Psalm 4:7 God is the giver of true joy. Joy is an aspect of true faith. I'm referring to God given joy, this type of joy is not dependent on natural or outward factors, it doesn't need something physical to happen for this joy to erupt. This joy is part of the fruit of the Spirit. Galatians 5:22 Joy is more important than many people realize when it comes to their lives and spiritual walk. Guard your joy and see to it  that no one steals it. The enemy will try to steal your joy, he will use people, situations, circumstances and all sorts of distractions and gimmicks to try and steal your joy. John 10:10 You will do well not to give in to the enemy and his tricks, don't fall for it. We need our faith to please God. Hebrews 11:6 Joy reveals and reflects your faith. If you receive from God you will be joyful. John 16:24 We need faith to receive from God. Faith demands we believe and know we have received from God  before we receive the physical manifestation of that which we

  Psalm 8 Everything God has created has its own mystery and purpose. Many things we've learnt in school, which science has taught us are non-living things are things that have life according to the Bible. The earth is a living planet and creation of God. The earth responds to God's voice and to the commands of the sons of God. The earth can help and fight for a person. Revelation 12:15,16 The wind is also a living thing. The four winds of the earth act as agents of God. Jeremiah 49:32 God's people, those born of the Spirit are likened to wind. John 3:8 Creation has life and glory. There is more than meets the eye to everything God has created. Human beings are created to have dominion over other creations of God. Psalm 8:6 We exercise dominion largely by our words. We should speak, declare, decree, and pray from a position of understanding. Kings speak and their words are carried out. Ecclesiastes 8:4 In Christ Jesus, we are people of the kingdom of God, spirit-kings of ro

  Mark 8:36, 37 Our text passage emphasizes the value of a human soul, the value of your soul. If no one has ever told you before that you are valuable, accept it right now that you are. You are valuable and you are loved, this is what God wants you to know through this teaching. We live in a world where we have many things upside down compared to how things should be, when they are compared to how God intended them to be. We operate with belief systems and philosophies that contradict the Bible, no matter how intelligent they sound. Colossians 2:8 Our priorities have been misplaced, we value material things over people, we use people and love material things instead of using material things and loving people. God loves people and we should love people, especially those of the household of faith, God's people. Galatians 6:10 John 13:34 You are more valuable to God than all the riches of this world . Your soul is the most valuable creation on earth. It is sad to see people sell them

 John 11:1-44 Our text passage is an interesting, informative, and empowering one with lengthy verses. It is a story from the scriptures that proves to us that it is not the ending of a matter if God does not end the matter. It reveals that an issue may seem a particular way, it does not mean it has to be that way. This is because God has a different perspective to man, for this reason the things that are seen are subject to change through God. Physical things are temporal, that includes your challenges, difficulties, and setbacks. 2 Corinthians 4:18 Where man sees impossibilities God sees possibilities, where man sees challenges God sees opportunities. Where man sees an end, God sees a new beginning. Where man puts a full stop, God puts a comma. Lazarus was a friend of Jesus as well as his two sisters Mary and Martha but something tragic and difficult happened. Challenges do not mean God is not with you. Challenges can come to those who are in the Lord. That you're facing a challe

  2 Kings 13:15-19 The prophet Elisha informed the king of Israel as we read in our text passage that the king would have destroyed his enemies the Syrians totally, if the king had kept striking the ground with the arrows he shot. Unfortunately king Jehoahaz, the king of Israel fell short. He didn't strike long enough. If it is working, don't stop it. If it is working, don't change it. Don't change or stop whatever is working, keep doing what works. If it is the right thing, keep doing it. Prayer works, keep praying. Luke 18:1 Thee word of God works. keep speaking it and keep declaring it. Going into the Lord's presence in the place of meditation works, don't stop meditating on the word of God and His specific promises to you. At times we are closer to a breakthrough than we realize, if we stop what has been working for us we might miss out. This is not the time to give up. You might be just a step or action away from a miracle. Each time you pray, you are shoot

  Genesis 45:3-5 Our text passage shows us God can repackage an individual and present that person to his world as a better and improved person. That was the experience of Joseph in the land of Egypt. God gave him a change of story for the better, he was granted a change of identity for good, and a positive change of social status. Genesis 41:38-45 God granted him distinction, he was put on a pedestal others could not be put on in the whole of Egypt because God gave him the ability to solve a problem others could not solve. About thirteen years had passed since the brothers of Joseph sold him into slavery, over the years Joseph had learnt and started speaking the Egyptian language, and through a series of God orchestrated processes he rose to a Pharaoh-like status in Egypt. Unfortunately Joseph was from a family where there were issues just like many families have today. Families are often not perfect. He was from a family where his brothers had become his detractors, his critics, and