Biblepraise Fellowship Online

Have you ever found yourself in a helpless situation? A place where you needed help and no one was there to give you the needed help? Well, I have been in that situation and I know how it feels to be abandoned and rejected.

Jesus tells us the story of the traveler who was waylaid by robbers on the way. He was stripped of all that he had, was beaten and left for dead. We are not told when the incident happened but what we know is that after the man had been left for a while, people began to pass by.
The first person mentioned was a priest. People in the office of a priest are expected to be compassionate and kind. The Bible tells us that we do not have a high priest who cannot be touched by our weakness (Heb 4:15). When the priest saw the wounded man, he acted c...

I have discovered in my years of Christian experience, that when it comes to God, there are no dead ends.

In times past, I  found myself in situations where it seemed like there was no way out. I would evaluate all kinds of solution plans but each would lead to dead ends. I would despair and wonder whether to seek alternate routes or give up altogether. One day however, I was confronted with a scripture verse that changed my attitude to the tough situations in life.
One day, Jesus' disciples met with what seemed like a dead end. Before this time, they had been empowered by Jesus to cast out demons and heal the sick. Oh, how it excited them, seeing the demons flee! "When the seventy-two followers returned, they were excited and said, "Lord, even the demons obey...

All of us have heard the grim news. A 9.0-magnitude earthquake struck Japan last Friday. The massive temblor struck at 2:46 p.m. local time and did significant damage to highways, homes, and factories. Amazingly, although they suffered damage, major buildings near the epicenter - designed to withstand Japan's frequent earthquakes - did not collapse. But the worst was yet to come.
If the earthquake was the blow from a heavyweight boxer's left hand, the roundhouse right came from the devastating tsunami that came shortly after the earth had buckled. Seawater, mud, houses, automobiles, and debris of infinite varieties rolled over the island nation. Lives were snuffed out by the thousands.

Now the world is watching in fear of the possibilities for still more devast...

My friend and I were chatting online a few days ago about the devastation of the many parts of Japan due to the twin-events of the earthquake and the tsunami.  I was giving her graphic details of what I was watching on TV;  huge waves as tall as 27 feet, travelling at 500km/h and  wrecking everything in its path.

As we wondered about the scope and the extent of the carnage, she asked, ‘I wonder what God was thinking when all this was happening?’  I asked her what she meant and she said, ‘Couldn’t He have prevented it from happening?’ My reply was, ‘God made a perfect world but man took a decision contrary to God’s command and since then, we have been  facing the consequences’.


I am sure like my friend, many will be asking the same questions. If God is good,...

For the sake of argument, let me assume that you have a career path. It may have been challenged of late, and you may be functioning outside your sweet spot. But there is something for which you see yourself best suited. You hope that career will make it possible for you to pay your bills, take care of your family responsibilities, and provide a certain standard of living. You probably also expect it to provide certain less-tangible rewards as titles and social standing.
But do you also have a calling? Consistent with the way most people hear that term, a calling involves a clear sense of being commissioned by God for some holy task. It is an awareness of the sovereignty of God over who you are and what you are doing with your life. It is the s...

As I was driving to work this morning, I felt like praying the Lord's Prayer.  I prayed it slow... allowing for time to think about each part and what that might mean for this day.  I wanted to make it personal... individual... so I started to pray...

"Our Father, who art in Heaven..."   He is not just my Father, but ours. He has no favourites but He listens to anyone who calls upon Him.
"Hollowed be Thy name."  We honour Him for who He is.  Here we remember His holiness. His name is not to be used carelessly or loosely but in reverence and in praise.

"Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven."  We desire His kingdom and we also think of how we can be a part of what He is doing... wanting to make our lives available to Him. To be led by Him this day.

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