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Redeemed, Renewed, Reconciled.

Day to day, we need to dwell with people and deal with relationships. The word of God in 2 Cor 5 :16 reminds us to regard no one according to the flesh. It's so easy for us to judge and be critical with one another. Yet we fail to see that we too are imperfect but by the grace of God that He has forgiven us and made us to be in right standing with Him through Christ. If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away and all things have become new (2 Cor 5:17). What does this verse mean to us? We don't literally get transformed overnight in our physical condition and situation. But it signifies the beginning of a brand new life created by God in the spirit that starts from within, from inside out. God has begun that amazing and powerful work of transformation in the spirit, first putting away for us the curse of sin (which is death) and bringing us into the blessing of eternal life. And He reconciled us to Himself, and putting...

Prophesying to the Dry Bones in our life

The Valley of Dry Bones in the book of Ezekiel 37:4-14 is a powerful depiction of how our God is a God who is specialised in the Impossible. He is our God of Miracles. Throughout the Bible, God performed miracles after miracles to deliver, to heal, to bless and to provide for His people. In Exodus 14:14-28, God parted the Red Sea to let the children of Israel walked through to the other side and then returned the waters to drown the Egyptian soldiers chasing after them. In the four gospels, Jesus' ministry was filled with many notable miracles, signs and wonders. The blind saw, the lame walked, the dead received resurrection. Jesus also turned water into wine, walked on waters, commanded the winds and waves to stop and multiplied 5 loaves and two fish to feed 5,000 people. Each miracle defied human logic and challenged our minds beyond our ability to perceive. It showed that what was completely impossible with men, was totally possible with God. The dry bon...