Work That Must Be Rejected

The Only Light That Shatters Darkness

Romans 13:12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.

Casting Off Darkness

The Urgency of the Present Moment

"The night is far spent, the day is at hand." These opening words carry profound urgency. The passage speaks not of some distant, theoretical future, but of now, a critical threshold where darkness is already receding and light is breaking through. This is not a gentle, gradual transition. The day is at hand close enough to touch, near enough to choose.

Understanding the Works of Darkness

What Darkness Truly Is

The "works of darkness" are not merely misdeeds or external failures. They represent the entire apparatus of spiritual wickedness and separation from God the patterns of living that flow from pride, from being alienated from Jesus Christ. These are your choices made in spiritual night: deception, envy, malice, pride, anger, bitterness, lust, greed, and all the internal corruption that finds expression in what you do and say.

We Must Cast Them Off

To “cast off the works of darkness” is more than simply trying to behave better. The imagery is that of removing filthy or unsuitable clothing. The “works of darkness” are the patterns, desires, attitudes, and actions that belong to a life lived apart from God, things that thrive in secrecy and are incompatible with the light of Jesus Christ. The Holy Ghost therefore calls you to deliberately take them off rather than make peace with them. Darkness is not something you are meant to decorate, manage, or carry with you into the day; it is something you are called to leave behind. You cannot put clean clothes over rags; you must actively renounce and abandon the old life. It requires an intentional act of the will to discard what belongs to the night before you can walk cleanly in the daylight.

Salvation and Peace with God

Here lies the deepest truth: you cannot genuinely put on the armour of light while you remain at odds with God.

The works of darkness cling to those who are spiritually separated from their Jesus Christ. You can attempt external reformation you can try to behave better, perform good deeds, clean up your life but without reconciliation with God through Jesus Christ, you remain fundamentally clothed in darkness. The armour won't fit. The light will not adhere to an unredeemed soul.

Salvation is the threshold. It is the moment when Christ's sacrifice closes the chasm between you and God. It is when you cease to be an enemy and become a friend. It is when peace deep, unshakeable peace replaces the restlessness of separation. Only then, standing in right relationship with God, saved by grace, can you genuinely shed the old life and step into the new

You cannot truly cast off the works of darkness merely by trying harder to become a better person. You need something deeper: you need to be saved. You need to be brought out of darkness and reconciled to God through Jesus Christ. Until you have peace with God, you may change your appearance, but you cannot change the deepest condition of your heart. If you have never accepted the forgiveness He offers through His death burial and resurrection, no exhortation to "put on the armor of light" will truly transform you. You will be rearranging deck chairs on a sinking ship, trying to appear righteous while remaining spiritually enslaved.

Today is the day, now is the moment for salvation, accept his free gift of salvation today and become a child of light.

A Brand New Creation In Jesus Christ

Your Purpose Rewritten, Your Future Is Now Secured

2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new

The Condition For Your Total Transformation

2 Corinthians 5:17 describes a spiritual metamorphosis. In the King James Version, the phrase "if any man be in Christ" establishes the necessary condition for this transformation. To be "in Christ" is not merely to believe in Him as a historical figure or to follow His moral teachings; it describes a spiritual union. It is the act of being grafted into His life, where the believer’s identity is swallowed up by Christ’s identity. Consequently, the believer is not simply "improved" or "reformed," but is called a "new creature." 

Metamorphosis: "Old Things Are Passed Away"

The phrase "old things are passed away" carries the weight of a decisive break. The word "passed away" implies something that has fundamentally expired, like a repealed law, a ended era, or a faded shadow.

When you are born of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, several specific "old things" lose their power over you:

• The Old Guilt and Record of Sin: The legal charge against you is cancelled. 
• The Old Dominion: You are no longer ruled by your old nature to live entirely for yourself. The authority of the old nature is broken.
• The Old Identity: Past titles, and human standards no longer define your worth.

All Things Become New

The Holy Ghost of God does not end in negation; he moves to affirmation. "Behold, all things are become new" shifts from what is gone to what is born. This is not gradual improvement or reformation, it is newness in its totality. Your mind, your heart, your purpose, your relationships, your future all are made new.

This newness is not something you manufacture through willpower. It is the work of the indwelling Christ. You become a new creature with a new nature capable of things the old nature could never accomplish. The gospel does not merely offer a better life; it offers a new life and you become brand new.

Remade in Christ's Image

Have you have accept Jesus Christ as your saviour by faith you need to know this with bone-deep certainty.  Old things are passed away. Finished. Buried with Christ in His death. The weight you have carried, the record of wrongs you have done, the identity forged in shame and failure, it has been erased.

And you, yes, you specifically, have been remade into something entirely new. Not reformed. Not improved. Not slightly better. But fundamentally new. That means your worst moment is not your life’s demise. Your past lust does not forecast your future. The failure that crushed you, the secret you have kept hidden, none of these things have the final word over your life. Jesus Christ and his power does.

All things are becoming new. Your purpose has been rewritten. The life you thought was finished has been given a second beginning, a true beginning, because now it is rooted in something real and everlasting, in Christ's death, burial and resurrection power. You are not salvaged goods; you are a new creation. And that, friend, changes everything.

The Reward That Awaits the Servants of the Lord

The Reward No One Else Could Give

Colossians 3:24 Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.

When the King Settles Every Account

In Colossians 3:24, the Holy Spirit pivots your gaze from the immediate, often ungrateful tasks of your daily life to a far more stable and glorious horizon. To "receive the reward" is the final, definitive resolution of a life lived in the service of the King.

1. The Source: Of the Lord

The most critical part of this passage is the origin of the compensation. Paul is writing to you, who may have been overlooked, underpaid, or even mistreated.

• The Audit: Your true employer is not a person or an organization; it is the Lord Christ. Human managers may miss your late nights, your integrity in the "regions beyond" of the office, or your "meekness" under pressure. God does not.
• The Certitude of the Debt: Because the reward comes "of the Lord," it is not subject to economic downturns or human whim. It is a guaranteed payout from the one who "trieth our hearts" and is faithful.

2. The Nature: The Reward of the Inheritance

There is a profound theological paradox here. Usually, a reward is earned by labor, but an inheritance is received by birth.

• The Quickening Link: This connects back to the "Last Adam." Because you have been quickened by His Spirit, you are now a legal heir. The "work" you do is not to earn the family name, but because you carry it.
• The Unfading Quality: Unlike an earthly paycheck that is spent and forgotten, this reward is an "inheritance"—it is substantial, eternal, and "furnished" by the Righteous Paymaster Himself.

3. The Motivation: For Ye Serve the Lord Christ

This is the "blueprint" for transformed service. When you realize that every report disseminated, every note written to a friend, and every act of "longsuffering" is a direct service to the Lord Christ, the mundane becomes majestic. You are not just fulfilling a contract; you are King’s faithful servant.

Your Crown is Coming

You have spent many days wondering if the sacrifices you make in the shadows are truly seen. You have worked until your hands were weary and your heart felt thin, often receiving little more than silence or further demands in return. You have held fast to "sound words" when it would have been easier to compromise, and you have served with a "perfect and upright" heart even when no one was watching to applaud.

You must lift your eyes from the dust of the daily grind.

The Lord Christ is not an indifferent Master. He has seen every hidden act of faithfulness and every silent victory over the "living soul’s" exhaustion. There is a "reward of inheritance" with your name on it—a weight of glory that is being carefully prepared for you even now. You are not working for a fading "living" but for an eternal "inheritance."

Your quiet obedience, your hidden sacrifices, and your labor of love although unnoticed by others; the Lord will not dismiss. When you finally stand before the Lord, the Quickener," He will not look at your pedigree or statistics or your status; He will look at your heart which He has tried and found faithful. In that moment, the weight of every trial will fall away, replaced by the staggering glory of His reward. You will realize that every ounce of strength you gave was an investment in an eternity that can never fade. 

Standfast, for the King is coming, and His reward is with Him and you will find that He is not only the Giver of the prize, but He is the Prize.

The Same Jesus, The Same Love, The Same Promise

The Everlasting Love Revealed in Jesus Christ

Jesus loves me, this I know, 

for the Bible tells me so. 

Little ones to him belong; 

they are weak, but he is strong. 

Refrain: 

Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me! 

Yes, Jesus loves me! The Bible tells me so.

by Anna Bartlett Warner

Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so”—carries a depth that reaches far beyond childhood memory. It echoes one of the most profound truths revealed in the King James Bible: the steadfast, personal, and redeeming love of God through Jesus Christ. In a world of shifting emotions and subjective "truths," the phrase "the Bible tells me so" is an anchor. It moves the love of God from the realm of feeling to the realm of fact.

• Jesus did not leave us to guess His heart. He said, "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends"

From the opening pages of Scripture to its final promises, the love of God is not merely described, it is demonstrated. In Genesis, humanity is formed by God’s own hand, made in His image. Even after the fall, when sin entered the world, God did not abandon His creation. Instead, He began unfolding a plan of redemption.

The object of that love

“Little ones to him belong; they are weak, but he is strong.”
The Bible portrays God’s love as tender toward the helpless and humble. Jesus welcomes children, identifies with the lowly, and promises provision for the weakest of His flock. The imagery of “little ones” underscores dependence: love offered to those who cannot repay it.

The Paradox: The Apostle Paul captured this perfectly, "And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness."

The Result: When you are "weak,” you stop trying to manufacture your own salvation and start leaning on the "Everlasting Arms". His strength isn't just added to yours; it replaces yours.

The love that never outgrows

You may think that as you grow older, you should "outgrow" the simple faith of a child. You may think you need complex systems, deeper philosophies, and more sophisticated ways to reach God. But the older you get, the more you should realize that the world is too big and your strength is too small.

The emotional impact of "Jesus Loves Me" isn't just found in its simplicity, but also in its safety.

It is the realization that the God who stretched out the heavens and called the stars by name can be touched by the feeling of your infirmities. He knows the "dust" you are made of (Psalm 103:14), and He isn't disappointed by your weakness—He is moved by it.

The love of God, the same yesterday, Today and forever

As you reflect on the love of God, you should be drawn to the person of Jesus Christ, who embodied this love in His ministry, His sacrifice, and His resurrection. The Bible declares that "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever" and that His love for you remains unchanging.

Jesus loves me.
Not because you are strong, but because He is.
Not because you deserve it, but because He is love.
Not because you understand it, but because He declared it eternally.

The Bible tells you so—not in whispers, but in the thunder of the cross, followed by His triumphant resurrection and confirmed by the Spirit of Promise.

Yes, Jesus loves me.
When you are weary, He is your rest.
When you are lost, He is your Shepherd.
When you are broken, He is your Redeemer.
When you are weak, He is strong.

And in the quiet certainty of that truth, your soul finds its anchor. The King of Glory knows your name. The Savior of the world chose the cross. The risen Christ intercedes still.

Yes, Jesus loves me.
Yes, Jesus loves you.
Not with a passing affection, but with an everlasting, unshakable, redeeming love…because the bible tell me so.

How One Man's Story Changed His Community

Go and Tell

Mark 5:19 Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.

The verse recounts a moment when Jesus encounters a man who has been healed. Rather than lingering for applause or further miracles, Jesus directs the healed man to return to his community and proclaim the work of the Lord.

Go Home and Tell Them

Then comes the command: “Go home to thy friends.” Grace does not erase your past relationships; it create a new path to redeems them. Jesus sends the man back to the very people who knew his madness, his shame, his brokenness. Why? Because transformation is most powerful where brokenness was most visible. The gospel is not just a speech—it is a life that tells a story no argument can silence.

Your Story is a Lifeline for the Lost

Lord Jesus Christ places remarkable weight on personal testimony—not polished arguments or borrowed stories, but your story. When He tells the healed man to go and tell what the Lord had done for him, He affirms that lived experience of grace carries an authority nothing else can replace. A testimony is not a performance; it is evidence. It is the visible proof that bondage can be broken and that mercy reaches where no human effort can.

Your testimony begins with freedom from the penalty of sin. You are not merely someone who changed habits or improved circumstances; you are someone who was rescued. Like the man once tormented and now whole, your life stands as a living witness that grace is stronger than guilt. When you tell others how Jesus Christ met you—whether in desperation, failure, or quiet surrender—you testify that salvation is not theory, but reality.

This calling goes beyond communication. It is not simply sharing information; it is becoming a voice. Jesus does not say, “Explain everything,” but “Tell them.” Speak what you know. Speak what you lived. Your story carries hope because it is honest. It tells the struggling, lost and the neglected that deliverance is possible, the ashamed that compassion still reaches, and the weary that God has not passed them by.

The power of a testimony is found not in its perfection, but in its purposeful authenticity. A broken life beautifully brought back by grace blazes brighter than any flawless facade that has never been fired by trial. When others hear your story, they do not merely encounter a history; they behold a hope of Jesus Christ. Your life becomes a bold bridge spanning the depths of despair and the fortress of faith.

In this light, your personal testimony is never an option; it is an urgent invitation. God does not simply save the sinner, He sends the servant. When your story is shared in humility with grace, it proves that the same grace that found you is still flowing, still following, and still freeing the fettered. You are not just a recipient of a rescue; you are now the messenger of the miracle of salvation.

Abounding Grace

Visualize a man once tormented by terror and living among the tombs, now poised at the threshold of the his home—clothed, calm, and completely restored. His neighbors, who still carried the echoes of his shrieks and their memory of his clattering chains, gather in a stunned, stifling silence. He does not deliver a discourse on doctrine; he simply declares the depth of his deliverance. He tells them how his blackest nights blossomed into bright mornings, and how the fury of fear was folded into a profound purposeful.

As he speaks of the Saviour that sought him out in the shadows, eyes that had been hardened by time begin to heal and soften. His life has become a bold bridge—living proof that grace can bypass any barrier and pull any soul from the grave toward everlasting life.

If you don’t have a testimony contact us today, you can be the change for your home, your family, your country.

The Heart of God Offering Hope and Redemption

Christmas: When Heaven Stepped Into Our Story

Christmas is more than a season—it is a declaration. It is the moment when eternity touched time, when God did not remain distant but choose to living among his creation. 

John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

Hope

Christmas should remind you that God saw humanity having no hope, in darkness and answered it with Light.

John 1:5 The light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

The world did not recognize Him. There was no palace, no crown, no applause—only a manger.

Luke 2:11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.

Christmas tells the story of a God who meets you where we are so we might be led where He is. It declares that no heart is too far, no night too dark, and no life beyond redemption.

This season invites you to pause—not just to celebrate, but to receive. To welcome the Light of life.

Because Christmas is not about what we give—it’s about the Lord’s perfect offer to you.

2 Corinthians 9:15 Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.

Celebrate

This Christmas, gather with your family and friends to celebrate not just the holiday, but the message of hope, and redemption. Share your thoughts and traditions in the comments below.

Dry Snitching

 You Tell On Yourself

“You tell on yourself by the friends you seek,

By the very manner in which you speak;

By the way you employ your leisure time,

By the use you make of dollar and dime, 

You tell what you are by the things you wear,

By the spirit in which your burdens you bear;

By the kind of things at which you laugh,

By the records you play on the phonograph,

You tell what you are by the way you walk,

By the things of which you delight to talk;

By the manner in which you bear defeat,

By so simple a thing as how you eat.

By the books you choose from the well-filled shelf,

In these ways, and more, you tell on yourself.

So, there’s really no particle of sense,

In an effort to keep up false pretense.”

In these ways, and more, you tell on yourself.

by Anonymous