A daily walk in faith, hope and love
John 20:4 So they ran both together: and the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulchre. I know it's easy to say today's Gospel passage described a shootout competition between age and youth because Peter's delayed arrival coincided with the fact that he was older than his compatriot with whom he... Continue Reading →
Acts 6:10 And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake. At the start of this year, one message that was an anchor was "this will be a year of great things but with many contentions". This was based on the text from the Acts of the Apostles... Continue Reading →
Reference tex: 2 Samuel 7:1-16 There are inspirations that arise from the heart of a man and today, we read about one of such moments. King David found himself feeling generous and desiring to do good for God and his kingdom. In this episode with the Prophet Nathan, David approaches him with a proposition "... Continue Reading →
MINIBITES 1. Elizabeth and Zechariah begun this journey with an end goal in mind, a son to be named John. That was the destination. As we read in Luke 1:59-60 'So it was, on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him by the name of his... Continue Reading →
'There will be surprises in heaven' - whenever I have heard this statement, it has been used in reference to what is deemed as service to the Lord and to his kingdom. The reason is because there is a tendency to think that those who are the 'face of the Gospel' as we see it,... Continue Reading →
Luke 1:34 Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man? We read in today's Gospel Mary's question to the Angel Gabriel "How shall this be" because for her, pregnancy would not have been a new concept despite her youth. So it was the manner or 'the how' hers... Continue Reading →
Luke 1:20 And now you will be silent and not able to speak until the day this happens, because you did not believe my words, which will come true at their appointed time. Zechariah stood in the office of priest in the season when John was to be conceived. According to lots, it was his... Continue Reading →
Matthew 1:20 Joseph, to whom she was engaged, was a righteous man and did not want to disgrace her publicly, so he decided to break the engagement quietly. We live in an age of oversharing, a time where it appears that many think that the higher the number of people who have details about their... Continue Reading →
Reference text: Matthew 1:1-17 Matthew 1:17: Thus there were fourteen generations in all from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to the Messiah. Anytime we read the genealogy of Jesus as captured in Matthew's Gospel, on the surface all we see is a roll call... Continue Reading →
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