Saturday: 8th June, 2019 Reference text:John 21:20-25 John 21:23 So a report spread among the followers of Jesus that this disciple would not die. But Jesus did not say he would not die; he said, "If I want him to live until I come, what is that to you?" Unless defined otherwise according to the... Continue Reading →
WORDS HAVE THEIR PLACE
Friday: 7th June, 2019 Reference text: John 21:15-19 John 21:17 Jesus asked a third time, “Simon son of John, do you love Me?” Peter was deeply hurt that Jesus had asked him a third time, “Do you love Me?” “Lord, You know all things,” he replied. “You know I love You.” Jesus said to him,... Continue Reading →
DON’T UNDERESTIMATE KNOWLEDGE
Thursday: 6th June, 2019 Reference text: Acts 22:30, 23:6-11 Acts 23:6 Now when Paul perceived that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. It is with respect to the hope and the resurrection of the dead that I am... Continue Reading →
EXIT PLANS
Wednesday: 5th June, 2019 Reference text: Acts 20:28-38 Acts 20:29 For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. When new staff are meant to take over the role of an older team, there is always a transition period within which teething problems are dealt... Continue Reading →
IS THAT YOUR BEST?
Tuesday: 4th June, 2019 Reference text: Acts 20:17-27 Acts 16:26-27 Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men. For I have not shunned to declare to you the whole counsel of God. When the people around me begin to beat themselves over the outcome of somethings... Continue Reading →
NOTHING TO PROVE
Monday: 3rd June, 2019 Reference text: John 16:29-33 John 16:33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. Every big money signing to a football team arrives amidst a lot of hype... Continue Reading →
THAT WE MAY BE ONE
Sunday: 2nd June, 2019 John 17:22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: A pair of scissors is classified as a first class lever. This means the fulcrum or pivot is sandwiched between the effort and the load. Wondering why the... Continue Reading →
START WITH WHAT YOU HAVE
Saturday 1st June, 2019 Reference text: Acts 18:22-28 Acts 18:26 And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: when Aquila and Priscilla heard him, they took him home, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly. Lovers of football will be familiar with the 'Tiki Taka' of Barcelona and the 'Gegenpress' of... Continue Reading →
POWER VERSUS SERVICE
Friday: 31st May, 2019 Luke 1:43 Why am I so honored, that the mother of my Lord should visit me? Mary would probably seem as one of the people who did not understand what it meant to 'wield power' in modern interpretation of the word. I have not really considered how much power Mary wielded... Continue Reading →