‘Peter got down out of the boat.’ Matthew 14:29 NIV Matthew records, ‘Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came towards Jesus.’ Today, ask yourself these three questions: (1) What’s my boat? It’s whatever gives you your greatest sense of...
It’s Never Too Late For God
‘I have seen what they do, but I will heal them anyway!’ Isaiah 57:18 NLT Are you asking, ‘Is it too late for God to do something with me?’ It’s never too late for God! In Scripture we read about broken people God raised up in marvellous ways. He used Moses, a...
God Is Training You
‘If He doesn’t correct you, then you don’t really belong to Him.’ Hebrews 12:8 CEV One of the Hebrew words for test is ‘bachan’ and it is related to the word for watchtower. It is about keenly looking and scrutinising. Dismiss the notion that God does not see your...
Why Study The Bible? (3)
‘That the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work.’ 2 Timothy 3:17 NASB Daily Bible study equips you for your God-given assignment in life. Paul writes: ‘All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching… reproof… correction… for training...
Why Study The Bible? (2)
‘You have become dull of hearing.’ Hebrews 5:11 NASB Paul writes: ‘You have become dull of hearing… by this time you ought to be teachers, you have need again for someone to teach you the elementary principles… you have come to need milk and not solid food. For...
Why Study The Bible? (1)
‘Like newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word.’ 1 Peter 2:2 NASB Daily Bible study is essential to your spiritual growth. Professor Howard Hendricks writes: ‘When our kids were youngsters growing up, we set up a growth chart on the back of a closet door. As...
Rebuild Your Integrity
‘If I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back.’ Luke 19:8 NIV Zacchaeus got rich by taking more taxes from people than his Roman masters demanded, and pocketing the difference. But after he met Jesus, he said, ‘If I have cheated people on their taxes, I...
What’s Distracting You?
‘Don’t get sidetracked.’ Proverbs 4:27 NLT Many of us fail, not because we aren’t talented, determined, or passionate, but because we get ‘sidetracked’. God told the prophet Habakkuk, ‘Write down the revelation and make it plain on tablets so that a herald may run...
Turn to God—He will not disappoint you
‘I called on the Lord in distress; the Lord answered me.’ Psalm 118:5 NKJV At age 26, Thomas started a publishing company and founded the National Convention of Gospel Choirs and Choruses in America. He worked with some of the greatest singers in the history of Gospel...
Pray With Confidence
‘This is the confidence we have in approaching God.’ 1 John 5:14 NIV Sometimes we pray ‘Just’ prayers. We say, ‘Lord, we just ask you to protect us, or provide for us… If you’d just help us in this situation, we’d be so thankful.’ It’s as if we are saying, ‘Lord, I...
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Mulailah hidup dengan tujuan
‘Siapa banyak memberi berkat, diberi kelimpahan.’ Amsal 11:25 Salah satu cara terbaik untuk menjaga hidup Anda tetap seimbang dan tetap pada jalur rohani adalah dengan menyebarkan apa yang Anda ketahui kepada orang lain. Alkitab berkata, ‘Siapa banyak memberi berkat,...
Start living with purpose
‘A generous person will be prosperous.’ Proverbs 11:25 NASB One of the best ways to keep your life in balance and stay on track spiritually is to pass on what you know to others. The Bible says, ‘A generous person will be prosperous.’ (Proverbs 11:25 NASB) As you pass...
Tuhan dapat membatalkan masa lalu Anda (3)
‘Sudah selesai.’ Yohanes 19:30 Salah satu pernyataan terakhir Kristus dari Salib adalah: Sudah selesai. Frasa itu hanya satu kata dalam bahasa Yunani, tetelestai, artinya lunas. Itu adalah kata pedagang menulis pada tagihan ketika dibayar lunas. Kata itu juga tertera...
God can cancel your past (3)
‘It is finished.’ John 19:30 NIV One of Christ’s last declarations from the Cross was: It is finished. That phrase is just one word in Greek, tetelestai, meaning paid in full. It was the word merchants wrote on a bill when it was cancelled. It was also the word...
Tuhan dapat membatalkan masa lalu Anda (2)
‘Aku akan mengampuni kesalahan mereka dan tidak lagi mengingat dosa mereka.’ Yeremia 31:34 Pernahkah Anda melihat anak-anak menggambar di pasir? Jika mereka membuat gambarnya berantakan, yang harus mereka lakukan hanyalah menyapunya untuk menghapusnya; lalu mereka...
God can cancel your past (2)
‘I will forgive their wickedness, and I will never again remember their sins.’ Jeremiah 31:34 NLT Have you ever watched children draw in the sand? If they make a mess of the picture, all they have to do is brush it over to erase it; then they can start all over again....
God can cancel your past (1)
‘He cancelled the record of the charges against us.’ Colossians 2:14 NLT Jesus ‘cancelled the record of the charges against us… by nailing it to the Cross.’ The word ‘cancel’ means to remove, to neutralise, to offset something. Have you ever got most of the way...
Tuhan dapat membatalkan masa lalu Anda (1)
‘Dengan menghapuskan surat hutang, yang oleh ketentuan-ketentuan hukum mendakwa dan mengancam kita.’ Kolose 2:14 Yesus ‘dengan menghapuskan surat hutang, yang oleh ketentuan-ketentuan hukum mendakwa dan mengancam kita. Dan itu ditiadakan-Nya dengan memakukannya pada...
Don’t compete, and don’t compare
‘He alone decides which gift each person should have.’ 1 Corinthians 12:11 NLT In Scripture, the church is never described as a democracy. Certainly every person deserves equal treatment in terms of kindness, love, and respect; but as our God-given assignments differ,...
Jangan bersaing, dan jangan membandingkan
‘Semuanya ini dikerjakan oleh Roh yang satu dan yang sama, yang memberikan karunia kepada tiap-tiap orang secara khusus, seperti yang dikehendaki-Nya.’ 1 Kor 12:11 Dalam Alkitab, gereja tidak pernah digambarkan sebagai negara demokrasi. Tentu saja setiap orang berhak...