Exhortations for The Soul

If  someone asks you, who would you choose, Jesus or Barabbas, I believe everyone who knows the story would say Jesus of course. After all, Jesus, the only begotten Son of God, was and is perfect. He did and does nothing but good.   Yes He was misunderstood, taken for granted, lied on, hated, and even crucified while He walked this earth, but we know that were it not for His sacrifice for you and for me, we would have no hope of being saved from this sin sick world. We know that Jesus is definitely The One we ought to be emulating.   He said in John 14 : 6 NIV , He is the way and the truth and the life. Now Barabbas, on the other hand, was a rebellious man and the Roman authorities dealt with him. Luke 23 : 19 NIV “(Barabbas had been thrown into prison for an insurrection in the city, and for murder.)”   This was during the time Jesus was to be crucified.   He was taken before Governor Pontius Pilate. Pilate said he saw no fault in Jesus and gave the crowd a ...

There are a couple of songs that are played on this radio station where I hear the ministers inviting people to pray in the Spirit, pray in their heavenly language, speak in tongues.   There are many more songs that also play on this radio station where the ministers themselves have a moment where tongues take over. This is a controversial topic among many religions, but I’m so glad that we don’t preach religion here. Amen?!   So although you don’t hear me speaking in tongues, you would hear preachers or prayer warriors come on here speaking in tongues. Some of you, in your worship and praise time, you speak in tongues, while others don’t. In my journey to understand what God requires of me, it has led me to do a study on this subject. For indeed, we ought to know. This exhortation today is not about whether I believe in speaking in tongues, because I believe in the Bible and there were instances in the Bible where people spoke in tongues. Amen?! Interestingly enough, I couldn...

Humans have been playing the blame game from the days of Adam and Eve.   Even if we are caught red handed and the blind see, we always try to clear ourselves and seek to make someone else look like the bad person. From your recollection of the story, who would you say is to blame for this? Is it Eve who allowed herself to be enticed to do wrong? Is it Adam who tried to appease his wife by committing the act? Or is it satan who interfered with God’s plan?   Well whatever your answer, I am suggesting to us today that it really doesn’t matter at this stage. Why? Because in this day and age, we really have no excuse to be partakers in sin.   We have so many examples in the Bible of how God takes care of His own, we don’t need do anything illegal to get by. We have so many accounts of God’s faithfulness in our own lives, the experiences are right there! We have so many instances of when people walk in disobedience how it does not go down well for them. Many of us are suffering...