GOD IS KING OF KINGS

Siku moja usiku nikiwa katika chumba cha hoteli moja hapa hapa nchini, baada ya kutoka kwenye semina ya kiroho; Roho Mtakatifu alisema ndani ya roho yangu kuwa; “Fundisha juu ya Damu ya Yesu Kristo”.Tangu wakati huo nimekuwa na maombi ya mara kwa mara, nikiomba Roho Mtakatifu anifundishe juu ya Damu ya Yesu Kristo. Nimekuwa nikisoma na kutafakari neno la Mungu linalofundisha juu ya damu ya Yesu Kristo. Ni muda umepita sasa tangu nipate agizo hili. Ndani ya moyo wangu naona ya kuwa muda umefika wa mimi kuanza kuwashirikishawenzangu yale ambayo tayari yamo ndani yangu ingawa ni machache, juu ya Damu ya Yesu Kristo.Katika mfulilizo wa somo hili,tutashirikiana juu ya mambo manne tunayopata katika Damu ya Yesu Kristo. Ukweli ni kwamba katika damu ya Yesu Kristo kunapatikana zaidi ya mambo manne nitakayokushirikisha humu; lakini kwa sasa naona nianze na haya manne:-1. Uwezo wa Damu ya Yesu Kristo katika kuondoa dhambi. Imeandikwa katika kitabu cha 1Yohana 1:9 kuwa; “Tukiziungama dhambi zetu,...

First of all, we all sin (Isaiah 53:6 “We all, like sheep, have gone astray, eachof us has turned to his own way” and Romans 3:23 “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God”).The fact that you recognize your sin and feel badly about it should give you encouragement for several reasons. For one thing, a lot of peoplesin and don’t think there’s anything wrong with it – yet God has opened your eyes to seeing how destructive itcan be. But God does not want you tolive with guilt. He wants you to know and fully experience His forgiveness.God does not simply overlook our sin and say, “You’re forgiven.” God sees our sin but is ready to forgive us because Jesus fully took OUR sin on Himself and paid for our sin by His death on the cross. Our sin is serious and it cost Jesus incredible suffering.But from the moment we received Christ into our lives, His forgiveness is ours. We can’t ever make up for ourown sin or suffer enough for it – nor does God want us to. “But God demonstrates ...

First of all, we all sin (Isaiah 53:6 “We all, like sheep, have gone astray, eachof us has turned to his own way” and Romans 3:23 “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God”).The fact that you recognize your sin and feel badly about it should give you encouragement for several reasons. For one thing, a lot of peoplesin and don’t think there’s anything wrong with it – yet God has opened your eyes to seeing how destructive itcan be. But God does not want you tolive with guilt. He wants you to know and fully experience His forgiveness.God does not simply overlook our sin and say, “You’re forgiven.” God sees our sin but is ready to forgive us because Jesus fully took OUR sin on Himself and paid for our sin by His death on the cross. Our sin is serious and it cost Jesus incredible suffering.But from the moment we received Christ into our lives, His forgiveness is ours. We can’t ever make up for ourown sin or suffer enough for it – nor does God want us to. “But God demonstrates...

WHAT IS PRAYER?Prayer is an intimate conversation with God that comes from a personal relationship with Him.Anybody can pray, even a child in the simplest language, in fact it is a command to all God's children to pray. 1 Tess 5:17 says "pray at all times", and Col 4:12 "be persistent in prayer".We do not only have a command from God that we must pray, we have an invitation to speak to Him about anything. "So whenever we are in need, we should come bravelybefore the throne of our merciful God. There we will be treated with undeserved kindness, and we will find help". (Heb 4:16)Prayer is not to give your wish list orshopping-list to God, it is not a way to manipulate Him so that you get the things that you desire.God is waiting for us to pray: "The LORD said, "I was ready to answer my people's prayers, but they did not pray. I was ready for them to findMe, but they did not even try. The nation did not pray to Me, even though I was always r...

WHAT IS PRAYER?Prayer is an intimate conversation with God that comes from a personal relationship with Him.Anybody can pray, even a child in the simplest language, in fact it is a command to all God's children to pray. 1 Tess 5:17 says "pray at all times", and Col 4:12 "be persistent in prayer".We do not only have a command from God that we must pray, we have an invitation to speak to Him about anything. "So whenever we are in need, we should come bravelybefore the throne of our merciful God. There we will be treated with undeserved kindness, and we will find help". (Heb 4:16)Prayer is not to give your wish list orshopping-list to God, it is not a way to manipulate Him so that you get the things that you desire.God is waiting for us to pray: "The LORD said, "I was ready to answer my people's prayers, but they did not pray. I was ready for them to findMe, but they did not even try. The nation did not pray to Me, even though I was always r...

WHAT IS PRAYER?Prayer is an intimate conversation with God that comes from a personal relationship with Him.Anybody can pray, even a child in the simplest language, in fact it is a command to all God's children to pray. 1 Tess 5:17 says "pray at all times", and Col 4:12 "be persistent in prayer".We do not only have a command from God that we must pray, we have an invitation to speak to Him about anything. "So whenever we are in need, we should come bravelybefore the throne of our merciful God. There we will be treated with undeserved kindness, and we will find help". (Heb 4:16)Prayer is not to give your wish list orshopping-list to God, it is not a way to manipulate Him so that you get the things that you desire.God is waiting for us to pray: "The LORD said, "I was ready to answer my people's prayers, but they did not pray. I was ready for them to findMe, but they did not even try. The nation did not pray to Me, even though I was always r...

WHAT IS PRAYER?Prayer is an intimate conversation with God that comes from a personal relationship with Him.Anybody can pray, even a child in the simplest language, in fact it is a command to all God's children to pray. 1 Tess 5:17 says "pray at all times", and Col 4:12 "be persistent in prayer".We do not only have a command from God that we must pray, we have an invitation to speak to Him about anything. "So whenever we are in need, we should come bravelybefore the throne of our merciful God. There we will be treated with undeserved kindness, and we will find help". (Heb 4:16)Prayer is not to give your wish list orshopping-list to God, it is not a way to manipulate Him so that you get the things that you desire.God is waiting for us to pray: "The LORD said, "I was ready to answer my people's prayers, but they did not pray. I was ready for them to findMe, but they did not even try. The nation did not pray to Me, even though I was always r...

he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness andbrought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves,New Living TranslationFor he has rescued us from the kingdom of darkness and transferred us into the Kingdom of his dear Son,English Standard VersionHe has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son,New American Standard BibleFor He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son,King James BibleWho hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translatedusinto the kingdom of his dear Son:Holman Christian Standard BibleHe has rescued us from the domain of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son He loves.International Standard VersionGod has rescued us from the power of darkness and has brought us into the kingdom of the Son whom he loves,NET BibleHe delivered us from the power of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of the Son he loves,Aramaic Bible in Plain Engl...

If you think about it,there are really only five things you can do with money:*.Earn it*.Spend it*.Save it*.Invest it*.Give itThat may sound simple.But when it comes to actuallydoing it,all sorts ofquestions arise, such as:*.How much money do I need to earn?*.How much should I save?*.How much should I spend?*.Where should I invest it?*.How much should I give?The following advice will help you to begin thinking through these issues:1. EarningMost people have to earn an income some way or another. Some people do this by working at a job, others own their own business, and still others earn their living through more unconventional means, such as investing in real estate or the stock market.Whichever way you earn yourmoney, a key decision in this area is determining how much money you actually need to survive.Many people fall into the trap of working more than they need to, simply because they can’t say no to the extra money. They put in overtimeat work, thus depriving themselves, their f...

It is one of the Bible’s many sweet and powerful promises: “Resist the devil and he will flee from you” (James 4:7). The question is, though, how do we do this? In very practical ways, how do we resist the devil? Thomas Brooks offers a list of ten ways the Christian can resist Satan’s temptations.1.Be Ruled by the Word. Make the Word of God your rule and authority and live in obedience to all it says. It will keep you walking straight andguard you from all manner of temptation. “When men throw off the Word, then God throws off them, and then Satan takes them by the hand, and leads them into snares at his pleasure.”2.Beware of Grieving the Holy Spirit. It is the Holy Spiritthat gives the Christian the ability to discern Satan’s temptations and to see his hand in and behind life’s circumstances. If you grieve the Spirit, you drive off the one whose ministry involves guarding you against Satan’s attacks.3.Labor for Wisdom. There isa great difference between knowledge and wisdom, between a...

Our Favorite Sins: The Sins We Commit And How You Can Quit (Thomas Nelson, March 2012) offers statistics, stories and spiritual principles to readers with the goal of helping them overcome the temptations and sins that often hinder their lives."The main thesis of the book is we're all in the grip of our desires, and that until we reorder our desires we will never, in any kind of sort of ongoing, organic, sort of natural way, be able to defeat our temptations. Because you can't be tempted by something that you don't have a pre-existing desire for," Hunter told The Christian Post on Thursday.Hunter, who is the founding pastor of Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Costa Mesa, Calif., and the book's publishers at Thomas Nelson employed the help of the Barna Group, a Ventura, Calif.-based religious research company, to provide research statistics for the book. The Barna Group surveyed 1,021 American adults– both Christians and non-Christians alike – in February 2011 t...

Bible verses related toPower Of Prayerfrom the King James Version (KJV) by Relevance-Sort By Book OrderJames 5:16- Confess [your] faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayerof a righteous man availeth much.1 Thessalonians 5:17- Pray without ceasing.Philippians 4:13- I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.John 14:14- If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do [it].John 15:7- If ye abide in me, and my wordsabide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.John 14:13- And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.2 Chronicles 7:14- If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will Ihear from heaven, and will forgive their sin,and will heal their land.James 1:5- If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all [men] liberally, and u...

Does God exist? If so, who and what is He? These questions are too important for blind belief or scoffing dismissal. You can know, and you can know Him![image]Since the beginning of time, in times of trouble, loneliness, worry or deep contemplation, men and women have pondered the deep questions of life. Why are we here? What does it all mean? Is all that we go through just meaningless and futile? Or is there something more—something just outside of our abilities to discern and discover?Throughout history people have contemplated the possibility of supernatural beings who hold the keys to the mysteries of life.Is there a God? Can we prove His existence? If He does exist, why did He create us? Why doesn’t He make Himself so obvious that no one could doubt Him?What is He like? Can we understand Him? Is He in some ways like us, or is He completely incomprehensible to us mere mortals?Does He care for us? Does He want to have a relationship with us? What doesHe expect from us?TheBibleclaims...

'Spirit'/'breath' can be seen as a type of noun that has the implied character of a verb. Picture the thing known as 'wind'. Do you think of it as being still? Doesn't every image the word creates have motion, activity, movement, effect? Verbsare 'action words', but then, in their own way, so are nouns like 'wind'. The Spirit is an 'action noun', too.The Spiritverbs all that exists-- the Spiritacts, moves, agitates, births, andenergizes.The Spirit is often -- and rightly -- described as 'God in action'. But the description cannot stop there, because:1.the Father and the Son act, too, and each has a presence of their own.2.what makes the Spirit a person, before anything else, is how the Spirit relates to the Father and Son. We can find out how well they work as a unit, but we have no handle on how that comes about. Thisrelationshipis part of what defines the Godhead.3.The Holy Spirit is not merely present and 'in action...

Introduction to the Holy SpiritJust who is the Holy Spirit? For many the Holy Spirit is a New Testament revelation. However, the Holy Spirit’s presence is from the first chapter of Genesis to the last chapter of Revelation.The Holy Spirit is not new to the pages of Scripture; He plays a vital role in God’s plan of redemption, from creation to eternity. InGenesis 1:2, the Spirit of God, the Holy Spirit, hovered over the formless void of creation. In the last chapter of Revelation, the Holy Spirit invites humanity to partake in God’s redemption (Revelation 22:17)The Holy Spirit, along with the Son and Father are co-equal, or One God in Three Persons, sharing a single Divine essence or being. The term coined to describe this relationship isTrinity, although the word Trinity is not in the Bible,the term best describes the nature of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. One God, revealed in three persons.As the Christian faith spread throughout out the Roman and pagan worlds, the doctrine of t...

Question: "What is the role of the HolySpirit in our lives today?"Answer:Of all the gifts given to mankind by God, there is none greater than the presence of the Holy Spirit. The Spirit has many functions, roles, and activities. First, He does a work in the hearts of all people everywhere. Jesus told the disciples that He would send the Spirit into the world to “convict the world of guilt in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment” (John 16:7-11). Everyone has a “God consciousness,” whether or not they admit it. The Spirit appliesthe truths of God to minds of men to convince them by fair and sufficient arguments that they are sinners. Responding to that conviction brings men to salvation.Once we are saved and belong to God, the Spirit takes up residence in our hearts forever, sealing us with theconfirming, certifying, and assuring pledge of our eternal state as His children. Jesus said He would send the Spirit to us to be our Helper, Comforter, and Guide. “And I will ask...

I was talking with a friend who had been a Christian for many years. The topic of his baptism came up.“Why did you want to be baptized?” I askedhim.“Because I wanted to receive the power of the Holy Spirit so that I could overcome all my sins.”“Did it work?”He laughed. “No.”His intentions were good, but his understanding was flawed. (No one understands perfectly, and we are saved byGod’s mercy despite our misunderstandings.)The Holy Spirit is not something we can “switch on” to achieve our overcoming goals, like some kind of supercharger for our willpower. We do not call the shots. The Spirit serves us, but he is not our servant.The Holy Spirit is God, present with us and in us, giving us the love, assurance and fellowship that the Father has for us in Christ. Through Christ, the Father has made us his own children, and the Holy Spirit gives us the spiritual sense of knowing his love for us (Romans 8:16).The Holy Spirit gives us fellowship with God through Christ, but he does not remov...