Text: Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 Memory verse: “A man who isolates himself seeks his own desire; He rages against all wise judgment.” Proverbs 18:1 NKJV Evangelist Billy Graham was generally acclaimed as one of the most influential leaders of the 20th and 21st centuries. Among many reasons for his decades-long success was his early decision to hold...
Text: John 18:15-27 Memory verse: “And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.” Ephesians 4:32 NKJV Do you know that a strained friendship that is restored through forgiveness can even be stronger than it once was? People who find it hard to forgive rarely have lasting...
Text: Daniel 1:3-8, 11-20 Memory verse: “As iron sharpens iron, So a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.” Proverbs 27:17 NKJV The great evangelist, Billy Graham once quipped, “God’s children are guaranteed the richest and truest friendship, both here and hereafter.” Our text expresses such riches and the depth of influence that godly...
Text: John 15:13- 15 Memory verse: “A friend loves at all times, And a brother is born for adversity.” Proverbs 17:17 NKJV Unlike family relationships, which you cannot choose by yourself, we all have the freedom to choose our friends. There are various kinds of friendships, and they are based on the motives that established...
Text: 1 Samuel 17:57- 58; 18:1-4 Memory verse: “The righteous should choose his friends carefully, For the way of the wicked leads them astray.” (Prov 12:26). Someone once said, “A friend is like a wristwatch that stays true at all times”. As great as friends can be, having a bad friend can be the beginning...
Text: Luke 6:12-13 Memory verse: “For thus says the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel: “In returning and rest you shall be saved; In quietness and confidence shall be your strength.” But you would not,” Isaiah 30:15 NKJV In ancient times, it was usual for expectant mothers to veil or hide themselves from the...
Text: Isaiah 66:7-9 Memory verse: “My little children, for whom I labor in birth again until Christ is formed in you,” Galatians 4:19 NKJV In trying to make people appreciate his responsibility as a husband, one man claimed that he also experienced childbirth pain like his wife. He said that while his wife had physical...
Text: Matthew 14:22-33 Memory verse: “And when He had sent the multitudes away, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray. Now, when evening came, He was alone there.” Matthew 14:23 NKJV No erudition, no clarity of diction, or any unusual eloquence, yet Apostle Joseph Ayo Babalola was a fire brand and...
Text: Acts 4:23-31 Memory verse: “And when they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.” Acts 4:31 NKJV Apostle Joseph Ayo Babalola is a man I never met but whose life of fervent...
Text: 1 Kings 18:41-46 Memory verse: “And being in agony, He prayed more earnestly. Then His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground.” Luke 22:44 NKJV There is a world of difference between hot water and boiling water. Although, in temperature measurement, the difference may be negligible but remarkable in...
