Discovering Truth - Verse of the Day

“Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.” ‭‭John‬ ‭14:6‬ ‭NASB‬‬ Many people claim that there is more than one way to Heaven. "After all," they say, "there's more than one way to everything,". Maybe for sin, but not for God. Jesus is the Way to the Father. So no religions can get you to Heaven. Religions contain boundaries. The boundary is the human mind. Religion is basically, spirituality that the mind can take. You may be thinking, wait, isn't Christianity a religion? No. It takes you far more than what the eye can see or what you can hear. It removes all boundaries and unlocks you to an eternal experience with God in Heaven. Religion is a cage. It doesn't get you anywhere. That means Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam and all other religions are just there to lock your mind and stop you from seeing the truth. 2 Corinthians 4:4 says: "The god of this age has blinded the minds of un

"No, in all things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us" - Romans 8:37 To be conquerors, we fight spiritual wickedness using God's Armour. Many read the Bible and claim to obey and nothing happens. This is because they don't read with God's guidance or don't apply it with faith or, most dangerous, they TEST God.  They don't act by His Word which is basically faith. But then why did God say we shall never touch a stone when falling? He was telling us He would be with us when it does happen, not on purpose. If you go and try that, you're killing yourself for no reason. God's Word can be used for the evil or the good. But when the Holy Spirit reveal the spiritual truths that are locked in His Word, you will be able to teach people and answer there questions. Remember, anyone can read the Bible! 

" 16  Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God."- Hebrews 13:16 We need to start thinking about what is pleasing to God. I think I may have done this verse before but it's one I really wanted to talk about. Some of the things we do, we hardly care if they please God or not. We don't acknowledge him as much as we should do in our daily lives. Start being pleasing t God!

"Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God" - Philippians 4:6 NIV Whenever we have problems, we always expect answers as soon as we pray. But we don't realise that God always answers our prayers at the right time. We should not be stressing out over a job sack even though we've prayed for a new job. God always does it at the right time. Who knows? That job sack might have been Jesus trying to prevent you from an accident. No money in the bank? It may be God preserving your money in case robbers attack your bank. What does petition mean? Let's see, I just looked it up and it means, in this case, supplication. And that means asking earnestly and humbly. Don't stop praying when you don't get an answer! Keep praying in supplication!

15 Then He said to them, "Beware, and be on your guard against every form of greed; for not even when one has an abundance does his life consist of his possessions." (‭Luke‬ ‭12‬:‭15‬ NASB) We, as a people of sin, are greedy and selfish. It is a natural nature for us. But without God's Holy Spirit our attempts are worthless to try and follow the Bible. The Bible doesn't become Holy until it is activated in your spirit through obedience and prayer as well as reading it with God's guidance. Anyone can use the Bible to prove anything and they can use it for their own good. Even a witch could have a bible but use it in the wrong way! God has warned us of greed and pride and selfishnesss but we fall away from the narrow path and go to the broad one. Stay on the correct path which is Jesus ! 

Today's verse comes from 2 Corinthians chapter 10 verse 4. "For our weapons of warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds," What that means is that God has given us weapons that we cannot see to fight spiritual wickedness in heavenly places. It is not by our might that these weapons defeat this wickedness. It is through God. Zechariah 4 verse 6 says: It is not by might or power but by the Spirit of the Lord. 2 Chronicles 20:15 says that the battle is not ours but God's. God fights the battle for us through our weapons! Now I know what you may be thinking, what weapons? God gives us a battle plan in Ephesians 6:10-17 of His full Armour. With this armour, we can defeat spiritual beings! It is by God's power that this armour can defeat Satan and his demons! Not by might or power but by the spirit of God!

“For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭9:6‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ A glorious merry Christmas to you all! Jesus, God's great and special gift was born around 2000 years ago today. Many say that Xmas is a pagan worship. Well, many years  before Jesus was born, was Xmas there? No. There was evil. And that includes pagan worship! So, Christmas is about Jesus' birth not the drinking and partying about presents! We start drifting away from the point. We drift away from the real point of Christmas. Jesus, the first Christmas present and the best one. 🎁

Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves. 4 Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too. (Philippians 2:3-4) Pride is a one-way ticket to destruction and arrogance always goes towards a fall (Proverbs 16:18). Pride is one of those demons which take us unknowingly. We just think we're explaining our good points and we suddenly find ourselves boasting. This Christmas, think about being humble like Jesus,  the Saviour who was born on Christmas Day (tomorrow)! 

 It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life. (‭John‬ ‭6‬:‭63‬ NASB) Whenever Jesus say something, it is done. It is done and we just need to give Him time to perform it physically. Romans 4:20-21 talks about Abraham relying on the Word God had told him up till the age of 100 when he had his child. Abraham did not stagger or stumble in faith but believed on what He had prayed for was there. The Bible says that we are not carnal and that faith is the substance of things hoped for (Hebrews 11:1). Abraham beloved on what He had asked along side God's Word and He got what he wanted because He believed on the Word's God gave him! We need to always listen to God! 

"Pride goes before destruction,      a haughty spirit before a fall." - Proverbs 16:18 NIV  If anyone has the right to be proud, it's God. God is the Creator of the world, the sea, sky and controls our lives. He gives us more chances than we deserve. I can't fit everything in! But we are the ones who are proud. Us, tiny small people, a bit of God's creation who think we're IT. But if anyone's IT, it's God. We don't deserve all this love and kindness, definitely not. But God gave up His only Son, so we can learn His ways and be with Him. When He was angry with us, we carried on our sinful life and He could have wiped us out there and then. But He didn't. When we boasted about our greatness, He could have sent fire to destroy us  there and then. But He didn't. Learn a little humility and be a little simpler! 

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 For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him. (‭John‬ ‭3‬:‭17‬ NASB)  Jesus saved the world and will judge us not now but on Judgement Day, a Day which many people don't think about. Every thing you say, everything you do will be counted for you or against you on Judgement Day. You only get 1 chance to live this life. This life is more precious than money or toys. It is more precious than the whole world put together.  Live this life for God! Nothing in this world is easy! Living for Christ is worth it though! Remember, live like Christ (Philippians 2:5) and that your actions are either for you or against you when you appear before God on Judgement Day. 

"The Lord is righteous in all his ways and faithful in all he does. Psalm 145:17 | NIV" Sometimes we doubt that God is ACTUALLY just, fair and basically...righteous. If God says He is righteous, He is righteous because God NEVER lies! Check it out! A Christian reflects the character of Jesus. And if He is righteous and faithful, then so are we. If Jesus was able to rebuke fears and pray for others, we can to. But be careful! Some things you need the Spirit of God. Otherwise, you're setting yourself up for a destruction. To cast out demons without the Spirit of God, for example. God's instruction is important! 

“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.” ‭‭John‬ ‭1:14‬ ‭NKJV‬  This is proof that Jesus came as the Word of God. The disciples spoke with the Word, talked and even ate with the Word yet they didn't understand Him. This shows, no matter how long you spend in God's Word, you cannot understand It unless God speaks to you and interprets it. It may not mean what you think it means. God's Word can only be understood by His Spirit which is Him! 

“The LORD is more pleased when we do what is right and just than when we offer him sacrifices.” ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭21:3‬ ‭NLT‬‬ There is a saying: "Obedience is less painful than regret", which is totally true. When we obey God, we don't need to be sorry by using sacrifice. No matter how hard or how impossible it may seem obedience is better than sacrifice. When we are righteous, we are obeying God. To become righteous we must: - Read our Bible everyday and obey - Always remember to pray, - Listen to what God says, We must RAL to become righteous and obey God this is what we must do. Obeying, praying and listening is a way of becoming just. We can become just by obeying God, through His Word. The law was used to preserve the Israelites. You see, imagine you have no money for your son's XBOX, and you don't want him to cry. You give him a toy for the meanwhile until you have enough money. You PRESERVE the toy. Now we can become just, let us!

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 | NIV We need to start praising God. Praising God is a way of thanking Him for what He has done. Once God has comforted or helped us, He wants us to help others too. If a friend is in need, we can help them. I am not saying that they should make you there provider for money, but the Bible says that we should help. God comforts us so we can comfort others. God blesses us so we can bless others. God loves us so we can love others. Anything good that God gives you is for you to do the same to others. Reach out for more souls. God wants you to lead others. You came to Christ so that you can lead others to Him and stop the 'blind leading the blind'. You were blessed to bless others. Don't let pride come into you after y

“No man shall be able to stand against you; the LORD your God will put the dread of you and the fear of you upon all the land where you tread, just as He has said to you.” ‭‭Deuteronomy‬ ‭11:25‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love. - Ephesians 3:16-17 NIV Hello, chaps. Today we're talking about faith. Now, before I move on, let me explain what faith is. Or let Hebrews. "Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. " (Hebrews 11:1) When we walk in faith, we have confidence in things that may seem not to be there at first. For example, money. We all need money to 'survive' in this world. But if it's not there, we won't believe there is money, right? WRONG. Using faith, we can believe that there is money in the pocket. We have assurance that there is money in the bank. God sees this assurance and make it happen! This is how we walk by faith! What I've learnt:  I can walk in faith by believing and having hope

“This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him.” ‭‭1 John‬ ‭5:14-15‬ ‭NIV‬‬ Sometimes, when we ask for things, we don't get what we wanted. It is because of only 3 reasons: - We don't pray in faith - We don't pray in agreement with God's Will - We haven't had the Name of Jesus given to us. Let's focus on A - We don't pray in faith When we don't pray in faith, God won't answer us. This is because we have to believe in what we are praying for and believe He has already We need to believe in what we are praying for. That is faith. Believing that God has done it. Next - We don't pray in agreement with God's Will. Sometimes when we pray, we don't know if that is what God wants us to pray about. Our verse for today said anything we ask ACCORDING TO HIS WILL is what He'll giv

“But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere.” ‭‭James‬ ‭3:17‬ ‭NIV‬‬ We shouldn't dwell and trust on our physical wisdom all the time. Physical wisdom doesn't get us anywhere! Proverbs 3:5 says, “Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;” ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭3:5‬ ‭NIV‬‬ Trust in what? God! With all our heart and not lean on your own understanding! Basically, we shouldn't be trusting our physical wisdom AS A GUIDE IN LIFE! God and His Wisdom should be our guide in life because without Him, we wouldn't be here. Me and you wouldn't be here, living free of sin, if it wasn't for Jesus Christ! Jesus Christ is the reason! 

"God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfil it?" - Numbers 23:19 ESV Sometimes, when God promises things and things don't look as God said they would, we shouldn't start thinking that God lies to us. Once He has spoken He will fulfil what He has promised! Let's take Abraham and Sarah's example. God had promised them a child and they had to wait ages and ages! Abraham knew that God's promise was true and that it would be fulfilled no matter what happened. God is no man. Meaning He cannot lie to us. Sometimes we just need to be a lot more patient. Things don't just happen immediately! I know a story of a woman who had a huge goitre. She went to a yearly pastor's conference and was prayed for. A year later, she went to the conference again to give her testimony. Her goitre was bigger than ever! The woman went again to give her t

“The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.” ‭‭John‬ ‭1:14‬ ‭NIV‬‬ Many people believe that God's Word did not come through the flesh as Jesus. And that the Word of God lives in us! With backing up from the Trinity, we know that the Word of God, the Holy Spirit and Jesus and God are one. Meaning that He has come to live in us. We have seen His glory! Many people believe (not naming name of group of people) believe that God (or Jehovah as they like to call Him) hasn't show us who He is. God came in the flesh through JESUS! God's Word came to us THROUGH JESUS! That is why Jesus said in John 14:9 NIV: "Jesus answered: “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father.How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?" See? How can you say, show us God if through Jesus we have seen H

Jesus replied: ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ - Matthew 22:37  We need to listen on this one. Loving God is super important and God loves it when we love Him. When we obey His Word. We face challenges and still love Him. Challenges where the Word is our Sword and the shield is our faith. We fight with righteousness, salvation, faith and the Word of God. In all these things, we show our love for God. We love Him because He died for us! Faith is an  important weapon in our fight for faith. We use it to shield the lies and doubts of the enemy. The shield of faith can be applied by:  - Saying scripture out loud - Applying faith in trouble - Using the Word of God to defend our mind Amen, hallelujah on the battle of faith! 

9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. - 2 Corinthians 12:9 With Christ's power we are stronger than ever when we are week we are strong! #dbverses2016 @daily_bible_verses_2016 

"He said: “Listen, King Jehoshaphat and all who live in Judah and Jerusalem! This is what the Lord says to you: ‘Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army. For the battle is not yours, but God’s. " - 2 Chronicles 20:15 NIV. Today, I chose this verse based on something I watched. The Faith Kids Movie on YouTube. I think that the situation related there is something that happens to us most of the time. We try to fight the battle, without weapons, by ourselves. When I mean 'fight' I mean solve. But, as 2 Chronicles 20:15 tell us, the battle is not ours but God's. It doesn't matter whatever you may be - a bishop, pastor, priest etc. You must always remember that it is God's battle not yours. Don't try and run the ministry your self! That is a dangerous mission and that is when you create loop holes for the devil to creep into and destroy your life. Do not be afraid no matter how big the situation is! Don't try and solve it yoursel

Let your face shine on your servant;   save me in your unfailing love. - Psalm 31:16 Today, think about this verse today and dwell in God's love. His love can be expressed in many ways. After reading your Bible with God's guidance, you can experience the presence or  love of God. Doing what the Lord says can also do that. Think about that today. 

2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; 3 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. James 1:2-3 This verse is another important verse. The trials of many kinds is really trials of many kind. Bullying, financial problems, maybe a new trial! James really meant of many kinds! This is the testing of our faith. So don't go blabbing on about your trial - God is using this to test your faith and this gives us patience and perseverance so the we are experienced and trained to suffer the next trial. When we become Christians we give all for God. He gave all for us and a Christian's life must be full of commitment to Christ. It is not a part time job! It is a job that is 24/7! God requires our full time! All our riches and rewards are stored in Heaven! Jesus said not to worry too much about rewards in this world, for our true reward is stored in Heaven! True Rewards! 

“You don’t know where the wind will blow. And you don’t know how a baby grows in its mother’s body. In the same way, God certainly made all things. But you can’t understand what he is doing.” ‭‭Ecclesiastes‬ ‭11:5‬ ‭ICB‬‬ Us as people can never understand what God is doing. We know God is doing something but we don't always know why or even how He is doing. The author of Ecclesiastes is asking us these questions to describe a likeness to how we don't know how or why God does things. In other words, we don't know His actions. We know that God is working something out with hundreds of Bible scriptures to back that up but we may not always know when, how or why. It may not go the way we need it to go or how we think it should go. But God is God and He is not human. Our human brains cannot take in all this sense which is why many people find the Bible and Christianity a confusing thing. But it's because they are in the wrong mindset! We should switch on our SPIRITUAL min

“Be happy with the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart.” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭37:4‬ ‭GW‬‬ Obeying God will give us our heart desire- IF we do it with God's Spirit and our desire is worthy to bring to God (e.g don't ask for someone or die,). God knows everything, including those thoughts in our hearts. What else does He not know? Satan has blinded these people so that they may not know about God's GLORIOUS Truth! If everyone knew about it, the streets would be filled with people everyday. Almost everybody has been told about Jesus coming to dave the world. They recite it as some type of fairy tale. But that was only the beginning! The end result was to make us heirs in Christ and in God! When we become Heirs in God, we are Over comers and reign with God! If we reign with God, what's the point of listening and paying too much attention to the people in this world when you reign? A pastor once said: "The Christians are passers by in this world" Passers

“And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord;” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭11:2‬ ‭KJV‬‬ The spirits mentioned in our verse are are the 7 spirits of God. The 7 spirits of God is what a true Holy-spirit filled Christian should have. Wisdom, understanding, counsel, might etc. The might talked about here is spiritual might, being strong in spirit and faith as well as in the Lord. God wants us to be strong in everything God o with Him. We should go to a fire church, read our Bibles daily (in the morning or evening, a Reading Plan may help), pray every week or even every day, and keep our Christian life Christian daily. Our duty is to be 'light in the darkness'. A wise pastor once said "You are the Bible that people read," meaning that people reflect our behaviour and actions as a guide or personal example. If you are who you claim to be, a Christian, then you

8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast. (‭Ephesians‬ ‭2‬:‭8-9‬ KJV) It is by the gift of God that we have life here and that we are even allowed to live. If you look through the whole Bible, you will find God's mercy in almost all of the stories. We need to pause and think about how merciful God is. 

But Samuel replied, "What is more pleasing to the Lord: your burnt offerings and sacrifices or your obedience to His voice? Listen! Obedience is better than sacrifice and submission is better than the fat of rams. - 1 Samuel 15:22 Sometimes we need to think. Which is more important? Sacrifices of money or obedience to His Word? 2nd option of course you might say! But the 2nd option is the hardest, especially for Saul. Samuel hadn't appeared yet and he didn't want to give it late. No matter how long or how hard it is, what God has said we must do. MUST. There is no escape. A Christian's life is led by God, meaning obedience is required. If you don't learn how to obedient you will not succeed in your walk with God. You will be stumbling and falling because you cannot listen to that voice of obedience. It doesn't matter how good or great your plan is. If it is not out of obedience but of disobedience it WILL NOT WORK! Your plans are hopeless without God! God is