An alabaster jar (or box / flask) is a vessel made from alabaster stone (Blue Letter Bible, 2025). It was used to store expensive ointments and perfumes, and it held great value. For the contents to be poured out, the neck of the alabaster jar had to be broken (Blue Letter Bible, 2025). There were [...]
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Withholding Nothing
In Genesis 12, God called Abram (later known as Abraham) to go to a land that He would give to him and his descendants (Genesis 12:1-2), except there was one problem. Abraham and Sarah were in their old age and had no children. Abraham was 75 years old at the time. God instructed Abram to [...]
Called to be holy
The generations before us, the revivalists, evangelists and pastors preached on holiness and against unrighteousness. Sometimes they would say in their sermons that “holiness is still right”. The word holy and holiness can make some people feel uncomfortable. This could be due to several reasons. Maybe we have this idea that holiness means perfection, or [...]
I will bless the Lord or will I?
I will bless the Lord at all times and His praises shall continually be in my mouth – Psalm 34:1 (NRSV). Let’s break it down in another way… I will bless [exalt] the Lord at all [not some of the time, not whenever I feel like it, or when my situation is favourable] times [...]