(READ LUKE 10:38-42 and John 12:1-3) MARTHA went from serving Jesus DISTRACTED, with an attitude of COMPLAINING and COMPARISON (see Luke 10:40), to serving Jesus without any of these shortcomings (John 12:2)! MARY went from SITTING AT JESUS’ FEET, LISTENING to every word He said (Luke 10:39), to ANOINTING JESUS’ FEET with an expensive perfume and wiping His feet with her hair (sacrificial generosity and offering)!! We see that both Mary and Martha grew in their relationship w

1.THE SOLDIER (vs 3-4) vs 3- A good soldier in Christ is one who is willing to ENDURE HARDSHIPS. This can mean to “suffer troubles, evils and afflictions”. Part of our calling as Christian’s is to suffer for the gospel!! (2 Timothy 1:8, Philippians 1:29) vs 4- A good soldier in Christ doesn’t get INVOLVED IN CIVILIAN AFFAIRS! This means they aren’t IGNORANT TO THE SPIRITUAL BATTLE GOING ON!! (See Mark 9:17-29, Ephesians 6:12) As civilians, we are ignorant to the battles going

Ephesians 6:18 tells us to pray in the Spirit on all occasions, with ALL KINDS OF PRAYERS !! Let us look at 4 kinds of prayers that Paul tells Timothy to offer in 1 Timothy 2:1!! HOW WE SHOULD PRAY: 1.SUPPLICATION- entreating/asking God for a need!! (Philippians 4:6) In Luke 1:13, Zechariah’s prayer (supplication) for he and Elizabeth to have a baby was heard by God and answered! 2.PRAYER- speaking to God/communicating with God about various things!! (Luke 11:2) 3.INTERCESSIO

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Read 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 CONTEXT: Paul was addressing this letter to the believers in Thessalonica. This particular passage in...

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ISAIAH 61:1-3 THE MINISTRY OF THE MESSIAH! This was a prophecy spoken through the prophet Isaiah about the ministry of the Messiah!! In...

WHAT IS THE MEANING OF MATTHEW 24:36? What does it mean when Jesus said no-one knows the day or the hour, NOT EVEN THE SON, but only the...

EPHESIANS 6:10-20 “THE ARMOUR OF GOD” CONTEXT: OUR WARFARE IN CHRIST: Previously we looked at our WEALTH in Christ (Ephesians 1-3) and...

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Read Genesis 1:1-2 vs 1- IN THE BEGINNING GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH… This verse shows us that there was a start to TIME...

(Read 1 Corinthians 5, Matthew 18:15-17, Matthew 5:23-24, Galatians 6:1-2, Matthew 5:9, Philippians 4:1-3, Ephesians 4:26-27) Conflict...

1.KNOWING WHAT GOD’S WILL IS: In Colossians 1:9-10, firstly, we see that we need to KNOW what God’s will is before we can live it out...

Firstly, according to 1 Corinthians 13:13 and 1 Peter 1:21 there is a DISTINCTION between faith and hope even though they are closely...

Read Luke 12:4-7 FIRSTLY, we see that there are 2 TYPES OF FEAR the bible talks about! The word “fear” as used in Luke 12:4-5 is the...

READ MARK 4:35-41 4.SHARE YOUR PROBLEM WITH THE ONE WHO CAN HELP! (vs 38) Even though the disciples were lacking faith in this storm,...

READ MARK 4:35-41 CONTEXT: In vs 35-37 notice here that this storm came from the disciples OBEDIENCE TO JESUS? We also see in Matthew...

READ JOHN 4:20-24 CONTEXT: In John 4:20, the Samaritan woman at the well told Jesus “Our Fathers WORSHIPPED GOD ON THIS MOUNTAIN, but you...

Read Matthew 15:21-28 Matthew 15:21-28 presents the story of a Canaanite woman, a gentile who comes to Jesus on behalf of her...

Read Matthew 28:19-20 As part of the great commission, our saviour Jesus said: "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations,...