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Friday, 5 January 2018

LIVING IN A LOVE RELATIONSHIP

Solid Rock Devotional
5th January, 2018

LIVING IN A LOVE RELATIONSHIP

Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready. Revelation 19:7

The surprise at the end of the New Testament is to discover that the story of the people of God is all about preparing a bride for Christ. It culminates in the great marriage supper of the Lamb.

In a marriage, the couple is deeply in love with each other. The wedding is one of the greatest days of their lives and there’s a wonderful celebration of their relationship together. The groom is concerned for his bride; and the bride is concerned for her groom. It’s a reciprocal relationship.

There’s a difference between loving someone from a distance, and being in a relationship of mutual love. A teenage girl might fall in love with a musician, putting his posters all over her walls but it means nothing to the singer because there is no relationship. It’s just onesided admiration.

We cannot love Christ from our side only; we must equally enjoy His love for us. A marriage is built on the mutual enjoyment of shared love in a full and active relationship together. We are brought into a love relationship with Christ. We not only love Him, but are loved by Him, and it is the experience and enjoyment of being loved by Him that brings to its fullest, our capacity to love Him back.

Are you enjoying a mutual love relationship with Jesus?

PRAYER: My Father in heaven, I thank you for your love for me and my family. I humbly ask that you help me Love you more, in Jesus mighty name.....Amen

1 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN: Matthew 1:18-25

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Thursday, 4 January 2018

BORN AGAIN

Solid Rock Devotional
4th January, 2018

BORN AGAIN

Jesus replied, “very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again."
John 3:3

A man named Nicodemus came to Jesus one day. He was a teacher of theology, a leading Pharisee, a member of the Sanhedrin Council, and all in all, a highly respected man. He came to Jesus because he recognized in Him something that was inexplicable apart from the fact that God was actively at work in Him. ‘No one could perform the signs you are doing if God were not with him’ (John 3:2).

Jesus throws Nicodemus into a quandary by saying that not only is he right in his observation, but that Nicodemus too could experience a life that would be inexplicable apart from the presence of God in him. In fact this was essential, for Jesus said, ‘I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again’ (John 3:3).

This only confused Nicodemus all the more. He could only think in physical terms of physical birth. But, Jesus said, this is a spiritual birth, which comes with the reception of spiritual life. Nicodemus had rightly recognized in Jesus that the presence and working of God was indispensible to what He was and did. But this was not because Jesus was divine (though He was), but because He was living as a real human being. The nature of the human constitution is such, that unless we are the recipients of spiritual life we cannot live as we are intended.

PRAYER: Heavenly Father, I pray for your ability to live the spiritual life that you intended for me to live. It is in Jesus' name I pray...Amen

1 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN: Matthew 1:1-17

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Wednesday, 3 January 2018

CROWD PLEASERS

Solid Rock Devotional
3rd January, 2018

CROWD PLEASERS

So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues(churches) and on the streets, to be honored by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. Matthew 6:2

The question this morning is *" Do we as Christians sincerely follow this teaching of Christ?"* There are many Christian gatherings today where offerings are announced for people to know how much money individuals give as their offerings. I recently visited an unusual church where the treasurer stepped up to the platform, and told the congregation that giving was down. When the offering bag went around, he said everyone was to announce out loud how much they were putting in the bag.

He then proceeded to write the amount each member reported by their name for their records. As the bag went around people began to speak their amounts. ‘One Cedi,’ said one. Another said, in a louder voice, ‘Five Cedis.’ Then another, even louder, ‘twenty Cedis.’ I noticed that people began to get louder and more expressive as the Cedi values went up.

I found it unusual though amusing, but Jesus had something to say specifically about this in Matthew 6. Quite simply Jesus said *"don’t do that."* Our giving is to be so secret that you, ‘do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing’ (Matt 6:3).

If we are after peoples’ applause, we will get our reward in full here and now, the idea other people think we are generous, but will have no reward from heaven. But when we act before God alone, we are investing with returns that will come back to bless us sometimes when we least expect it.

Kindly ask yourself these two questions and sincerely answer them in your chamber.
*1. Do we live before men, or before God?*
*2. Are your deeds of service for those watching, or for God?*

PRAYER: Heavenly Father, please help us to adhere to your teachings in Jesus name....Amen

1 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN: John 1:35-51

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Tuesday, 2 January 2018

SOLD ROCK DEVOTIONAL - 2ND JANUARY, 2018

Solid Rock Devotional
2nd January, 2018

Dear Family,

Another New Year is upon us and it gives us an opportunity to reflect on our journey with Christ. We encourage you to use the New Year as another opportunity to refresh your relationship with Jesus and to submit your life to Him, and experience the inner transformation of His presence. Thank you.

Today's Devotional

COMPELLED BY THE SPIRIT

“And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there.” Acts 20:22

If people subjected everything to their own understanding, the Bible would lose some of its key stories. Noah would never have built the ark. Abraham would never have left Ur of the Chaldees. Moses would never have led Israel out of Egypt. David would never have gone to fight Goliath. Jonah certainly would have stayed at home and not gone to Nineveh. Paul too, might have stayed in Antioch, and not gone on his missionary journeys.

The compelling of the Spirit often counters our sense of reason. It’s wise not to just act on impulse. Scripture speaks of the wisdom of ‘two or three witnesses’ (Matthew 18:16), but often and in different ways, God may reiterate His mind to us.

Even though His direction may not seem logical, we are wise to take it seriously and respond in obedience. Often it is only as we step out in faith that the confirmation comes that this is His will, and that it is for a good purpose.

As we begin 2018, we want you to have in mind that our circumstances often become the test of our trust in God.

PRAYER: Heavenly Father, Please help me to be sensitive to your Spirit in Jesus name....Amen.

1 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN: John 1:19-34

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Monday, 14 August 2017

SCHOOL OF WORSHIP CONFERENCE 2017

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Monday, 5 June 2017

ANGER

“Be angry, and do not sin”: do not let the sun go down on your wrath, nor give place to the devil. - Ephesians 4:26-27

This Bible verse tells us that anger gives the devil an opportunity to enter our lives, but it also tells us to be angry and continues to say do not to sin when you get angry. How will we know that our anger is sinful or not?

The Bible helps us to understand in Mark 3:5 that Jesus, our Lord and Savior became angry at the Pharisees for their lack of compassion on the people. He became angry but didn’t lose control of Himself.

Jesus became angry again in Mark 11:15 when He saw people making money in the name of religion in the Temple. He drove them out.

Jesus does not lose control of Himself but he may be angry at people in our world today who like the Pharisees have no compassion for poor suffering people or when He sees people today making money in the Temple in the name of religion.

Such anger when it concerns the Glory of God and the good of other people is not Sin but anger that concerns our own glory is Sin(I am are angry because somebody cheated me or somebody inconvenienced me or somebody disturbed my plans or made things difficult for me).

When Jesus was slapped, He never said anything but He forgave them. So when the Bible says be angry but don’t sin, we need to recognize what type of anger is SIN and what type is not SIN.

1. Anger that has got nothing to do with us but only with the glory of God and the good of others is righteous anger.

2. Anger that has got anything connected to us is sin(the way somebody treats me or hurt me is sin)

The Bible continues to say, if you sin in this way (that is, got angry because of your own glory), make sure your anger doesn’t stay with you for more than 12 hours.

Our heavenly father gives us this second offer for our own salvation because He recognizes that a lot of believers are not wholeheartedly enough to have victory offer the wrong type of anger and therefore cannot choose the best that he offers.

Make sure the sun does not set over your anger. Which means don’t go to sleep with an unresolved anger.

Brother Zac was talking on this issue and he said, many of us before we go to bed make sure to brush our teeth to be certain there is no particle of food still there in our teeth. How much more careful we should be to make sure that some left over bitterness or anger is not still there in our hearts not cleansed away before we go to sleep.

This means husbands and wives should resolve every matter before they go to sleep. Brother Zac said Seek to overcome anger but until you do, make sure you settle it before you go to bed.

WHAT SHALL WE SAY THEN ABOUT BELIEVERS WHO CARRY ANGER, BITTERNESS AND HATRED IN THEIR HEARTS AGAINST OTHERS FOR DAYS, MONTHS AND EVEN YEARS?

WE CAN SAY, THEY HAVE NO FEAR OF GOD OR RESPECT FOR THE WORD OF GOD.

Are you jealous because somebody younger than you is more blessed than you?

Do you rejoice like you should for him or are you jealous? That jealousy will turn into anger and you will never know what the final result will be.

When you let anger stay in your heart, you give the devil an opportunity – Ephesians 4:27

1. You give the devil an opportunity to possess and control you.

2. To destroy you.

3. To bring confusion in your life.

4. Anger can also lead to murder.

We have to be good examples of Christ but we cannot do that until we seek after the word of God.

Jesus Christ came to save us from all sin so what is the point if we continue to stay in our sins without growing to the level he would love us to be at, let’s seek God with all of our heart and ask Him to deliver us from the habit of anger.