“But I will court her again and bring her into the wilderness, and speak to her tenderly there. There I will give back her vineyards to her, and transform her valley of Troubles into a Door of Hope. She will respond to me there, singing with joy as in days long ago in her youth, after I had freed her from captivity in Egypt” Hosea 2:14-15 TLB If there is anyone whose life exemplified transformation of woeful situations (troubles) into a door of Hope it is Jesus. According to John 14:6 KJV, Jesus is THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND LIFE. In John 10:7 KJV Jesus said categorically, “I AM THE…

“Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation; the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak” Matthew 26:41 KJV The need for spiritual alertness cannot be overemphasized. Jesus gave the injunction above a few hours before He was arrested in the garden of Gethsemane. His prescription for temptation is ‘watch and pray’. It takes being watchful for one to be effective in prayer. Being carefully observant, alert, expectant, and having eyes for details are vital ingredients for prayers that overcome not only temptation, but also the tempter, our adversary the devil. Apart from being watchful in order not to succumb to satanic pressure, the word of God…

“If the Lord had not been on our side (let all Israel admit it), if the Lord had not been on our side, we would have been swallowed alive by our enemies, destroyed by their anger. We would have drowned beneath the flood of these men’s fury and pride” Psalm 124:1-5 TLB Imagine what would have happened if the devil were omnipotent. No child of God would sleep and wake up. Thank God he is not. God is.A study of the life of David shows he went through a series of challenges during his lifetime. There were times torrents of problems swept over him, threatening to drown him like a…