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The power of joy

Post author:Cathy Nortey
Post category:The Spirit of Strength
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Post last modified: 14/05/2022

John chapter 15 captures one of Jesus’s intimate moments with his disciples, as he took them through what it meant to be truly connected to him. He used the life of a vine to emphasise his relationship with the Father and us. In conclusion, he told them that: “I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. John 15:11 GNT. In essence, Jesus was saying that a good relationship with the Father will yield joyfulness. The Father is joy, and He wants us to be joyful.

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Peace, Perfect Peace!

Post author:Cathy Nortey
Post category:The Spirit of Counsel
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Post last modified: 14/05/2022

You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you! Isaiah 26:3 NLT.

It was in the year 1875 when Edward H Bickersteth heard a sermon on the verse above. That same afternoon, he visited an elderly dying relative who seemed troubled. He wrote the words of this hymn as a source of comfort for his relative. Today as I also ponder over this profound verse in Isaiah 26, I can’t help but reconcile our current world with the questions asked in this hymn. I asked myself these questions too. What is perfect peace? What does it take for us to get it?

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In touch with the cross

Post author:Cathy Nortey
Post category:The Spirit of the Lord
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Post last modified: 14/05/2022

But he took our suffering on him and felt our pain for us. We saw his suffering. We thought God was punishing him. But he was wounded for the wrong things we did. He was crushed for the evil things we did. The punishment, which made us well, was given to him. And we are healed because of his wounds. We all have wandered away like sheep. Each of us has gone his own way. But the Lord has put on him the punishment for all the evil we have done. Isaiah 53:4-6 NIV

Christians from all over the world have recently marked the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. My dear husband also blessed us with his exposition on the cross: For Real. Therefore it was somewhat surprising that I found myself drifting into Isaiah 53, where we get an accurate depiction of the life, humiliation, suffering and finally, the exaltation of Christ. Wondering why God will highlight these short verses to me, I couldn’t help but realise that there’s some richness in these verses God wants to pour into us. This passage draws attention to the intimate relationship God desires with His children.

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