Commemoration of God Inspired Victory - [Exodus 17:8] Moses said to Joshua,"Choose some men for us and go out, fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand"- (v.11) So Joshua fought as Moses had ordered, and the Israelites were winning, but whenever Moses lowered his hands the Amalekites prevailed.......
(v12) Aaron and Hur held up his hands, on both sides until the sun set - And they won the war; LORD said to Moses: "Write down this as a reminder in a book and recite it in the hearing of Joshua"- An alter was built there and called it "The banner of the LORD" +
The Difference Between Samson And SAMUEL - [1 Samuel 12:12]
Samson repeatedly dishonoured the Lord by his actions and his lifestyle. That's because he had no regard for God's honour. Whereas, Samuel said to his people, 'The LORD your God was your king' - Honouring God was the highest priority.
The Lesson for everyone steps behind a pulpit is this: Their motive should be to make God look good, not to boost the self-ego with flattering propaganda....... !
The truth is that without the power of God's indwelling Spirit, none of us have what it takes to do the job, and we must never forget that.......
The Bible says,'For the LORD is the God of Knowledge; and by Him actions are weighed'- (1Samuel 2:3) - Samson did not realise that the Lord had departed from him (Judg.16:20)
ST Paul admonishes the Corinth Church - [1 Corinthians 13:13]
When Paul wrote of knowing "fully" well that he was referring to when we must see Christ face to face. God gives believers spiritual gifts for their lives on earth in order to build up, serve, and strengthen fellow Christians. The spiritual gifts are for the church. Today, people are still confused about love..... The greatest of all human qualities is an attribute of God himself (1 John 4:8) - 'Love Is Indispensable In Life'
Faith - The foundation of stead fast TRUST in God and content of His messages -
Hope - The unswerving attitude and FOCUS towards selfless service to others -
Love - When faith and hope are in line, we are free to love extravagantly -
<<< DOES OUR FAITH FULLY EXPRESS ITSELF IN LOVING OTHERS.....??>>>
\\o// The primary goal of the Orthodox Christian is to struggle toward theosis—deification. The word theosis often conjures up images of a super hero like Thor or a Greek god like Zeus. When St. Athanasius proclaimed that “God became human so that humans can become gods,” he was not envisioning super-human strength, nor was he envisioning a life of moral perfection. To become like God is to love as God loves, which means, as Jesus proclaimed, even the enemy and the stranger. The struggle for theosis is one that entails a learning how to love. It is often so very difficult to love even our parents, siblings, friends—imagine now learning how to love the enemy and the stranger...
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