A Devotional Life

The Revelation of the Cross post series «  intro    the suffering    the hell    the joy    the love    the forgiveness    the total surrender    the fellowship  » A facet of the revelation of the cross is the suffering of Christ (The revelation of His suffering). Every other facet of the revelation of the cross flows from the suffering of Christ; for instance, the cross reveals fellowship (the fellowship of His suffering), the cross reveals/teaches forgiveness (forgiveness in His suffering), and so on. So, what is the suffering and its significance? To Jesus on the cross, the suffering was the pain and weight of our sins, the suffering was what He experienced on the cross. Since, Jesus lived a life of sacrifice – even by His coming to the world, the suffering began prior to the physical cross – through His self-denial. To Jesus, the cross was a daily experience, Luke 9:23. To us the sufferin...

The Revelation of the Cross post series «  intro    the suffering    the hell    the joy    the love    the forgiveness    the total surrender    the fellowship  » By God’s grace, I would like to share a deep topic with you. It is going to be a session, so we will take it in bits. Kathryn Kuhlman in one of her messages said something which struck me, she said: Everyone at a point(s) in life, whether a Believer or not, will go through a difficult trial, and anyone who endures and passes these tests, will come out stronger. If you are alive on earth, you will definitely have a season of real uncommon trial, uncommon because you will want to quit, as that would be the only feasible option… You know, that’s biblical – in John 16:33 Jesus makes us know that we will sure have trials. One time, I was meditating and a friend came to mind – a very close friend and mentor in faith during my undergra...

Sacrificial thanksgiving is a kind of thanksgiving (or expression of gratitude to God for what he has done) by presenting an offering. In 2 Samuel 24:24 (also seen in 1 Chronicles 21:24), we see David’s expression of gratitude to God - He presents a kind of thanksgiving to God, and we see his decision of; not giving God an offering that had cost him nothing. This form of thanksgiving is the sacrificial thanksgiving. 1 Samuel 1:24-28 teaches on two expressions of sacrificial thanksgiving, distinguished by the offering. The first expression involves offering; for the promise (as seen in verse 24). In this expression of sacrificial thanksgiving, the substance of sacrifice – i.e. what is being offered or what we use to say thank you to God – is often not the promise itself. From the passage (in verse 24) we see Hannah presenting three bullocks, one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, as her sacrificial thanksgiving offering, in gratitude to God for the fulfillment of the promise (S...