Abundant Grace Ministries Int'l

...continue from last month’s edition...  What then are the accursed things? The accursed things are the things that God has designated or chosen for Himself. Those things He has appointed for His personal use. The devil knowing that he cannot defeat God's people except they take of the accursed thing, tempted Achan to trespass against God by breaking His commandment, which led to the defeat of Israel by Ai. Though in the case of Joshua and Israel it was silver, gold and iron but it is actually more than that. The accursed thing are the things that belong to God, don't accept it or take them, it will lead to your defeat in the battle of life. Therefore, what are they? Jesus said to His disciples in Matthew 15:11 thus, “Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.” For something to come out of your mouth, that thing has to be in you first. Which means our fight should not be majored on what is outside...

Dear teens, I bring you greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. This month I feel inspired to talk to you on a topic I titled “Young and Restless”. The phrase young and restless refers to what youthfulness is all about, vitality, restlessness, always wanting to be active. That is exactly how God wants us to be as teenagers (youths).  The restlessness in every youth (teen) is place there by God to prepare for our future. It is there for us to learn to be who God wants us to be not to be wasted on trivialities and fleshly activities but to lay that solid foundation for our future. It takes strong vital men to build the foundation of any building so applies to youth.  We are going to be looking at some youths in the Bible and how they used their restlessness to conquer and build a foundation for themselves. First classic example is the man called David: The last of his father’s children but he was the only one who truly understood what it meant to be youn...