Dearly Beloved,

WAIT, AND MURMUR NOT

"Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord" (Psalm 27:14 NIV).

Little is known historically about the hymn "WAIT, AND MURMUR NOT" and its writer, W.H. Bellamy. However, the hymn is one of the comforting hymns for anyone who is passing through a difficult time. The writer referred to such a person as the "troubled heart" and reminded him that there is a home beyond the reach of toil and care where changes never…

Dearly Beloved,

THE PRESENCE OF GOD

"Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence?" (Psalm 139:7 NIV).

The omnipresent nature of God is affirmed throughout the Bible. Psalm 139 is especially written for this purpose. God is everywhere. There is no hiding place from Him. He is the unseen companion of man wherever man finds himself.

This fact of the presence of God is both an encouraging and warning fact. It is encouraging to know that the…

Dearly Beloved,

LET GOD CONTEND!

The violent protests in Egypt and Libya over a US-produced film that demonstrators believe insults the Prophet Muhammad that led to the killing of the US ambassador in Libya and three other Americans and the rumoured proposed demonstrations in other Muslim-dominated areas especially in Nigeria made me changed the message that I intended to send out this week and delved into my archive to adapt this message titled "JERUB-GOD" initially sent out…

Dearly Beloved,

CAN YOU KILL?

"Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment…" (Matthew 5:21-22a KJV).

"Anyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life in him" (1 John 3:15 NIV).

We were having our supper that evening when my…

Dearly Beloved,

ARE YOU CONSCIOUS OF IT?

"For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever" (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 NIV).

Recently, I sent out a message in my Internet ministry…