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PRAISE IS A POWERFULL WEAPON

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

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

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

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

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...

ORDER MY STEPS

ORDER MY STEPS By Evangeline Unity Esaaba Folson Psalm 119:133 Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me. Let’s compare two other translations of the verse above:  The good news Translation says As you have promised keep me from falling; do not let me be overcome with evil.  The New living translation says; Guide my steps by your word, so I will not be overcome by evil. If I am to simplify the verse above...

ENCOURAGE YOURSELF IN THE LORD

ENCOURAGE YOURSELF IN THE LORD By Evangeline Unityb Esaaba Folson 1 samuel 30:6-8 And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the Lord his God. And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahemelech’s son, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought hither the ephod to David. And David inquired...

COME UNTO ME ALL YE THAT ARE HEAVILY LADEN

COME UNTO ME ALL YE THAT ARE HEAVILY LADEN By Evangeline Unity Esaaba Folson Matthew 11:28-30 11:28 come unto me all ye that labor and are heavily laden, and I will give you rest 11:29 take my yoke upon you and learn of me, for I am meek and loyal in heart and ye shall find rest unto your souls. 11:30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. The passage above, were word spoken by our Lord Jesus...

2022, OUR YEAR OF POSIBILITIES

2022, OUR YEAR OF POSIBILITIES By Evangeline Unity esaaba Folson Matthew 19:26 But Jesus, beheld them, and said unto them, with men this is impossible; but with god all things are possible. The year 2022 is just around the corner and we all wait for it with mixed feelings. First of all, the COVID-19 pandemic which seemed to have almost come to an end around August-September has taken a new turn with the omicron variant which seem to be...

JESUS CAME THAT WE MAY HAVE LIFE

JESUS CAME THAT WE MAY HAVE LIFE By Evangeline Unity Esaaba Folson John 10:9 -12 10:9 I am the door by me if any man enters in, he shall be saved and shall go in and out and find pasture 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal and to kill, and to destroy. I come that they might have it more abundantly 10:11 I am the good shepherd, the good shepherd giveth its life for the sheep 10:12 But...