Bible Collections)

Jesus said; “25- Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? (Matthew 6:25- 34)

MI Daily Devotion: Follow the Lord Whatever it Takes

MI Daily Devotion: Follow the Lord Whatever it Takes: “61-  And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house. 62- And Jesus ...

Follow the Lord Whatever it Takes

“61- And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house. 62- And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.” (Luke 9:61- 62 KJV)

Put God’s perspective on the top and in your priority list. God indeed wanted for us to follow Him in everything that He’s doing in our lives, and in the lives of those around us. To follow the Lord would mean giving your all to God unselfishly and without any reservation. You follow God even if it would cost you your family, fortune and fame. Follow the Lord whatever it takes according to His Word and His will. (Luke 9:57- 62)

In (I Corinthians 6:19- 20) “19- What?know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? 20- For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.”

MI Daily Devotion: We Will Pay What We Owe

MI Daily Devotion: We Will Pay What We Owe: “6- For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing. 7- Render therefo...

We Will Pay What We Owe

“6- For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing. 7- Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour. 8- Owe no man anything, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.” (Romans 13:6- 8 KJV)

Whether we like it or not, we will all be standing in the presence God to give an account, and it can be through death or the rapture. One thing for sure, we will pay what we owe God. It would be in hell for eternity if you’re not saved. But Jesus paid for all our debts on the cross.

MI Daily Devotion: Be Faithful to God

MI Daily Devotion: Be Faithful to God: “ O LORD, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithful...

MI Daily Devotion: Be Faithful to God

MI Daily Devotion: Be Faithful to God: “ O LORD, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithful...

Be Faithful to God

“O LORD, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.” (Isaiah 25:1 KJV)

People will call you a fool, fanatic and other names because you identify yourself with the Lord Jesus Christ. Is it foolishness, fanaticism or faithfulness when you have to be in church for worship? I believe it’s the later. (Matthew 6:33) You stand for what is right and for the truth. You say NO to sin, Satan and self gratification. Would you call it foolishness or faithfulness to a loving God?  We trust God in every aspects of life, it means in everything; because we know He is faithful and we want to remain faithful to Him.

Gideon was a man who has no self worth and self esteem, yet he was used by the Lord; because in spite of his personal issues, he trusted the Lord as he obeyed God. To those who turned their back from following Gideon and God’s idea; it was non-sense and foolishness to them. But we know that God has His own way of doing things. “4- And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there: and it shall be, that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall not go with thee, the same shall not go.” (Judges 7:4 KJV)

MI Daily Devotion: MI Daily Devotion: Love- The Cure for Hate

MI Daily Devotion: MI Daily Devotion: Love- The Cure for Hate: MI Daily Devotion: Love- The Cure for Hate : “6- For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. 7- For scar...

We Can Overcome Discontentment

“1- Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the name of the LORD; praise him, O ye servants of the LORD. 2- Ye that stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God. 3- Praise the LORD; for the LORD is good: sing praises unto his name; for it is pleasant.” (Psalm 135:1 KJV)

We can overcome discontentment, complain, and negative attitude towards life when we learn to praise the Lord for all the things that He has done for us, in us and through us. We must focus on God and in His courts by trusting in His goodness. His good name has not changed and will never change. We must remember that we are His servants, and we don’t have any authority over our lives.

11- Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. 12- I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: everywhere and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. 13- I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me." (Philippians 4:11- 13 KJV)

MI Daily Devotion: Love- The Cure for Hate

MI Daily Devotion: Love- The Cure for Hate: “6- For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. 7- For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet p...

Love- The Cure for Hate

“6- For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. 7- For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. 8- But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” (Romans 5: 6- 8 KJV)

The love of God that was shed abroad in the believer’s heart is one of the reasons why there is balanced in this sinful, hateful and wicked world.

Lydia Maria Child said, “The cure for all the ills and wrongs, the cares, the sorrows and the crimes of humanity, all lie in that one word ‘love’, it is the divine vitality that everywhere produces and restores life.”

“Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.” (I John 3: 16 KJV)

MI Daily Devotion: God Knit Our Hearts Together in His Love

MI Daily Devotion: God Knit Our Hearts Together in His Love: On a Special Day such as Valentines Day, I may be far from my  loving wife; but my heart is with her as God Knit our hearts  together in...

God Knit Our Hearts Together in His Love

On a Special Day such as Valentines Day, I may be far from my 

loving wife; but my heart is with her as God Knit our hearts 

together in His love.

“4- Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 5- Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; 6- Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; 7- Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. 8- Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.” 

MI Daily Devotion: The Prayer of the Pastors

MI Daily Devotion: The Prayer of the Pastors: "8-  But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and ...

The Prayer of the Pastors

"8- But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth." (Acts 1:8)

What is the prayer of your pastor? What is your prayer as pastor?  And what should be the prayer for every pastors? One of the prayer of many pastors and ministers is that their ministry or church would grow tremendously. They want to see growth in their parishioners’ life or in their members' Christian life. But the problem is they don't want to abide by the Lord's principles. The principle of reaching out or witnessing. We sometimes wanted to reach out to our community "only" with the expectation of growth.

"15- And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature." (Mark 16:15 KJV)  

MI Daily Devotion: Excellence for Christ

MI Daily Devotion: Excellence for Christ:  “And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorrupt...

Excellence for Christ

 “And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.” (I Corinthians 9:25 KJV)

Ortega Y. Gasset said: “Excellence means when a man or woman asks of himself more than others do.” Mr. Lee Iacocca the highly respected man in the car industry wrote; “The kind of people I look for to fill top management spots are the eager beavers, the mavericks. These are the guys who try to do more than they’re expected to do- they always reach.”

But Apostle Paul has a different perspective in doing things, he wrote; “17- And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him. 23- And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;” (Colossians 3:17- 23) 

MI Daily Devotion: Re- Set Your Goal If...

MI Daily Devotion: Re- Set Your Goal If...: “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.” (Philippians 4:13)   R e-Set your goals if you failed, but don’t quit. You...

MI Daily Devotion: Re- Set Your Goal If...

MI Daily Devotion: Re- Set Your Goal If...: “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.” (Philippians 4:13)   R e-Set your goals if you failed, but don’t quit. You...

Re- Set Your Goal If...

“I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.” (Philippians 4:13)  

Re-Set your goals if you failed, but don’t quit. You may have just started to walk through the aisle of the learning process. You’re not a loser as long as you keep on keeping on! Burn that bridge named: “quit” or “looking back”. Those were the failures of the Israelites when they went out of Egypt. “Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” “I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.” Thomas Edison 1847-1931

The Bible says; “24- Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. 25- And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. 26- I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: 27- But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.” (I Corinthians 9:24- 27)

MI Daily Devotion: “Joy Comes in the Morning”

MI Daily Devotion: “Joy Comes in the Morning”:  “For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.” (Psalms 30:...

“Joy Comes in the Morning”

 “For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.” (Psalms 30:5 KJV)

Talking about “Joy comes in the morning…” For me it means; “after the darkness or after the dark night”. After the intense pain, then Joy comes in the morning… After the long wait in the dark side of the night (dark side of life because of trials), then we have the morning light or sun rise, the new day and new beginning. “I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.” (Psalms 69:3 KJV)  God is always there to give us song in the night. (Psalms 77:2- 6)

MI Daily Devotion: Church, Religion or Salvation?

MI Daily Devotion: Church, Religion or Salvation?: “The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.” (John 1:29) ...

Church, Religion or Salvation?

“The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.” (John 1:29)

The broken relationship of God and man by sin in the Garden of Eden when man was tempted by Satan can only be restored or tied back by the death and by the shed blood of the Lamb of God which taketh away the sins of the world.

According to World English Dictionary, “religion” means:“belief in, worship of, or obedience to a supernatural power or powers considered to be divine or to have control of human destiny, 2-any formal or institutionalized expression of such belief: the Christian religion, 3- the attitude and feeling of one who believes in a transcendent controlling power or powers, 4- chiefly RC Church  the way of life determined by the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience entered upon by monks, friars, and nuns: to enter religion, 5- something of overwhelming importance to a person: football is his religion, 6- archaic:a. the practice of sacred ritual observances b. sacred rites and ceremonies, [C12: via Old French from Latin religiō fear of the supernatural, piety, probably from religāre to tie up, from re- + ligāre to bind]” (Internet at Yahoo, World English Dictionary)

“9- And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform. 10- Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.” (I Peter 2:9- 10)

MI Daily Devotion: Prayer is our way of communicating with God

MI Daily Devotion: Prayer is our way of communicating with God: (I Thessalonians 5:17-18) “17- Pray without ceasing. 18- In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concernin...

Prayer is our way of communicating with God

(I Thessalonians 5:17-18)

“17- Pray without ceasing. 18- In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.”

Prayer is our way of communicating with God and it’s our way of expressing our love for the Lord. The cops will say these words when they busted someone for the crime they committed; “You have the right to remain silent…” or “Anything you say may be used against you…” But it’s not true with the Lord our God. Once you become a Christian, you always have the right to talk to God and talk to people about God. If you committed sins, God wants you to confess your sins to Him and ask God for forgiveness. He will not use any sin that you confessed in the altar of the throne of grace against you as His child.

(Matthew 7:7- 8) “7- Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: 8- For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.”