By God’s great grace and wisdom, He has given us our intellects. Our brains can come up with brilliant ideas that can make us leap and shout for joy. Because of these God-given cognitive gifts, we are able to spark progress that explodes into exhilarating scientific and technological advancement. By the power of the Holy …
Weddings bring such a beautiful moment in a person’s life. From the time the man kneels down and offers the ring to the engagement season when the soon-to-be-married couple prepare for the coming wedding, there is so much excitement that many are willing to spend a great deal on it. The wedding day comes when …
God calls every Christian to be Holy, for He is Holy (1 Peter 1:16 For the Scriptures say, “You must be holy because I am holy). We are encouraged by the Apostle Peter to prepare our minds for action and to exercise self-control. People of God are also told to put all our hopes in …
The Bible presents four types of love based on ancient Greek definitions; eros, phileo, storge, and agape. However, those are not the only Greek definitions. There are four others, but they are not biblically acceptable; pragma, philautia, ludus, and mania. The secular view of eros may also be included. Pragma or practical love is about …
Happiness is a sweet state of being that we all long for. There are many things in life that can make us happy, including family, friends, success, and countless kinds of celebrations. Each one of us has experienced happiness in this world and we love to be wrapped up in that emotion. We want to …
Anger in its purest form can be a very beautiful and desirable emotion. One of the greatest features of God is that He can be angry. However, His anger is entirely different from ours. God is superior to us in every way and every nature or attribute that He has is beautiful. God’s anger, according …
In (1 Corinthians 13:5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;), Paul tells us that one of the characteristics of Godly love is that it is not rude. In the King James version, it is translated as “love doth not behave itself unseemly.” The word “unseemly” …
Most often, when people have offended us, we keep a mental list of every wrong that has been done to us. Given the opportunity, we remind ourselves and our offenders about the offenses and use this list against them. Such a hateful attitude can easily turn into bitterness or even a feud. It can turn …
In 1 Corinthians 13:4, Paul mentions that love does not boast. Oftentimes, we like flaunting our personal trophies before people, whether it is fame, power, or fortune. We love talking about ourselves because it makes us feel like we are higher and better than other people. Boasting can be either an expression of a highlighted …
The Bible identifies the Antichrist as one who will oppose God and His people in the last hour (1 John 2:18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.). The apostle John …