In life a times things happen that lower our standards as we live and serve God. The standard of a Person can be lowered spiritually or physically in the following ways:- a. Injustices and unrighteousness b. Walking in darkness c. Stumbling in life d. Backsliding e. Sinful life f. Transgression g. Unfruitfulness When the standards are lowered the enemy takes advantage to oppress the Christians and make their lives miserable and barren. But when God sees the way the people are oppressed He releases His Spirit among His people to raise the standard in them to fight against every power of darkness that brings oppression. After lifting a standard to fight for His People He makes a new covenant with His people to establish them in His righteou...
Do you have a friend? Do you know the friend Jesus? Every person tends to have a friend in life and those who lack friends in their lives are considered to be less fortunate in the society or even in the assembly of brethren because the friendship is tagged to a given value or price in life. When people come together to make friends they are aiming at a given objective or goal to achieve. I want us to look unto Jesus Christ as a friend but before that let us learn some types of friends/friendship. We have different kinds or types of friendships in our daily encounters in life as we interact with people. The following are some of just example that we find in the bible: - 1. Covenantal friends or friendship This is the type where the two or more come together and binds themselves in a covenant of friendship. The aim here is to protect one another from the danger of life and to grant everyone safety. A good example of this from the bible is David...