The creation story By Evangeline Unity Esaaba Folson Genesis 1:1-3 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form; and void and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said; Let there be light: and there was light. One unique thing about the creation story is that everything with the exception of man and woman was created out of nothing. The statement” the...
WHAT DOES THE CROSS MEAN TO YOU By Evangeline Unity Esaaba Folson Isaiah 53:4-5 Surely he took up our pain And bore our suffering Yet ewe considered Him punished by God, He was crushed for our iniquities, the punishment that brought us peace was on Him and by his wounds we were healed. Many people see the cross as a symbol of suffering and shame. The hymn writer said: On a hill faraway Stood on old. rugged cross the emblem of suffering and shame and I love...
RENEW YOUR MIND By Evangeline Unity Esaaba Folson Romans 12:2-3 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to...
YEA AND AMEN By Evangeline Unity Esaaba Folson 2 Corinthians 1:18-20 As surely as God is faithful, our word to you does not waver between” yes “and “no”. for Jesus Christ, the son of God, does not waver between “yes’ and ‘no”. He is the one whom Silas, Timothy and I preach to you, and as God’s ultimate “yes”, He always does what he says. Another translation says, for all of God’s promises have been fulfilled in Christ with a resounding...
My ways are higher than your ways By Evangeline Unity Escala Folson Isaiah 55: 8-9 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your way, and my thoughts than your thoughts. According to the verse above, the way God thinks is different from how humans think. God's thoughts are higher than ours, that is, God's thoughts or plan are superior....
