The Insights

ANCHOR TEXT: “So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand” {Isaiah 41:10}. QUOTE OF THE DAY:“LIFE JUST BEGINS WHEN GOD SHOWS UP” Everybody gets discouraged at one time or the other; it is normal. Discouragement therefore becomes abnormal when you dwell on it and refuses to cheer up and move on with life. You must not give in to fear and trouble for the battle is not yours but God’s. If you understand this simple truth, you will never be afraid or give up easily come what may. If you imbibe this mentality, you won’t write yourself up. Sometimes ago, a local football match was being played in a school playing ground. As I sat down, I asked one of the boys what the score was. With a proud smile, he replied, ‘they are leading us 3-0!!!’ I was marveled because he did not look discouraged and I asked why he was not discouraged. ‘Discouraged? The boy asked with a puzzled ...

Key Verse: “These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me” (Deuteronomy 5:22). Text: Deuteronomy 5:16-22 Books, documents and records are often subjected to periodic reviews. These are usually done to remove such information that are no longer relevant either as a result of new discoveries or as a result of changes that occur in the world. However, there remains one book that has cut across all human history and does not have any need for review. This is the Bible! As Moses repeated the Ten Commandments earlier given to the children of Israel to this new generation, he reminded them that these were the same laws God gave to their fathers. Though time may have changed and forty years passed, God’s law and demand from them still remain the same. For them to retain God’s favour and have...

  Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again. – Luke 6:38 Give and it shall be given unto you. That statement came straight from the mouth of Jesus. Yet there are a great many believers who flatly refuse to believe it. In fact, they actually have the mistaken idea that it’s wrong to expect to receive when they give. The truth is—it’s wrong not to! What would you think about a farmer who planted seeds, then let his crop rot in the field? You’d think he was a fool, wouldn’t you? And if he did it when others were starving, you’d think he was criminally irresponsible. Well, it’s just as irresponsible to give financial seeds and ignore the harvest God promised. Especially when that harvest could help send the gospel to people who are starving to hear it. It’s just as wrong to ignore the key to prosperity that Jesu...

“…But now a creditor has come, threatening to take my two sons as slaves.”  “What can I do to help you?” Elisha asked. “Tell me, what do you have in the house?” “Nothing at all, except a flask of olive oil,” she replied” 2Kings 4:1-2 I want you to know without a shadow of doubt that it is your job to find that opening and to exploit it. God can help you find it but it is still your job to exploit it. We tend to think of openings and opportunities as a distant thing. “The greatest people maximize the opportunities at hand” – Anonymous. Look around you; there are opportunities before you already so stop looking everywhere for what God has already placed in front of you. In  2Kings.4:1-7, a widow came to Elisha seeking help because creditors had come to take her sons. And Elisha asked what she had in the house. Many of us, like the widow, are quick to answer and say I do not have anything. Do not be in a hurry to answer. God is saying what do you have in the house? Just a...