Spiritual Digest

Spiritual Digest is a weekly publication of Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) USA. Spiritual Digest was founded in 2016 by Rev. Sunday Bwanhot. For many years, Rev. Bwanhot have been having been teaching spiritual awareness and spiritual growth every Tuesday at ECWA Church, Chicago. He decided to start sharing the series with the rest of the world late 2018 with the first digital edition published on the New Year’s Day on January 1, 2019. It is currently published exclusively in digital format with a single article published in the first edition of Doxa Magazine. You can search for Spiritual Digest topics on ECWA USA website at https://ecwausa.org to view current as well as previous publications. Rev. Sunday Bwanhot is EMS/SIM Missionary. He serves as Team leader of SIM Culture Connexions; Pastor of ECWA Chicago.

Life's Journey Requires Grace

The Journey to Grace

by Rev. Sunday Bwanhot That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you […]

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Job and his friends, 1870 (Drawing by Heinz)

To know God is to despise oneself

by Rev. Sunday Bwanhot I know that my redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand on the earth. Job 19:25 Job had an intimate relationship with God and addressed God personally as His redeemer. His knowledge of God was not merely intellectual or emotional but experiential, and […]

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God cares more than we think

God cares more than we think

by Rev. Sunday Bwanhot He who did not spare his Son, but gave him up for us all – how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? Rom. 8:32. The Bible is full of examples of God’s love, care, and faithfulness to us. Despite these […]

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Pain: Foe or Ally?

Pain: Foe or Ally?

by Rev. Sunday Bwanhot And he said, naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return; the Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord. Job 1:21 You cannot live contentedly or die serenely if you do not know with […]

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Forgotten Christian Values- Suffering (The Martyrdon of Stephen)

Forgotten Christian Values: Suffering

by Rev. Sunday Bwanhot And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. Rom. 8:28 This verse has brought consolation to many saints during trying and difficult times. The interpretation is that God will […]

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Who is praying for your children?

Who is praying for your children?

by Rev. Sunday Bwanhot When a period of feasting had run its course, Job would make arrangements for them to be purified. Early in the morning he would sacrifice a burnt offering for each of them, thinking, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was […]

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What is your purpose in life?

What is your purpose in life?

by Rev. Sunday Bwanhot Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain a hear to of wisdom. Ps. 90:12 Christmas marked the entrance of Jesus Christ into our world which we celebrated a few days ago. Easter and ascension marked the exit of Jesus Christ from our […]

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Christmas Changes Everything: Humility

Christmas Syncs With Humility

by Rev. Sunday Bwanhot And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn. Luke 2:7 Pride is a grievous and deadly sin and from Biblical records, it was the […]

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And Mordecai the Jew Sitting at the Gate (image by Yossi Stern)

Small Things Matter!

by Rev. Sunday Bwanhot Mordecai the Jew was second in rank to king Xerxes, preeminent among the Jews, and held in high esteem by his many fellow Jews, because he worked for the good of his people and spoke up for the welfare of all the Jews. Esther 10:3 Perhaps […]

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The fruit of the spirit painting, colorfully hand painted by Sheila A. Smith

Blessed to be adopted

by Rev. Sunday Bwanhot Because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. Rom. 8:14 Although all human beings were created by God, only a handful are His sons and daughters. Sin, which led to the fall of man resulted in God disowning us and […]

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Simon Bening, Labors of the Months and harvest - September, from a Flemish Book of hours (Bruges, Peasants in the 16th century from Wikimedia Commons)

It is pay day!

by Rev. Sunday Bwanhot For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Rom. 6:23 Then we sow crops, we expect a harvest that is many times more than we planted. As a farmer looks forward to a bountiful […]

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Do Not Make Prayer a Prelude

Do Not Make Prayer a Prelude

by Rev. Sunday Bwanhot But we prayed to our God and posted a guard day and night to meet this threat. Neh. 4:9 There are three ways Christians respond to difficult situations. The first group employs all resources at their disposal to resolve the issue. When that fails, they remember […]

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Is Man Getting Better or Worse?

by Rev. Sunday Bwanhot For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. Rom. 3:23 There are many who hold the notion that man is basically good. Some even go further to claim that man will continue to get better and eventually create a utopia here on […]

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Rebuilding the Wall of Jerusalem (Nehemiah 3-4). Wood engraving, published in 1886. Nehemiah along with those who returned from Babylonia sought to reclaim Judah's former glory, despite major challenges (Images by ZU_09/Getty Images)

What is at Stake?

by Rev. Sunday Bwanhot When I heard these things, I sat down and wept. For some days I mourned and fasted and prayed before the God of heaven. Nehemiah 1:4 Nehemiah was a slave in Babylon but had such a good position as the king’s cup bearer that he could […]

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If You Are Good, Then You Are God!

If You Are Good, Then You Are God!

by Rev. Sunday Bwanhot As it is written: ‘There is no one righteous, not even one.’ Rom. 3:10 This verse is humbling and an indictment of the character of man since the fall. From the time of Adam after the fall till today our world has not and cannot produce […]

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