Beulah Foundation for Christ

       I was in a meeting some time ago, and the preacher said something that sounded old school at the time. He said, ‘we need to return to the old-time religion when gospel songs were all about God’. Of course in our time now, the term ‘religion’ rubs us off in a wrong way as its definition is the opposite of Who God is. But I believe that was not what the preacher meant. He was not advocating ‘religious’ songs, but songs that were hymnal in nature – songs that solely focused on God (the nature of God)! I saw that the statement did not go down well with most of the congregants as they were murmuring.         After the service, I spoke to a sister to know why she murmured during that part of the teaching, and she said those old-time songs are boring and lack life! Wow! This got me thinking and pondering on what the difference could be between most of the popular mainstream present songs and the old-time hymnal-like songs. After all, they wer...

       I was in a prayer meeting a while back and the Sister that led the worship was incredible. Her voice, the songs, and passion were ethereal. In fact, one would say she brought down the very Host of Heaven into the meeting. The Presence of God was so heavy in the meeting, it was awesome! It was a Prayer meeting to remember as God moved mightily among us; indeed, the Glory of God filled the room and all agendas as to what to do next were thrown out of the window.         In retrospect, when I ponder on the meeting, it was not the songs (as they were popular), her voice (like any other seemingly good voice), her presence (she was not fantastic looking) that ushered in God’s Presence, it was her heart – a heart of worship! She knew her call and she operated in it. Sadly, so many singers and songs in the Body of Christ today draw attention to themselves and the worshippers rather than to the One Who is supposed to be worshipped. She did not ...

       I was exchanging pleasantries with a sister I had not seen for quite a while; and she asked me, ‘how is your walk with the Lord?’ I replied, ‘I bless God!’ And we set up a time to meet and catch up. After she left, the question she asked returned to my mind again: ‘how is your walk with the Lord?’ This question is very important as it transcends one’s physical wellbeing to one’s spiritual wellbeing. As sons of God, if we desire to reign with the Lord Jesus Christ when He comes, we must be of sound mind and our walk perfect before Him. We cannot be neither here nor there with Him. No matter what we face on a daily basis, we must be persistent and unwavering in our faith. We were warned by Apostle Paul by the Spirit to: “Examine and test and evaluate your own selves to see whether you are holding to your faith and showing the proper fruits of it. Test and prove yourselves [not Christ]…” (2Corinthians 13:5a, AMP).         In our present ...

       An associate stated recently that prayers do not work as they should in his life anymore! I was taken aback and it set me thinking. If prayers do not work as they used to, it means, at a point in time they were very effective. It then follows that something must have occurred in that person’s life to cause prayers not to work the way they should. Talking with him, he agreed that he carries the Holy Spirit within him. He just doesn’t feel his prayers are getting to God anymore, he declared, frustrated! Many a time in our lives, we are like the young man. We have prayed consistently about an issue but it looks like the heavens are shut to our cries, yet we are Born Again children of God. Something is not right! I pointed out to him that the desire of God is to commune with us and answer our requests made to Him. Even if we do not quickly see the manifestation of the answers to the prayers, we must have faith that it is done! He was not convinced!    ...

       In the Bible, we saw king Balak of Moab doing everything he can to get Prophet Balaam to curse the people of God (Israel). Balaam declared, how could he curse a people that are blessed, dwelling securely in their tents and beloved of God (Numbers 23 – 24)? Now, the only way for the people to be cursed is if they fall into sin, because a causeless curse cannot rest on a person (Proverbs 26:2). Sadly, fall they did! But Praise God for Phinehas (Aaron’s grandson) that stood his ground against the onslaught of darkness while Moses and the Elders sat.         Presently, for the discerning, it is clear that something is happening in the Spirit realm. It is as if we are reliving the Balak and Balaam moments again in the Body of Christ, especially in our Nation. Things that are clearly evil are being celebrated as righteous. We even try to explain away the judgments of God. We see the severe hand of the Lord upon the Church, but we explain it ...

       Someone asked recently, are the things happening around the world and in the Body of Christ not strange? Not really! They were foretold long ago. In fact, based on the Scriptures, worse things and more deviant behaviors will increasingly happen as we see the Return of the Lord draw nearer. At the same time, these times will equally herald amazing workings of God among those that believe in Him. In recent times, because of the economic downturn of nations, political uprisings, contagious diseases and the likes, many have lost loved ones, jobs, businesses and homes. Some are going through tough and rough times, and it looks as if God has abandoned His people. This is not true! God is very much with His people! For as many that cry out to Him from a sincere heart and run to Him, He saves! Sadly, instead of running to Him, many do cry to Him but with a heart filled with grumbling, complaints and worrying. He asked us to ask, seek and knock not grumble, complain an...

       We live in a very materialistic world that equates a man’s worth with what he has or has the ability to have. Life incidentally is much more than all of these. As sons of God, our allegiance to God, or the weight of our service should not be based on what we had acquired or could. The world teaches that a man that has not acquired some form of wealth should not be reckoned with. As a result, many believe that they have no credibility if their bank account is not fat. Some go as far as believing that the reason people disrespect them is because of their lack of affluence and influence. However, most of us understand that the Bible has told us that the worth of a man is not based on the size of his wealth, yet, we believe otherwise. Thus, many teachings from pulpits are geared towards us getting as much as we can through strategies, hard work and many other parameters.        Sadly, many wonderful sons of God believe that the mark of a man th...