Author: Anna

  • Hosea 6:1

    “Come, and let us return to the Lord; For He has torn, but He will heal us; He has stricken, but He will bind us up.” – Hosea 6:1

    God is like our earthly father, disciplining us to correct our wrongs. I see His wrath as beautiful, because when He is angry, He removes us from the things that slowly destroy us.

    Israel was often cast out of the Promised Land—not because God didn’t love them, but because living there didn’t stop them from falling into sin. Sometimes, everything must be taken away for us to truly see who our Lord is, He is loves righteousness and hates sin.

    Have you ever had moments when things were taken away, and at first it hurt, but later you realized those very things were slowly destroying you?

    Sin destroys our lives, tears away our identity, ruins our purpose, and damages our future. But living in righteousness brings joy, peace, and harmony, within us and in our relationships with others.

    The most wonderful thing about God is that despite our rebellion, He is always ready to restore us. He heals our wounds and gives us a chance to live a brand-new life.

    So today, will you come and return to Jesus? Walk with Him, and let His presence slowly heal and restore you once again.

  • John 12:37

    “But although He had done so many signs before them, they did not believe in Him.” – John 12:37

    This verse always grieve my heart and brings tears to my eyes. It’s here we understand why God continually calls us to repentance.

    Repentance means changing our mind, having a willing heart to believe what He has promised and to follow all His instructions and commandments. These are not for God’s benefit, but for ours.

    This verse also silences any doubt that God is not helping us. In reality, He is the One who has experienced the most rejection and betrayal, even as He continually reaches out to us. Since the beginning, God has been helping, supporting, delivering, and rescuing us. Yet from the beginning, we have been constantly running away, rejecting Him and denying Him, even after witnessing great miracles and signs that reveal His presence and His hand moving in our lives.

    It’s like helping someone again and again. Providing, supporting, and pulling them out of trouble, only to watch them return to the same destructive path because they are unwilling to let it go. If we are not willing to leave that darkness and desire a better life, no amount of help will truly change us. If we are not willing to give our lives to Jesus, He won’t be able to change our lives.

    The same is true with our relationship with God: if we hold back from surrender, then no matter how many miracles or signs He performs, we will neither believe nor follow Him.

    I pray that you give your life to Jesus, not because you want something from Him, but because you simply want to be with Him and love Him as He loves us unconditionally.

  • John 11:4

    “When Jesus heard that, He said, ‘This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.’” – John 11:4

    Do you ever pray, “Father, use me for Your glory”?

    But have you truly understood what you are asking God?

    Look at Lazarus’ life—he became sick, his sickness led to death, and the news reached Jesus. Yet, the Lord didn’t rush to heal him before he died.

    Why?

    Here’s the truth, because this was not simply about restoring health,

    • this was not every pain lasts forever.
    • this was not every storm means it’s over.
    • this was not every sickness leads to the end.
    • this was not all suffering brings harm.

    It was about revealing the glory of God.

    If you read the conversation between Martha and Jesus, you’ll see that the Lord had already taught them about the resurrection. Teaching is important, but practical demonstrations carry an impact that words alone cannot. Scripture says Jesus loved Lazarus, and we know from the Bible that God loves those who love Him, so Lazarus also loved Jesus.

    The disciples were willing to lay down their lives for the Lord because they loved Him. In the same way, Lazarus was willing to be used as a vessel for the demonstration of God’s power and glory. Through his sickness and death, people came to know that Jesus is “the Resurrection and the Life”. The One who holds authority over every human life. It is the Lord who decides who will live and who will die.

    That’s why, before you pray, “Lord, use me for Your glory,” you must be prepared to lay down your life, even to die for Him if necessary. Jesus laid down His life for us to reveal God’s love. Most of the disciples were persecuted, beaten, slain, and suffered greatly, all to declare His glory.

    So if you truly desire to be used for God’s glory, Remember, this calling is not about comfort. It’s about complete submission to God.

  • Women in the Bible “Rebekah

    Rebekah’s life story is like reading a beautiful love story that can fills our heart with sweetness, joy, and moments that make us smile and even giggle. What makes it even more wonderful is knowing that God Himself was the matchmaker between Isaac and Rebekah. This can be happen to our life if we invite God into our plans, especially in choosing our lifelong, eternal spouse and let God lead and appoint for us, He can also write a love story just as beautiful in our own lives as He did for Rebekah.

  • Amos 8:11-12

    “Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord God, “That I will send a famine on the land, Not a famine of bread, Nor a thirst for water, But of hearing the words of the Lord. They shall wander from sea to sea, And from north to east; They shall run to and fro, seeking the word of the Lord, But shall not find it.” – Amos 8:11-12

    Imagine a world without the Word of God.

    God says a day is coming when He will send a famine, not of food, not of water but of hearing His Word.

    A world without the presence of God or His influence.

    A world where I can’t hear His voice telling me who He is or how to walk in His ways.

    A world where I no longer know why I’m here or what I’m living for.

    A world with no guidance toward what’s right and just.

    A world where truth has vanished.

    A world where love has grown cold and only serves itself.

    A world so dark, I can’t even see the next step in front of me.

    A world where I can’t tell the difference between what’s good and what’s godly.

    A world where hope is gone and helplessness takes over.

    A world where my strength is gone and I have nothing left to hold on to.

    A world where salvation is out of reach.

    Do we even grasp what He’s taking away? His Word is our life.

    Jesus said, “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.”

    The source of all good we need is “God’s Word” and it will be gone.

    For me, taking away God’s Word is the most devastating, the most cruel thing I could imagine.

    Right now, the world mocks His truth, silences His messengers, rejects His calling.

    But one day, they will know what they’ve lost. And it will be too late. Like the foolish virgins, the door will shut and it will not open again.

    I plead you to see the worth of His Word while you still can. It holds the answers to our conflicts, our wounds, our pain, our deepest questions.

    The Word of God is Jesus. And when the source of salvation is gone, there will be no other.

  • Romans 8:18

    “For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.” – Romans 8:18

    When Paul wrote this, Christians were severely persecuted across Asia, including Rome. Rome crucified our Lord Jesus, killed some of the apostles, and even beheaded Paul. Yet Apostle Paul encourages us, not to focus on our present troubles, but on the promise of God.

    Following Jesus doesn’t mean we’re spared from suffering. Nowhere in the Bible did Jesus promise a pain-free life. The only time He promises no more suffering is in Revelation, when we dwell with Him, He will wipe every tear from our eyes.

    Until then, while we are in this world but not of it, we will face suffering because wickedness and iniquity abound. Scripture says creation itself is groaning. It’s like going against the pull of gravity, walking against the current of the world is costly. It may mean losing friends, family, jobs, and even opportunities. 

    Walking with Jesus, we must endure much. We have to love and forgive those who despise us and hurt us.

    We have to continue to kill our desires.

    We have to keep sharing Jesus with others despite mocking, persecution, and hatred.

    We have to keep running the race.

    Be encouraged, we are not alone. Jesus is with us. His love sustains us, His peace reigns in our hearts, and His joy gives us strength. He has prepared a place for us, and when He returns in His glory, it will far outweigh the pain of today. And we will be with Him forever.

  • Leviticus 14:11

    “Then the priest who makes him clean shall present the man who is to be made clean, and those things, before the Lord, at the door of the tabernacle of meeting.” – Leviticus 14:11

    Why does the priest have no part in the fivefold ministry? God only gave teachers, preachers, prophets, evangelists, and apostles to edify His church.

    In the Old Testament, priests were necessary. They presented the unclean as clean before God. They cared for the tabernacle and the ark of the covenant. They offered animal sacrifices to atone for sins.

    But under the New Covenant, there is no need for an earthly priest to present us to the Father. Why? Because Jesus is our Great High Priest. He entered once and for all into the Most Holy Place, not with the blood of animals, but with His own blood, atoning for our sins forever (Hebrews 9:12). When He died, the veil was torn, giving every believer direct access to the Father to obtain mercy through His blood.

    “In the body of His flesh through death, to present you [us] holy, and blameless, and above reproach in His sight” (Colossians 1:22).

    “That He might present her [us] to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish” (Ephesians 5:27).

    Now to “… present you [us] faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy” (Jude 24).

    In the law, the leper was not only declared clean, he was personally brought into God’s presence. That’s exactly what the Lord Jesus, our Great High Priest, does for you and I.

    He has given us full access to the Father to obtain mercy.

    So, what makes you hesitate to come to the Father through the Lord Jesus?

    So, what makes you think you can’t be forgiven by the Father? When Jesus said, “It is finished,”

  • Numbers 15:15

    “One ordinance shall be for you of the assembly and for the stranger who dwells with you, an ordinance forever throughout your generations; as you are, so shall the stranger be before the Lord.” – Numbers 15:15

    This verse silences the idea that God hates other nations or only cares for Israel. It also corrects the misunderstanding in some forms of replacement theology “that Gentile Christians have replaced Israel.” God shows no partiality. He made it clear: one ordinance for all.

    We are called to live in love and harmony with one another, remembering that every person is created in His image and likeness. God never turns away anyone who believes in Him with a repentant heart.

    Just like Rahab, a Gentile and a harlot, who entered the Promised Land through faith. Or Ruth, who forsook her people to follow Naomi, her God, and His ways. These women prove that God’s grace reaches far beyond national, cultural, or personal barriers.

    Now revealed fully in our Lord Jesus, there is no Jew or Gentile, no distinction of skin color, no favoritism, no exceptions. We all come to the Father through one way, “one ordinance” and that is through the Lord Jesus Christ. There are no multiple paths to heaven. Only through the Door, who is the Lord Jesus.

    Only His sacrifice on the cross satisfied the wrath of God. Only through His blood can we obtain forgiveness. Through Him, we are given the power to become children of God. Through the Lord Jesus, grace is available to everyone who believes.

    Do not be deceived—only Jesus saves.

  • Numbers 14:15

    “Now if You kill these people as one man, then the nations which have heard of Your fame will speak, saying,” – Numbers 14:15

    This was the cry of a man of God, pleading for mercy on behalf of a people who had rejected him. These were the same people who mocked him, ridiculed him, questioned his calling and leadership, and even plotted to kill him.

    Even his own family criticized his marriage. And yet, Moses still stood in the gap for them. These were also the people whose actions ultimately kept him from entering the Promised Land.

    But Moses didn’t pray for their destruction. He interceded. He even asked God to blot out his own name from the Book of Life if it meant saving them. He didn’t react out of his emotion, he leaned on what he knew about God: His greatness, His goodness, and His reputation among the nations. Moses pleaded for mercy, not judgment.

    As someone who serves in the church, Moses shows me of what it means to have a true shepherd’s heart. A leader who remains faithful to his calling. Despite rejection, pain, and betrayal, he chose to love, to pray, and to fight for the salvation of others.

    I was reminded of what the LORD Jesus said, “Everyone will know that we are His disciples, if we love one another.” (John 13:35)

    Moses spent so much time in God’s presence that his heart became one with God’s. He always choose mercy over wrath, and compassion over condemnation.

    So I ask you today: Will you be like Moses?

    Choose to forgive instead of holding onto hatred.

    Choose mercy over judgment.

    Choose to pray faithfully rather than criticize.

    Choose love instead of anger.

    And lead selflessly, even when it hurts.

  • Women in the Bible “Hagar”

    Hagar. A female Egyptian servant.

    Dragged into a situation she never asked for. Caught in the middle of Sarai’s desperation to produce an heir. Hagar became the result of Sarai’s covetousness. Using another woman’s body to get what she wanted.

    Everyone saw Hagar as property, not a person. Not a woman with a mind, a heart, and a will.

    Hagar represents so many women today. Women who’ve been exploited and abused against their will.