Genesis 13:10-11 (NKJV) And Lot lifted his eyes and saw all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere (before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah) like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt as you go toward Zoar. Then Lot chose for himself all the plain of Jordan, and Lot journeyed east. And they separated…

We need to have the perspective that God owns everything on earth because the earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof. All that we eat, the raw materials that produce the goods we use, and everything that we behold with our eyes belong to God who created all things.  Malachi 3:10-11 (NKJV) Bring all…

Matthew 7:7-8 (NKJV) “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. As parents, we always desire to spend time with our children, regardless of…

We all want to be successful. There are two competing worldviews on success. The Christian worldview is that God is the source of all our blessings, while the secular worldview is that success is purely through meritocracy. While we recognise meritocracy because the Bible says if we do not work, we should not eat, the…

Genesis 3:9 (NJKV) Then the LORD God called to Adam and said to him, “Where are you?” God’s omniscience is evident in the biblical account of Adam’s sin. Despite knowing that Adam had sinned against Him, God went in search of him because Adam was hiding from Him. He knows the states of all our…

Genesis 14:20-23 (NKJV) And blessed be God Most High, Who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” And he gave him a tithe of all. Now the king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the persons, and take the goods for yourself.” But Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have raised my hand to the Lord, God Most High, the Possessor of heaven…

Matthew 7:11 (NKJV) If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him! God is often seen as a judge rather than a loving Heavenly Father. Although He is a judge who is righteous,…

Mark 4:15-19 (NKJV)And these are the ones by the wayside where the word is sown. When they hear, Satan comes immediately and takes away the word that was sown in their heart. These likewise are the ones sown on stony ground who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with gladness; and they have…

Mark 4:14, 20 (NKJV)  The sower sows the word….But these are the ones sown on good ground, those who hear the word, accept it, and bear fruit: some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some a hundred. The sowing of the seed, or the Word of God in our lives is very important because we will reap…

Ephesians 4:11-12 (NKJV) And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, God has put in place the fivefold ministry in order for the church to be strong, stable and well equipped. Pastors are…