By Keiko Chibana-Shinn | Rediscovering Prayer Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name… Matthew 6:9 Jesus says to us: I am the way, the truth, and the life, no one comes to the Father except through Me. To many, this is an offensive concept. Once upon a time, it offended me. I would think, Why should there be […]
As parents, our job is to instruct and teach our children. God is our example as He teaches and instructs us as His children. Psalm 32:8 reveals the heart of God. I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you. Through
Written by: Dr. Kim Jessie, DMin Mission Defined A Mission is an assignment, a calling, or a purpose that God gives you to help you accomplish the vision He has revealed (or is revealing) to you. Mission and vision go together. Vision offers the big picture of what could be, and mission identifies how to accomplish the vision. It explains how you move forward to achieve the vision by providing the means, the methods, and/or the manners
Written by: Dr. Kim Jessie, DMin Many years ago, I was meeting with a leader who was struggling to accomplish his goals. He was very tired, bordering on burnout and concerned that it might be time to leave his job and work somewhere less stressful. Here is a synopsis of our conversation: Me: How is it going? Leader: I am exhausted; I’m working
Elohim-GOD: The strong creator: In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1:1 Jehovah-LORD: The self-existing One: This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, when the Lord God made the earth and the heavens. Genesis 2:4 Adonai-LORD/Master: The Headship Name: But Abram said, “Sovereign Lord,
Written by: Dr. Kim Jessie, DMin God gives each person who believes in Him a divine purpose that is encouraged by the indwelling power of the Holy Spirit and accomplished through the gifts, talents and abilities bestowed upon that person by the Spirit. Multiple gifting lists are found in Scripture. The gifts are distributed as
Written by: Dr. Kim Jessie, DMin Three of us were sitting around the kitchen table laughing, talking, and sharing thoughts about our worship experience; when, we noticed that the fourth member of our family was absent. When we arrived home, she quietly slipped down the hallway to her bedroom for what we thought would be
God knows everything about us…every detail of our lives. He formed every part of us and planned every day of our lives before we were born. You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed. (Psalm 139:116) God thinks
Some days I receive thousands of messages from people who want to share their stories of deliverance. There are testimonies of how God is setting people free and of the wonderful things he is doing in their lives. Many of these people are giving testimony of being set free from the bondages of Shame and
By Keiko Chibana-Shinn | Rediscovering Prayer 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 Cor. 3:17-18 Jesus calls us into holistic transformation. The ministry of Jesus lives and breathes to restore us into new beginnings,
My Muslim family trained me well. They trained me to tell little white lies. I was a lying machine. Lies were normal for me. I used to live with masks. No one knew the real me. But after I met Jesus, I had to break the habit of lying. Those lies got me into trouble.
What does the Bible tell us about the blood of Jesus? What is its significance? When Jesus went to the cross to die for our sins, His blood was shed for us. There was no other way that we could be saved, except that Jesus become a perfect sacrifice for us. He bought and paid