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PRESENT YOUR BODY AS A LIVING SACRIFICE

PRESENT YOUR BODY AS A LIVING SACRIFICE By Evangeline Unity Esaaba Folson ROMANS 12: 1 – 2 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good, and acceptable and perfect will of God. Technically, everything that is presented as a...

LOOK UP TO JESUS

LOOK UP TO JESUS BY EVANGELINE UNITY ESAABA FOLSON HEBREWS 12:2 – 7 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before Him, endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seateth down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider Him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin. And...

PUT YOUR HOPE IN GOD

PUT YOUR HOPE IN GOD BY EVANGELINE UNITY ESAABA FOLSON ROMANS 5:3-5 And not only so, but we glory in tribulation also knowing that tribulation worketh patience; And patience, experience, and experience hope: And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. The Oxford English minidictionary defines hope as an expectation of something desired. In the passage quoted above, we learn that we should glory in tribulations...

THE WORD OF GOD

THE WORD OF GOD BY EVANGELINE UNITY ESAABA FOLSON HEBREWS 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. The word of God is quick and powerful as the verse above says Confessing the word of God brings healing and deliverance. It also calls into being the things that be not. ISAIAH 55:11 SAYS So shall my...

RESCUE THE PERISHING

RESCUE THE PERISHING BY EVANGELINE UNITY ESAABA FOLSON 2 CORINTHIANS 5: 11 Knowing, therefore, the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God, and I trust also are made manifest unto God, and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences. The bible tells us that God is a very loving God. It also says that no one can stand the wrath of God. 2 Corinthians 5:11 warns us about the wrath of God. It is...

The blood of Jesus

THE BLOOD OF JESUS BY EVANGELINE UNITY ESAABA FOLSON HEBREWS 9:22 And almost all things are by the law purged with blood, and without shading of blood is no remission (cancellation of debt or penalty). MATTHEW 26:27-28 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. In the Old Testament, the people of God had to...

TRUST IN GOD

TRUST IN GOD BY EVANGELINE UNITY ESSABA FOLSON PSALM 20:7 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God. PROVERBS 3:5-6 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct your path. There is some controversy on whether there is a difference between the word faith and trust or they have the same meaning. The Oxford English mini dictionary defines...

NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST YOU SHALL PROSPER

NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST YOU SHALL PROSPER BY EVANGELINE UNITY ESAABA FOLSON ISAIAH 54:17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper, and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servant of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me saith the Lord. This verse is trying to assure Christians or the children of God that, it does not matter how dangerous the evil plans the devil plots against us, it will...

GIVE ME NEITHER POVERTY NOR RICHES

GIVE ME NEITHER POVERTY NOR RICHES Proverbs 30: 7 – 9 Two things have I required of thee: deny me them not before I die: Remove far from me vanity and lies: Give me neither poverty nor riches: Feed me with food convenient for me: Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, who is the Lord? Or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. This was one of my dad’s favorite passages in the bible. It...

THE CLOUD OF WITNESS

THE CLOUD OF WITNESS Hebrews 12:1-3 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race set before us, looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith. Who for the joy that was set before Him, endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne...