Bible Gems

Encouraging, Powerful, Uplifting

God Who Never Ceases To Create

2 weeks ago   -  2 comments

E ven before the creation of this world; and all the wonders of our universe: God has been a creator.  He created the angels before He created Adam and Eve:  Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire,  the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. Tho...

Read More

The "Heart" of The Issue

3 weeks ago   -  0 comments

Picture for a moment a tall glass full of water. We’ll call that our “heart”.  Jesus promises a blessing for those who have a pure heart. “Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.”  “Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.” ~Matthew 5:8 And from our “heart” we pour this water into 3 smaller cups. We’ll call these, “thoughts”, “words” and “actions”.  ...

Read More

Ephesians 4-6

1 month ago   -  0 comments

Does warm, active, Christian love elude you? Do you behave like the world at large? Look at today's largest social issues and biggest news items. Do you see almost gleeful polarisation, name calling, and hard-line language? Outrage for the trivial and apathy for the rest? Jesus saw it all happening: “Iniquity shall abound” and “the love of many will become cold,” He said in Matthew 24:12 when the disciples asked for signs of the end of the world.   ...

Read More

Why Are You Here?

1 month ago   -  1 comment

There’s so much in the life of Elijah that has made him one of my absolute favourite historical characters. Filled with faith, courage and boldness, his story is one I love to go back to; but, 1 Kings chapter 19 is probably my favourite chapter of his life. A beautiful picture of God’s love to His children. It opens us up to the story of Elijah after mount Carmel, where God manifested His power for his servant and the people of Israel. Elijah expected great things to follow thi...

Read More

Overcoming the Impregnable

2 months ago   -  0 comments

How can I turn my weakest points into my strongest? History gives us a striking example. Many fierce nations lived in the land of Canaan. One of the most feared were the Jebusites. Their city of Jebus was considered impregnable. They frightened and discouraged the spies of Israel at the very borders of the promised land. Even though God worked miraculously for Israel leading them out of Egypt, promising them the victory, even then, they didn’t want to face the Jebusites. ...

Read More

Trusting in His love

2 months ago   -  2 comments

“He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.” (Proverbs 11:28). Everyday, God is wooing us to His heart through multiple avenues. On this particular day, nature was the avenue. I saw a billboard sign as I was traveling home the other week which read something like: “Your garden needs less water than you think in the dry season.” After reading this statement, I pondered about water and its benefits, when my eyes were ...

Read More

Little Things

2 years ago   -  7 comments

The little things… Why do we even bother with them? Perhaps you’ve had one of those days recently where you felt like you didn’t really accomplish anything much. You were busy all day, but it was just doing a round of little things. Inside you longed to be doing something great and ‘important.’ The Bible has encouragement for just such …because success and greatness is not always measured in the Bible by appearances, but by willingness and faithfulness....

Read More