Seeking the Heavenly in Marriage - Part 1 Colossians 3:18-19 . 18 Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. 19 Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them. Paul addressed this quite robustly in Ephesians 5:18-33 . Based on Colossians 4:16 , we can postulate that Paul’s letters…

Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them. The idea of submission tends to create a lot of conflict in our current context. To be honest, if this topic is not navigated carefully, you can end up creating more problems rather than…

Trust Yahweh in his work in his time. Ecclesiastes 3 . 1 For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: 2 a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; 3 a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time…

Introduction The new year is the season of change, the season of a new beginning. For some of us it is a fresh start and a chance to wipe away the things that we have held on to over the last year. This is the very moment that we need to just stop and take a deep breath in and exhale relief from the…

1 Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 3 Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that…

Yahweh's joy for us, Our joy in Yahweh. The third Sunday of Advent is “ joy ” - joy in the first and second advents of Jesus. Zephaniah 3 is a prophesy that covers aspects of Jesus’ first coming and his second coming. It expresses the “ already - not - yet ” tension in which we wait for Jesus’ second…

Reflecting on the manifestations of Christ’s Peace. Isaiah 9:6-7 . 6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. 7 Of the increase of his government and…

It is God’s will to reveal his power in wrath and mercy, to display his glory to all peoples. Romans 9:22-24 . 22 What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction, 23 in order to make known the riches of his…

Where are you looking for hope? Are you looking for it in the economy? Are you looking for it in family? Are you looking for it in a spouse? Are you looking for it in a secure job? Are you looking for it in a leader? Are you looking for it in a friend? Where do we find hope? When we look in the wrong…