MEMORY VERSE: But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's
sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also
with exceeding joy.1 Peter 4:13
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Lev 15, Ps 18, Prov 29,2 Thes 3
BIBLE STUDIES: Matthew 14:22-33
In
our bible studies is a very popular story. It was late at night and
there were no ships around to take Jesus to His disciples so He decided
to walk on water to them. Peter saw Jesus walking on water and asked if
he could join Him? Jesus said ‘come’, Peter jumped out of the boat and
began to walk on water towards Jesus. After taking few steps, the wind
began to blow and he began to panic. Before you know it Peter began to
sink, thank God he quickly called on the name of Jesus and was saved. It
is important to know that the presence of Jesus could not prevent Peter
from sinking . Why? Because of fear. Anywhere fear is present,failure
is inevitable. It does not matter whose errand you are running. You
could even been acting on the word of God like Peter, once fear comes
into the equation failure is not far away. No wonder Hebrew 11:6 says
without faith it is impossible to please God. Even in the ministry, if
you give room to fear instead of faith , you may fail.I pray you will
not fail in Jesus name.
1 Peter 4:13 says but rejoice, inasmuch
as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall
be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.
To be glad
with exceeding joy , you must be ready to suffer for Christ. In Part two
of these series ,i shared the testimony of a brother who the Lord paid
his tuition and expenses throughout the duration of the course in the
university. I also talked of this brother's labor of love in the private
.I do not know why but i believe there is someone the Lord wants to
publicly reward and He wants me share a little bit more about this
brother to encourage that fellow. I mentioned in part two of these
series that this brother is part of virtually all the groups in the
church. Do you also know that this brother holds the key to the church
i.e. he is the first to get to the church and last to leave? Not only
that around eighteen months ago ,this brother challenged the faith of
everyone by turning down a job that pays around £1,800 a month for a job
of £200 a month all because he didn't want anything to come in between
his commitment with his maker ; this brother is married with 3 kids. You
are wondering why God provided a scholarship worth over £50 ,000 for
this brother? You are wondering why God would go out of His way to pay
for the tuition and expenses of this brother before he even started
university? This brother suffered greatly for Christ in the private and
today he is glad with exceeding joy because he is going to study for
free while others have to pay.
PRAYER POINT: Father please open my eyes that i might do what will make me qualify for your exceeding joy.
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