Weekly Reflection and Scripture Tags

By Annaika Dastine | Founder, Who Is This Jesus? Ministry

“Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst? If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person; for God’s temple is sacred, and you together are that temple.”

This Scripture continues to ring in my mind as I meditate on Romans 1:8, where Paul is praising the faith of the church in Rome, a faith that was being reported throughout the world.

My friends, do you believe that, together with the believers in your congregation and

Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst? If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person; for God’s temple is sacred, and you together are that temple.

Weekly Reflection 1 Corinthians 3:16–17 NIV

By Annaika Dastine | Founder, Who Is This Jesus? Ministry

"But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me."

My friends, studying Romans 1:1–7 has caused me to reflect on my own journey as a follower of Jesus.

How often do you stop and reflect on the grace of God in your life?

Paul makes a powerful statement: “By the grace of God I am what I am.”

To understand the weight of

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.

Weekly Reflection 1 Corinthians 15:10 NIV

By Annaika Dastine | Founder, Who Is This Jesus? Ministry

"The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God."

My friends, have you ever experienced a moment in your Christian journey when the Holy Spirit revealed that your understanding of God was wrong? Every season of my walk with Jesus has humbled me and reminded me of the truth found in Isaiah 55:8–9:

"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways," declares

The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

Weekly Reflection 2 Corinthians 4:4 NIV

“You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the Lord’s table and of the table of demons.”

You Cannot Have Both: The Lord’s Table or the Table of Demons

Paul’s warning is clear: we cannot claim fellowship with Christ while indulging in what honors Satan. Yet this is the very deception Satan spreads—that we can have both Jesus and the world.

This week, as many celebrate Halloween, countless people will knowingly or unknowingly participate in practices rooted in darkness. Some embrace witchcraft, divination, and the

You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the Lord’s table and of the table of demons.

Weekly Reflection 1 Corinthians 10:21 NKJV

“I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”—but I will not be mastered by anything.”

Who Is Your Master?

My friend, I can recall many seasons in life when I felt like I was existing, going through the motions, and asking, “Lord, what was the point of that? Why did You allow me to walk through this?” These questions often arise in moments of uncertainty, confusion, or even spiritual weariness.

But what I have come to learn is this: God created humanity with the ability

I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”—but I will not be mastered by anything.

Weekly Reflection 1 Corinthians 6:12 NIV

Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said “I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people. “

Weekly Reflection 2 Corinthians 6:14-17 NIV

Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said “I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people. “

Halloween The Devil’s Birthday celebration

As God calls me to start this journey

For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. Meanwhile we groan, longing to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling, because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked. For while we are in this tent, we groan and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. Now the one who has fashioned us for this very purpose is God, who has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what

For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. Meanwhile we groan, longing to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling, because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked. For while we are in this tent, we groan and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. Now the one who has fashioned us for this very purpose is God, who has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to

Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never!

There are many passages where the Bible tells us the importance of our body. We can study different topics relating to our body from scriptures. I believe the most important mystery in our newfound birth in Jesus Christ is becoming a new creation. In Galatians 2:20-21, apostle Paul reminded us we have been crucified with Christ; Jesus lives in us. "I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I

Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never!

Weekly Reflection 1 Corinthians 6:15- NIV

Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever.

Life is a race! Which race are you running in?  As I meditate on the first question that Apostle Paul asked in verse 24, it brought me to Mathew chapter 7:13-14 when Jesus made it clear there are two roads that every person must choose from. The narrow gate according to Jesus leads to life and wide gate leads

Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever.

Weekly Reflection 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 NIV

It is not that we are competent in ourselves to count anything as having come from us; on the contrary, our competence is from God. He has even made us competent to be workers serving a New Covenant, the essence of which is not a written text but the Spirit. For the written text brings death, but the Spirit gives life.

When was the last time that you read and meditated on the Old Testament?  Unless we understand what was before us, it is likely we will take the present for granted. In order to understand the depth of the scripture above, I had to study what Paul meant by ‘written

It is not that we are competent in ourselves to count anything as having come from us; on the contrary, our competence is from God. He has even made us competent to be workers serving a New Covenant, the essence of which is not a written text but the Spirit. For the written text brings death, but the Spirit gives life.

Weekly Reflection 2 Corinthians 3:5-6-CJB