DAY 217 Matthew 14:1 At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus, Fame does not just spread abroad. It is always birthed out of an association, or the execution of something worth gathering attention for. Therefore, in our current age of technology and social networking, people do many things with the... Continue Reading →
GUARD YOUR THOUGHTS
DAY 216 One source of worry and offence that is given very little attention are "assumptions". Thoughts, claims,assumptions, and a host of rhetorical questions that only provide building blocks. These blocks are either consciously or unconsciously stacked until they become walls we find insurmountable. The people in Jesus hometown found themselves using a host of... Continue Reading →
UNCERTAINTIES WILL REMAIN
DAY 215 Matthew 13:47-48 Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a fishing net that was thrown into the water and caught fish of every kind. When the net was full, they dragged it up onto the shore, sat down, and sorted the good fish into crates, but threw the bad ones away. Whenever fishermen... Continue Reading →
NOT BY CHANCE
DAY 214 Exodus 34:29 When Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the covenant law in his hands, he was not aware that his face was radiant because he had spoken with the LORD. When one studies for a professional certification, you know you have become once that certificate is awarded.... Continue Reading →
PURSUIT OF GOD
DAY 213 Exodus 33:7 Now Moses used to take the tent and pitch it outside the camp, a good distance from the camp, and he called it the tent of meeting. And everyone who sought the LORD would go out to the tent of meeting which was outside the camp. There are times when we... Continue Reading →
START MAKING PROGRESS
DAY 212 At the start of the year, many of us wrote resolutions we hoped to achieve. We are at the halfway point of the year so it's time to render some accounts. Just out of interest, how far along are you with those resolutions? Have you taken any steps at all towards them? Or... Continue Reading →
DESIRES THAT PLEASE GOD
DAY 211 1 Kings 3:10 And the speech pleased the LORD, that Solomon had asked this thing. It would make little sense for anyone to advance an argument that suggests Solomon made his request at Gibeon on a whim. Attempting to reasonably convince another that he thought only about what to say after God asked... Continue Reading →
THORNS ALL AROUND
DAY 210 Matthew 13:22 The seed sown among the thorns is the one who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. The soul (intellect, emotion, will) is one dimension in man where the word of God has the capacity to make... Continue Reading →
WHAT DO YOU NEED?
DAY 209 Exodus 20:19 You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.” Mind you, the gifts of God are spread throughout his body, and it takes a desire to connect to other... Continue Reading →