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OVERSHADOW

The word overshadow means to tower above or to cast a shadow over .  Its Christmas and it is important to take another look at the Christmas story. I have read this story in the bible so many times, but this year something struck me and that is the word "overshadow". Luke 1:26-38 is an account of Mary's encounter with an angel who told her she would conceive and bear a son, whose name shall be called Jesus and he will be great and will be called Son of The Most High. Mary then asked the question how all this events will take place because she was a virgin and the angel explained in  Luke 1: 35: "The Holy Spirit will come upon you and the power of The Most High will  overshadow  you. So the Holy One to be born will be called the Son of God" Now here is my understanding, when there is a purpose to be birth, when God is set to carry out an assignment through one of his own, to carry out HIS assignment and purpose which supersedes every human com...

New Wine in New Wineskins

Most of the time during wedding anniversary celebrations, people wish couples many more years together and pray for new wine in the marriage. For example; "Happy anniversary, may God bless your marriage with new wine" New wine is often used in marriage related events or matters, it could be because Jesus's first miracle was at the wedding in Cana, transforming water to wine, when the wine finished. (John 2:1-12) The important lesson here is that new wine needs new wine-skin . Have you been praying for new wine in your home and marriage? If you want  new wine from God, then you need to prepare to be a new wine-skin . Lets look at Mark 2:22: "And no one pours new wine into old wine-skins. Otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins and both the wine and the wine-skins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wine-skins". This scripture explains that new wine can only be put in new wine-skins infact if you put new wine in old wine-skin, the new wine...