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09/08/2026

To love as Christ loves us is a worthy desire.
And it sounds simple enough—until you're faced with someone who's hurt you, exhausted you, or simply rubbed you the wrong way. In those moments, selfless love can feel impossible.
This month, we're sharing Dr. Stanley's teaching on this love gap—to discover how the Lord moves within us to bridge it.
What qualities would you say characterize your life?
The Lord is very concerned about how believers live and what influences us. The letter to the Ephesians gives us practical guidance on how to walk as followers of Jesus.
Often the Bible uses the word “walk” to describe how we live. In Ephesians we’re told to walk in a manner worthy of our calling (4:1), not to walk as unbelievers do (4:17), to walk in love (5:2), to walk as children of light (5:8), and to be careful to walk wisely (5:15).
These instructions can all be summed up in Paul’s command: “Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children” (Eph. 5:1). He predestined us to be conformed to the image of His Son (Rom. 8:29).
Christlikeness means pursuing holiness and loving as God does. Three important questions naturally follow.



First, how can we possibly love perfectly as God does?
This is not achieved by working up an emotional fervor but only through the power of the Holy Spirit who indwells us. The first fruit of the Spirit listed in Galatians 5:22 is love. It’s what the Spirit produces in us as we submit to Him.
Our problem is this: We live in the flesh.
And once in a while, we meet somebody who’s very difficult to love. So how is it that we can love unlovely people? Because of the Spirit of God. His love toward us becomes the overflow of our life.
“I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me” (Gal. 2:20).
Godly love is the overflow of the Spirit in our lives toward other people. This is a quality that should characterize everyone who belongs to Christ.
Second, what does God’s love look like?
Paul said, “Walk in love, just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma” (Eph. 5:2).
Christ’s love for us is unconditional, sacrificial, and forgiving, and that’s how we should love others. Our love is to be unselfish, without conditions.
Selfless love often requires the sacrifice of our desires, schedules, and convenience. It also includes a willingness to forgive at all times. The goal is always the good of the one loved.
Third, how does Christlike love differ from that of the world?
The world can only offer an incomplete substitute for genuine love.
Scripture makes the contrast clear: “But immorality or any impurity or greed must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints” (Eph. 5:3).
These vices reveal a kind of love filled with self-interest, always asking, “What’s in it for me?”
Worldly love is conditional; its bearers quickly give up on relationships when their expectations are no longer being met. In the pursuit of their own ease and gratification, they show little concern for the well-being of the other person.
Don’t adopt the counterfeit version of love portrayed by the world around you or even by those near you who don’t know Christ. It will only lead to heartache, broken relationships, and an empty life. You are not of this world—you are a citizen of heaven.
Ask the Holy Spirit to produce His selfless, sacrificial, unconditional, and forgiving love within you. Since this is God’s will for all believers, you can trust that He will answer your prayer and teach you to love as He does.

The beauty of walking in love is that it's not something we manufacture through effort or willpower
It's the Holy Spirit's job to produce this kind of love in us—our job is simply to listen and submit to His leading

03/08/2026

SERMON TITLE: TOMORROW THINGS MUST AND WILL CHANGE
By: Evangelist Maparo
Text: 2 Kings 7:1
"Elisha said, 'Hear the word of the LORD. This is what the LORD says: About this time tomorrow, a seah of the finest flour will sell for a shekel and two seahs of barley for a shekel at the gate of Samaria.'"
Introduction
The people of Samaria were facing a hopeless situation. There was famine, hunger, and fear everywhere. The enemy had surrounded them, and it seemed like there was no way out. But when everyone saw impossibility, God spoke through His servant Elisha and declared: "Tomorrow things will change."
God is a God of seasons. A situation that looks permanent today can change by His power tomorrow. The same God who opened the Red Sea, provided manna in the wilderness, and restored Job can turn around our circumstances.
1. GOD CAN CHANGE A BAD SITUATION SUDDENLY
The city of Samaria was experiencing severe suffering, but God had already prepared a miracle. They did not know that their breakthrough was near.
Sometimes we cry because of what we see today, but God is working behind the scenes. The night may be long, but morning is coming.
Psalm 30:5
"Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning."
Do not judge your future by your present condition. God can change things overnight.
2. FAITH BELIEVES GOD'S WORD BEFORE SEEING THE RESULTS
The officer who heard Elisha's prophecy doubted and said, "Even if the LORD should open the floodgates of the heavens, could this happen?"
His problem was not lack of evidence; it was lack of faith.
Many people miss their blessings because they cannot believe what God has spoken. Faith says: "I may not see it now, but God is faithful."
Hebrews 11:1
"Faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see."
3. GOD USES UNEXPECTED PEOPLE TO BRING CHANGE
The breakthrough came through four lepers who decided to move. They said, "Why stay here until we die?" (2 Kings 7:3)
When they stepped out in faith, God multiplied their small action into a great victory.
Sometimes your miracle is connected to your willingness to move. Stop waiting for everything to be perfect. Take the step God is calling you to take.
Conclusion
The word of the Lord today is: "About this time tomorrow..."
Tomorrow can bring:
A new opportunity
Restoration
Healing
Victory
A testimony
Do not allow today's challenges to bury tomorrow's hope. The God who changed Samaria is still alive.
Declaration:
"My tomorrow will be better than my today. God is changing my story, opening new doors, and turning my struggles into testimonies. In Jesus' name, Amen."

29/06/2026

Luke 4:7-30
Your spiritual problem can be solved....
The most dangerous thirst is not the one in your body. It is the one in your soul that makes you keep returning to empty wells.

In my devotion today, I was reflecting on the woman at the well, and a question challenged me deeply.
How many times have we judged this woman without realizing we have our own wells we keep returning to?

The Bible tells us she had been with different men.
Many people read that and immediately see failure.
But what if we look deeper?
What if this was not just about her choices, but about her search?
What if she was trying to find in people what only God could give?

Maybe she kept hoping,
“Maybe this time I will finally feel loved.”
“Maybe this time I will finally be enough.”
“Maybe this time someone will see my worth.”

Because sometimes a person is not chasing a thing because they love it.Sometimes they are chasing it because they are empty.And this is where the story becomes uncomfortable.
Have you ever found yourself going back to something you promised yourself you were done with?
Going back to a relationship you knew was draining you?
Going back to a habit you prayed to break?
Going back to a conversation that always leaves you wounded?
Going back to a career, environment, or situation that keeps shrinking you?
And you ask yourself,
“Why am I here again?”

The answer might not be because you don’t have strength.
The answer might be because there is a thirst inside you that you have been trying to satisfy with the wrong source.The woman at the well kept returning because it was the place she knew how to survive.
And many of us do the same.
We return to familiar pain because sometimes familiar pain feels safer than unfamiliar freedom.
We return to what we know because somewhere along the way, we lost touch with who we are.

Have you ever lost your identity?
Have you ever become so focused on being accepted that you forgot what you carry?
Have you ever allowed people’s opinions, your past mistakes, rejection, disappointment, or failure

18/06/2026

17/06/2026

WHY DIDN’T GOD REMOVE PAUL’S THORN?

Have you ever wondered why God healed so many people through Paul, but did not remove Paul’s own thorn?

Why would God say “yes” to so many prayers, but “no” to this one?

“And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh…” 2 Corinthians 12:7

Paul was not an ordinary believer.

He saw visions.

He received revelations.

He wrote much of the New Testament.

He was caught up into the third heaven.

Yet after all these encounters, God allowed something to remain in his life that Paul desperately wanted removed.

Think about that.

The man who saw miracles everywhere could not pray away his own thorn.

The man who raised the dead could not remove this one thing.

The man who carried extraordinary revelation still carried extraordinary weakness.

Why?

Because God was protecting Paul from a danger greater than the thorn itself.

Pride.

Notice what Paul says:

“Lest I should be exalted above measure…”

The thorn was not evidence that God had abandoned him.

The thorn was evidence that God was preserving him.

Many believers assume every uncomfortable thing in their life is an attack to be removed.

But sometimes what we call a problem is actually a protection.

What if the thing you are asking God to remove is the very thing keeping you dependent on Him?

What if your weakness is protecting you from a greater weakness?

What if your struggle is keeping you close to God?

The greatest danger is not always suffering.

Sometimes the greatest danger is succeeding without God.

Lucifer did not fall because of weakness.

He fell because of pride.

Adam did not fall because he was weak.

He fell because he wanted independence from God.

The oldest temptation in existence is not immorality.

It is self-sufficiency.

It is the belief that we no longer need God.

And God knew that the abundance of revelation could create the illusion of self-reliance.

So He allowed something to remain that constantly reminded Paul of his need for grace.

Now watch this.

Paul prayed three times for its removal.

“For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.” 2 Corinthians 12:8

And God’s answer is shocking.

God did not explain the thorn.

God did not remove the thorn.

God revealed something greater.

“My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness.” 2 Corinthians 12:9

Notice the shift.

Paul wanted deliverance.

God offered dependence.

Paul wanted freedom from weakness.

God offered strength within weakness.

Many of us are praying for God to change our circumstances.

Meanwhile, God is trying to change our understanding.

The greatest miracle is not always God taking you out of the struggle.

Sometimes the greatest miracle is God sustaining you in it.

The Red Sea was parted.

Daniel was preserved in the lions’ den.

The three Hebrew boys were protected in the fire.

Different miracles.

Same God.

Sometimes God delivers you from the fire.

Sometimes He joins you in the fire.

But His presence is always enough.

Then Paul says something that sounds almost impossible.

“Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities… for when I am weak, then am I strong.” 2 Corinthians 12:10

How can weakness become strength?

Because weakness destroys the illusion that power comes from us.

As long as we think we are strong enough, we will lean on ourselves.

But when we reach the end of ourselves, we discover the beginning of God’s strength.

This is the paradox of the Kingdom.

The way up is down.

The first are last.

The greatest are servants.

The weak become strong.

The empty are filled.

The broken are healed.

God’s economy operates differently from the world’s.

The world celebrates self-made people.

The Kingdom celebrates God-dependent people.

And perhaps that was the real purpose of the thorn.

Not to weaken Paul.

But to keep him connected to the true source of strength.

The lesson?

Do not measure God’s love by what He removes.

Sometimes His greatest acts of love are found in what He allows.

Because God is not merely trying to make you comfortable.

He is trying to make you like Christ.

And if weakness teaches you dependence, dependence will produce intimacy.

And intimacy with God is worth more than the removal of any thorn.

Because at the end of the day, the greatest gift God can give you is not a life without weakness.

It is a life that continually relies on Him.

15/06/2026

Kathy Kiuna moved women in Uganda with the touching story of how the late Bishop Allan Kiuna embraced her and her daughter. Full video in comments.

Photo: Kathy Kiuna/Facebook.

15/06/2026

WHEN GOD DISRUPTS OUR PLANS
When God Disrupts Our Plans
God can use trials to redirect our path—what feels like disruption might be divine intervention.
Psalm 119:71-72

Perhaps you’ve seen a TV show where a man is about to step in front of a moving vehicle. Then someone else races onto the scene, tackling him to prevent catastrophe. Stunned and indignant, the near-victim fumes at the rescuer—until realizing he’s just been saved from a far worse outcome.

Our trials can serve a similar purpose. It’s easy to get so caught up in daily routines or consumed by chasing a goal that we miss what God has in mind for us. When we’re this focused on our own desires, we become more vulnerable to making choices that don’t align with His Word.

But our heavenly Father wants the best for His children. He’ll go to great lengths to position us for blessing. That’s when we may suddenly find ourselves facing unexpected difficulty—a job loss, a health crisis, a broken relationship. We wonder, Why is God letting this happen to me?

Does this sound familiar? It may be that He’s protecting you from something you can’t see. Or drawing you back to Himself. The psalmist understood this and wrote, “It is good for me that I was afflicted, that I may learn Your statutes” (v. 71). If you’re going through a trial, consider whether God might be redirecting you—disrupting your plans so He can implement His.

14/06/2026

Sometime God chooses to protect from the fire other times He chooses to protect you in the fire either way God is faithful .
God is just and never misses a point in His actions

31/05/2026

REFLECTION
Take a quiet moment today to name your grief honestly before God. Where do you feel unseen or unheard? Invite Him into that space.

Remember—grief can become the soil where faith grows deeper, because God never wastes our tears