Words for Life Articles

Thank you is an attitude of appreciation and gratitude for something we have received from someone or for what they have done. Praise is an attitude of recognition or commendation of a person's worth or ability.

In Psalm 92:1, we are told:

We are told in Exodus 17:15 after the Israelites victory over the Amalekites that Moses built an altar and called the name of the place "The Lord is my banner" - "Jehovah Nissi".

Scriptures let us into the different facets of who God is and what He is capable of doing.

Welcome to October 2012, the month of The Lord’s Breakthroughs.

The word breakthrough is defined as “an act of overcoming or penetrating an obstacle or restriction, a military offensive that penetrates an enemy's lines of defence, a major achievement or success that permits further progress”.

There is a hunger in the heart of every human being. A hunger, or a longing for something. What is this hunger for? For some it is the hunger for power, for some it is a hunger for relationship, for some it could be hunger for acceptance. This hunger can be so strong that many will push boundaries, do anything just to satisfy that insatiable hunger within.

Unfortunately most of us never get to find that satisfaction we desire no matter how much we acquire. The truth is that this hunger can never be satisfied by physical, emotional or even material acquisitions. Power, wealth, relationships, not even the Christian ministry and many more can ever satisfy the deep longings that we have.

"I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith." 2 Tim 4:7 (KJV)

"I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, and I have remained faithful." 2 Tim 4:7 (NLT)

Watching London 2012 Olympics has been quite intriguing as I have seen athletes and sports personalities celebrate their wins, some coming first, second and third. I have seen the mixed emotions of those who completed their race but did not win, I have seen those who started well and flopped at the end without a medal.

The act of sex fulfils a basic, physical need of all human beings. The sexual drive is given to us by God so that we will desire it to be satisfied – and the way to that satisfaction is through the mutual enjoyment of intimate sexual relations within marriage. Sexual intimacy within marriage fulfils our needs perfectly, but if we simply pursue the fulfilment of those desires in any way that seems best to us – i.e. outside of marriage – then, sooner or later, we will find we are satisfying no need at all.

“The thief cometh not, but to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.” (John 10:9-10 KJV)

“The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life.” (John 10:10 NLT)

Jesus tells us that the purpose of the thief has always been to steal, kill and destroy. He wants to steal your joy, your hope, your purpose and your destiny.