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GRACE TO FORGIVE

Awino had just left her house for a nearby shopping center. Odoyo the neighbour came in and stole all the food Awino had left to feed her family. This was during the hard times our country was experiencing. There was no food, things were very expensive and also there was food shortage. The two kilograms of flour you could buy it at 130ksh and not easily found. Awino who is a widow in the slums of Kibera Nairobi Kenya in a single room 10 by 10 feet, had just lost husband because of the big disease as they call it, three years ago. Leaving her with afamily of eight . She had just borrowed some money amounting below a dolar to buy a quarter kilo flour, cooking salad at 10 Ksh, sukuma wiki ( green vegetable) at 20ksh, and a 20ksh paraffin for the stove. "MY God..... oh my God!!...................... what shall I do? where will I get the other money to buy food for my family?. Why? Odoyo, why............ Awino had just used all the money borrowed from her neighbor and it was already at night and children were waiting for food to go to bed. Children could be heard crying for starvation. Odoyo what is this you have done? can`t you be ashamed of yourself? for how long will you be doing this? lamented some of his neighbors. Some shouted kill him.......... kill him.......... Odoyo does not want to to go work, this is the habit he has developed. Should we kill him? During the South Africa Truth and Reconciliation Commission, there was a man who confessed how he killed and burned the bodies of a black anti-apartheid activists. On the other hand, a woman whose son had been killed and burned was asked what action should be taken against this man. I just want to hug him so that he ( the killer) can experience the love parents have for their children" she said. Despite the fact that some situation may be hard to forgive, there is power in healing, peace and even joy in forgiveness. For example a wife may find it difficult to forgive an abusive husband but still, God grants her the strength to forgive and touch the heart of such abusive husbands. Let as pray God to give us grace to forgive. Forgiveness is not a day thing. It is along process for those who have been abused or are in an abusive relationships or those who have lost their loved ones in mysterious circumstances and suspect foul play. What do you do when you are in a search situation? Do you want to divorce your wife or husband for what he did to you? Would you pray God to give you an forgiving heart? God bless you. Pastor Mike

USE OF RINGS IN THE BIBLE

Origins of the wedding ring Rings in the Bible The Bible gives no indication that finger rings were used as betrothal or nuptial rings. The signet ring is the earliest type of ring mentioned in the Bible. When Tamar disguised herself as a harlot to entice her father-in-law, Judah, she asked him for his signet, cord, and staff as a pledge for his promise to send her "a kid from the flock" (Gen 38:17-19). Jeremiah informs us that the Israelites wore the signet ring on the right hand (Jer 22:24). The signet ring was used to seal various contracts. It was a symbol of authority, dignity, and social status (James 2:2). Pharaoh gave his signet ring to Joseph as a symbol of authority (Gen 41:42). Likewise, Ahasuerus gave his signet to Haman to seal a royal decree (Esth 3:10, 12). Upon his return the prodigal son received a ring from his father as a symbol of dignity (Luke 15:22). The finger rings mentioned in the Bible are signet rings used as symbol of authority and dignity. The Romans are credited for pioneering the use of the signet ring as a betrothal ring. The Jews and the Christians borrowed the practice from the Romans. Since the betrothal ceremony usually involved the groom giving a sum of money or a valuable object to the bride, it was a natural transition to make this object a ring

IT IS FINISHED

* Good Friday! The time had come. And already has come when Jesus said it is finished!! He cried on the cross. Just because of me. So that I may become the way I am. Were it not Jesus Christ of Nazareth son of God, I was dying in my sin and perishing. He paid the penalty of my sins on the cross. I am a free man!! It was a hard time that had not been experienced in the history of mankind. God dying on the cross just because of you and me. Jesus cried. Father why have you forsaken me. How do you feel when your beloved son tells you about that? http://friendsofjesusministries.blogspot.com/ Pastor Mike

COME CLOSE TO GOD

What is causing the quarrels and the fights among you? Don’t they come from the evil desires at war within you? You want what you don’t have so you scheme and kill to get it. You are jealous of what others have, but you can’t get it, so you fight and wage war to take it away from them. Yet you don’t have what you want because you don’t ask God for it. And even when you ask you don’t get it because your motives are all wrong – you want only what will give you pleasure. You adulterers! Don’t you realize that friendship with the world make you an enemy of God? I say it again: If you want to be a friend of the world, you make yourself an enemy of God. What do you think the scriptures mean when they say that the Spirit God placed within us is filled with envy? But He gives us even more grace to stand against such evil desires. As the scripture says: God opposes the proud But favors the humble” So humble yourselves before God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Come close to God, and God will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, purify your hearts for your loyalty is divided between God and the world. Let there be tears for what you have done. Let there be sorrow and deep grief. Let there be sadness instead of laughter, and gloom instead of joy. Humble yourselves before the lord and He will lift you up in honor. How many times have you been coming close to God? Remembering what we do to our brothers and sisters. We kill, destroy even murder and fight. God is not happy with what we do. He wants us to repent and seek forgiveness and have good fellowship with Him. Pastor Mike

DIVINE INTERVENTION

DIVINE INTERVENTION “Then Philip ran up to the chariot and heard the man reading Isaiah the Prophet. Do you understand what you are reading? Philip asked. How can I he said unless someone explain it to me. So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.” Acts 8:30 -31 -People around the world are still facing this man’s dilemma. How can they understand the word of God if no one come to explain it to them?. God had arranged for Philip to locate the Ethiopian eunuch the precise e moment when he was reading the messianic prophecy of Isaiah 53. God of all the earth swathe Eunuch’s spiritual hunger and sent a spirit-filled messenger to lead him to salvation. God miraculous intervention was obvious in the preparation of the Eunuch’s heart, the calling of Philip, the prophecy of Isaiah, the timing of the meeting, the eunuch’s decision to believe, the sudden discovery of water in the desert, the supernatural transportation of Philip from the scene and the great joy of the eunuch as he continued on his way home. God had arranged the Gospel to enter Africa. Have you ever realize that the God of heaven an earth knows the struggling and suffering you are undergoing or passing through. He knows the true people who are truly searching for Him with their hearts. He is making arrangement and timing on how He can meet your needs. The desire of your heart. 1Peter 3;12. “ For the eyes of the lord are on the righteous and His ears are attentive to their prayers, but the face of lord is against those who do evil”. I don’t know whether you have tried to ask yourself whether the eunuch new that God was sending someone to meet him. Neither did Philip know that God was sending him to meet the Ethiopian eunuch in Africa? Was it not the work of the Holy Spirit that arranged for that? Trust in the lord this may be your date to meet a divine intervention in your life. Trust in the lord and have faith in Jesus Christ and see what God is going to do for you. Pastor Mike

MISSION OF GOD

MISSION OF GOD. God’s mission is His divine plan to advance His kingdom throughout of the the world through the preaching of the Gospel. What is a mission? It is a coordinated set of activities that are used to reach a specific goal. God created an entire garden of Eden for the first couple to live in it and to take care for Him. He left one tree from which Adam and Eve were not to eat. This was done to give them a chance to obey God willingly. Satan came to the woman and tempted her to doubt the truthfulness, love, and wisdom of God. RESULT OF SIN What do you think may be the result of sinning? God is never guilty of sin, but sin causes Him pain. Sin causes heartbreaking problems into our lives. It brings shame like what happened to Adam and Eve. For this was the first time in their lives to try to cover their shame, however their effort was not satisfactory. Sin causes separation from God and each other. Man will always try to cover his sins. Just like what Adam and Even did. Our effort to cover our sins are always inadequate. To day people try to cover their sins with. Fine clothing, Possessions Wealth Fame Rebellion Pleasure Doing good things None of these can take a way our sins before God. Did God know where Adam and Eve was hiding after sinning? That is a big yes. Who are you to hide from your creator? God knows everything. He knew exactly where Adam and Eve were, and He also knew what they had done. However, He was giving the first couple a chance to confess their sins and repent. How many times has your creator given you chance to confess and repent your sins?.................. Did Adam an Even repent?............. The first Gospel is found in Genesis 3:15. “ I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers, he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel” God had to give a promise to mankind. He was promising to intervene in human history to save fallen humanity. Also in Genesis 12:3. God gave Abraham one of the crucial or central promise in the entire Bible. “ and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you” Abraham children would become a nation of their own, a kingdom of priest with mandate to bless the whole world. We are blessed through this promise as we consider what Jesus Did on the cross when He said it is finished. We can come to God through Jesus Christ. Think about your live and what God has for you, have you been covering your sins the way the first couple did? Do you take time to confess what you might have done to your neighbor, think about your relation with your creator and your neighbor. What about your family? Have you been faithful to your spouse? God loves mankind and what to restore what was lost. He wants to rebuild the broken fellowship with mankind. He is always there for us. Pastor Mike