WHAT DOES THE CROSS MEAN TO YOU By Evangeline Unity Esaaba Folson Isaiah 53:4-5 Surely he took up our pain And bore our suffering Yet ewe considered Him punished by God, He was crushed for our iniquities, the punishment that brought us peace was on Him and by his wounds we were healed. Many people see the cross as a symbol of suffering and shame. The hymn writer said: On a hill faraway Stood on old. rugged cross the emblem of suffering and shame and I...
RENEW YOUR MIND By Evangeline Unity Esaaba Folson Romans 12:2-3 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt...
YEA AND AMEN By Evangeline Unity Esaaba Folson 2 Corinthians 1:18-20 As surely as God is faithful, our word to you does not waver between” yes “and “no”. for Jesus Christ, the son of God, does not waver between “yes’ and ‘no”. He is the one whom Silas, Timothy and I preach to you, and as God’s ultimate “yes”, He always does what he says. Another translation says, for all of God’s promises have been fulfilled in Christ with a resounding...
My ways are higher than your ways By Evangeline Unity Escala Folson Isaiah 55: 8-9 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your way, and my thoughts than your thoughts. According to the verse above, the way God thinks is different from how humans think. God's thoughts are higher than ours, that is, God's thoughts or plan are superior. Man's...
WORRY CANNOT CHANGE ANYTHING By Evangeline Unity Esaaba Folson Mathew 6: 27-28 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin The new international Version of the bible translates Mathew 6:27-28 as can anyone of you by worrying add a single hour to your life? And why do you worry about clothes? See how...
PRAISE IS A POWERFULL WEAPON By Evangeline Unity Esaaba Folson Acts 16:25-26 And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundation of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were open, and everyone’s bands were loosed. The oxford English Minidictionary defines praise as an expression of approval or administration of honor to God. It is also a way of showing...
DO NOT FORSAKE THE ASSEMBLING TOGETHER OF THE BRETHREN (fellowship is important) By Evangeline Unity Esaaba Folson Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up. Fellowship is defined in the dictionary as friendly association, especially with people who share one’s interest. Christian...
In His Time By Evangeline Unity Esaaba Folson Ecclesiastic 3:1 To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the sun. Another translation says; Everything that happens in this world happens at the time God chooses. (Good News translation w/Apocrypha) This means that everything happens in God’s time. Man cannot change God’s timing because He can see into the future, and knows what you need now to help you get to your future destination. If everything happens in...
Grieve not the Holy Spirit By Evangeline Unity Esaaba folson Ephesians 4:30-32 4:30 And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. 4:31 Let all bitterness and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice. 4:32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted; forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you. The Holy Spirit seals the process of salvation. Revelation...
MORE TO BE DESIRED THAN GOLD By Evangeline Unity Esaaba Folson Psalm 19:10-13 19:10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold; Sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb 19:11 Moreover by the is thy servant warned; and in keeping of them there is great reward who can understand his errors? 19:12 Cleanse thou me from secret faults 19:13 Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: I shall be...
