Faith & Christian Living

Prayer The storms that come against us do so with power strong enough to disrupt or destroy our lives. If we are going to overcome them, then we will need a greater degree of power and authority. All the power and authority we need have already been provided us in Christ: “Behold, I give unto […]

The Wisdom of God In 1 Corinthians 10:13, we are told that God provides a way of escape for every trial that comes our way so that we are able to bear and overcome it. God’s way of escape is the only safe passage out of every storm. Every other escape route will only worsen

How to Overcome In Matthew 7:24-27, we read the following, “Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock. “And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and yet

The last type of storms we shall look at are needless storms. These types of storms have no reward attached to them, but only needless pain and trouble. Not everything is caused by a demon and not every evil situation is directly brought about by the devil. We may be responsible for our own needless

The third type of storms we shall look at are those storms that may not be directly or necessarily caused by God; however, God allows them and we cannot just pray them away. Rather, we have to learn to live victoriously and thrive in the midst of the storm lest we are pulled down and

Biblical Examples of Godly Storms An example of a goldy storm can be found in the story of Jonah: “The word of the LORD came to Jonah the son of Amittai saying, “Arise, go to Nineveh the great city and cry against it, for their wickedness has come up before Me.” But Jonah rose up

Godly Storms The Second type of storm we will look at are godly storms. These are disruptions to our usual routines that are orchestrated by God Himself for His own purpose. Godly storms can bring us into the center of His will, e.g., when we veer off, bring correction to us, and also test our

Types of Storms – Evil Storms We read in Ecclesiastes 8:6 that there is a proper procedure for every matter. In the same way, understanding the type of storm you are dealing with is key to knowing the proper biblical way to handle and overcome it. For the next couple of weeks, we shall look

From the dictionary1, a storm is defined as “a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust”. In other words, storms refer to disruptions of the normal state of affairs which manifests