Oluwafemi .The Word of God is a light to my Path.

  Introduction James 5:1–20: Today’s reading concludes the letter of James. He reproaches the rich who hoard their wealth and defraud workers, while encouraging suffering Christians to endure patiently and with hope. Until the Lord’s coming, we should pray, tend to the sick, confess our sins to one another, and help bring wandering believers back to the truth. Today’s Key Verse: James 5:16 GNT So then, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you will be healed. The prayer of a good person has a powerful effect. Read 1  And now, you rich people, listen to me! Weep and wail over the miseries that are coming upon you!  2  Your riches have rotted away, and your clothes have been eaten by moths.  3  Your gold and silver are covered with rust, and this rust will be a witness against you and will eat up your flesh like fire. You have piled up riches in these last days.  4  You have not paid any wages to those who work in your f...

  4 Rs: Son Power Can Make Us Like the Morning Light Scripture: 2 Samuel 23:2, 4, NLT “The Spirit of the Lord speaks through me; his words are upon my tongue … [He] is like the light of morning at sunrise, like a morning without clouds, like the gleaming of the sun on new grass after rain. ”  (2 Samuel 23:2, 4, NLT) The transformation we experience because of Son Power is unlimited when we are totally committed to the Lord. Relationship Because of our relationship with Jesus Christ, we have the potential for the Lord to speak through us just as he did through King David as recorded in 2 Samuel. In fact, we are commanded to be ambassadors for Christ as we take part in the Great Commission (see Matthew 28:16–20). Revelation Each of us can be a spokesperson for the Lord. However, we need to be regularly feeding on his Word in order for it to become a part of us. His Word will naturally flow out of us as we practice soaking our heart in it, sowing it to him in our prayer life, and...

  Growing Brighter in His Glory “Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day.” — 2 Corinthians 4:16 Reflection The Song of Songs is a beautiful love poem about a bride and her beloved. It also presents a spiritual picture of our relationship with Yeshua, our heavenly Bridegroom, and the way He transforms us as we grow in His love. In Song of Songs 6:10, those observing the bride, a young woman known as the Shulamite, praise her beauty, asking: “Who is this that grows like the dawn, as beautiful as the full moon, as pure as the sun, as awesome as an army with banners?” The sun and moon both give off light, though we know the moonlight is the sun’s light reflected. The sun shines by day, the moon by night, and the two bodies illuminate the natural world. This natural picture helps us understand how we are being transformed, even as the coming of the dawn, which gets brighter until it reaches full day. As the ligh...

  4 Rs: Son Power Opens Our Eyes to the Truth of the Bible “Open my eyes to see the wonderful truths in your instructions . ”  (Psalm 119:18, NLT) “And He opened their understanding, that they might comprehend the Scriptures.”  (Luke 24:45, NKJV) Before I came to have a real relationship with Jesus Christ, I had no interest in the Word of God. Foolishly, I felt I would have time to do that later in life. The few times I did read the Bible, I had no understanding about what it was actually saying. What changed my perspective? Relationship It was after I established a true relationship with God through Jesus Christ that I developed a desire to really read the Word of God. It was in the New Testament that I learned that we as believers have been given the right to know the secrets of the kingdom. Jesus said, “The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you” (Matthew 13:11, NIV). Only the Holy Spirit can open our eyes to understand the secrets of G...

  God Wants You to Win “The righteous man will flourish like the palm tree, He will grow like a cedar in Lebanon. Planted in the house of the LORD, They will flourish in the courts of our God. They will still yield fruit in old age; They shall be full of sap and very green,” — Psalm 92:12–14 Reflection Beloved, we are blessed. In difficult economic times, we need to trust in the power of the Holy Spirit to protect us and sustain us. Do you remember what David said? He declared that he had never seen the righteous forsaken or their descendants begging bread (Psalm 37:25). We can overcome all fears, including financial fears. We must believe we are blessed and that God’s blessing will remain upon us through everything. In Isaiah 54:10, the Lord promises that even though the mountains may be shaken and the hills removed, His lovingkindness and covenant of peace will not be shaken. In the Book of Deuteronomy, we read these exciting words. God told Israel that His blessings would come u...

  God’s Grace Scripture: Romans 3:24–25, NLT “God, in his grace, freely makes us right in his sight. He did this through Christ Jesus when he freed us from the penalty for our sins. For God presented Jesus as the sacrifice for sin. People are made right with God when they believe that Jesus sacrificed his life, shedding his blood.”  (Romans 3:24–25, NLT) Grace is the unmerited favor of God granting salvation to all people through the death and resurrection of his son, Jesus Christ. This is a work of God alone and is given to each individual as a gift. All other religions are works oriented, requiring people to justify themselves through their own good behaviors in order to make themselves acceptable to God. Jesus Christ came into the world to save us from “self-justification.” According to God’s plan we are offered salvation based on “Christ-justification.” We must be sure that after salvation we build our lives on the foundation of Christ, and not on the foundation of self-ef...