The Insights

ANCHOR TEXT: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight” Proverbs 3:5-6. It is not all those that work hard day and night that have enviable results to show. You might be wondering why. One of the causes is putting one’s efforts in the wrong direction. A sprinter that leaves his track for another man’s track will get disqualified even if he is the first to breast the tape. Labouring in a wrong direction wastes time, resources and will ultimately get one frustrated. Allan pastries was a family-owned bakery in Pennsylvania that had a loyal customer base and had operated profitably for more than four decades. But in 1990s, the owners decided to expand-to offer sandwiches and other goods and to add new locations for both retail and wholesale sales. The bakery’s owners had never worked harder in their lives than they did after the expansion, because their efforts were in a wrong d

Theme: Eternal Damnation Memorise: He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. Mark 16:16 Read: Mark 16:15-18 15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. 16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. 17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; 18 They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. Message Eternal damnation is the worst thing that can happen to anyone, it is damnation for a lifetime here on earth and in eternity. Our Lord Jesus Christ said: “And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will forewarn whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to

GFH “Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power… so he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist and began to wash his disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel…” John 13:3-5 [NIV] Today we start with the story of a professor in the United States, probably a philosophy professor. One day, at the end of his class with the auditorium still filled with students, he said there is no God. And he put forward a challenge. He said if there is God let Him knock me off this stage in five minutes. Everywhere went quiet, and then he began to look at his watch and mock God. Interestingly a three hundred pound [about 130kg] American football player heard the professor while he was waiting in the corridor for his friend that was in the class. And after a while the football player ran into the auditorium, carried the professor and slammed him on the ground. The professor was furious and the football player said God was busy so He