Seized to Be The Body of Christ
Key Verse Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it. 1 Corinthians 12:27 (NIV) Short Reflection Paul used the human body to give an easier understanding of the body of Christ to the church in Corinth. He went ahead to explain... Read More
Seized to Be An Image Bearer of Jesus
Key Verse And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. 2 Corinthians 3:18 (NIV) Short Reflection If you saw Jesus in the streets today, would you recognize him? Would... Read More
Seized to Be A Thankful Receiver
Key Verse Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe... Hebrews 12:28 (NIV) Short Reflection We who are followers of Jesus are receiving a kingdom that is permanent and unchanging. This kingdom of Jesus... Read More
Seized to Be A Special Possession of God
Key Verse But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once... Read More
Seized to Be A Household Member
Key Verse Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household… Ephesians 2:19 (NIV) Short Reflection Most of us remember the waves of xenophobic attacks in South Africa over these recent years. Xenophobia is the fear of strangers, which... Read More
Seized to Be A Dweller in the Heavenly Realms
Key Verse And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus…Ephesians 2:6 (NIV) Short Reflection It’s a wonderful thought. You are a citizen of heaven – part of this heavenly colony that has been placed on earth to represent Christ... Read More
Seized to Be A Citizen of Heaven
Key Verse But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ…Philippians 3:20 (NIV) Short Reflection As Christians, we are citizens of the heavenly City and are entitled to enjoy its privileges while on the other hand bound to live by its... Read More
Seized to Be One Who Does Not Shrink Back
Key Verse And, “But my righteous one will live by faith. And I take no pleasure in the one who shrinks back.”But we do not belong to those who shrink back and are destroyed, but to those who have faith and are saved.Roma 5:3-4 Short Reflection – Spanish/English Pararnos firmes... Read More
Seized to Be One Who Glories in Our Sufferings
Key Verse – Tagalog (see below for English) Hindi lamang iyan. Ikinagagalak din natin ang mga kahirapang ating tinitiis, dahil alam nating ito’y nagbubunga ng pagtitiyaga. 4 At ang pagtitiyaga ay nagbubunga ng mabuting pagkatao, at ang mabuting pagkatao ay nagbubunga ng pag-asa. Roma 5:3-4 Short Reflection – Tagalog (see... Read More
Seized to Be A Non-Worrier
Key Verse “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?” Matthew 6:25 (NIV) Short Reflection Worry reveals what we love and worship.... Read More