Mended Institute

Morning Bliss Monday 28th Feb. 2022   Morning Bliss: MORE THAN JUST WORDS Focal Scripture :   Matthew 5:33, "But let your communication be, Yea, yea: Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil."    Read: Math. 5:33-37 A person who has to swear or make a promise to validate his statements is a person whose word is no good. The thrust of Jesus' teaching here is that we should live in such a manner that no one would ever have to have additional proof that we are telling the truth. Our word should be our bond. We have all heard the story of the young shepherd boy who cried wolf when there was no wolf until finally no one believed him when the wolf really came. Our lack of integrity in performing our word has the same effect on people today. Very few people conduct business anymore with their word and a handshake. Even contracts are not sacred if an individual can afford a good enough lawyer. But this is not the way God intended it. God has ful...

Morning Bliss                 Monday 21st Feb. 2022   Morning Bliss:  At thy Word   Focal Scripture :    Luke 5:5, "And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net."   Read: LUKE 5:1-11." Peter and his companions had been working hard all night. Their efforts had not produced even one fish. They had given up and were headed home. But Jesus told them to try it just one more time. It would have been easy for Peter to reject Jesus' command. After all, Peter had been a fisherman all his life. Jesus was just a preacher. What did He know about fishing? Yet something, or rather someone, caused Peter to try just once more. Many people are like Simon Peter and his partners. They have done all that they know to do and yet they've come up empty-handed. This breeds a despair and hopelessness that causes many people to quit trying. Ye...

  Morning Bliss Sunday 20th Feb. 2022   Morning Bliss:  DRAWN BY HIS POWER   Focal Scripture :  Mark 1:37, "And when they had found him, they said unto him, All [men] seek for thee."   Read:   MK. 1:35-39; LK. 4:42-44 *  This is an amazing statement. Jesus' ministry was only a few months old and the masses of people were already seeking him out. This is even more astonishing when you realize that Jesus had not used any of the conventional methods of publicity. In fact, Jesus had already rejected publicity during His first ministry in Jerusalem ( Jn. 2:24-25) . There was no natural explanation for Jesus' success. God is the one who promoted Jesus. And He used supernatural means to do it. It was not the slick techniques of Madison Avenue that brought the crowds--it was the awesome manifestation of God's power. Just the day before, Jesus had cast the demon out of a man at the synagogue in Capernaum ( Mk. 1:21-28 ). This caused the whole ...