A daily walk in faith, hope and love
Reference text: Matthew 25:31-46 Throughout our engagements in life, we are taught to adapt our messages depending on the audience. So the same topic can be taught at different levels of difficulty. This has been applicable across many spheres and thus even in our pursuit of good, we survey our audience and titrate our good... Continue Reading →
1 Kings 10:1 When the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon and his relationship to the LORD, she came to test Solomon with hard questions. There are two ways to perceive anything or person: the first is on the basis of what you have been told about them. In this, depending on... Continue Reading →
1 Kings 2:1-2 Now the days of David drew near that he should die, and he charged Solomon his son, saying: “I go the way of all the earth; be strong, therefore, and prove yourself a man. King David's first charge to Solomon as he bowed out was "Be strong, prove yourself a man". In... Continue Reading →
Reference text Mark 6:1-6 Whenever I have read this text, my mind has gone to the statement which beautifully summarizes it for many of us "a prophet is without honour in his own hometown". Today however, as I read it again, the thing coming to mind is "of course they had reason to ask questions".... Continue Reading →
We read today about the return of the Ark of God to the City of David amidst singing, rejoicing and sacrifices. All joy and merry with King David subsequently giving out what we may call gifts to the entire multitude. It is however the verse in Second Samuel 6:19, describing this action which captures my... Continue Reading →
Reference: John 3:22-30 When some well meaning disciples walked up to John and told him "that man who you announced to the whole world is doing the same things you are, and it appears he is drawing all the market". John's response was one that took advantage of the use of parables and is captured... Continue Reading →
Reference: Matthew 4:12-17, 23-25 If there was one man who had impeccable timings, it would be Jesus. On multiple occasions, we notice he moved only when specific details had arrived, as though he was waiting for them. When Lazarus was sick, he heard but did not move. In the synagogue, when he read Isaiah, he... 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 →
This morning, I took an alternative different bus route to work and for the first twelve minutes, I wondered if it might be better to just get off the bus and take another heading along my normal route. The traffic situation meant we had covered about 300 meters in the ten minutes. I had about... Continue Reading →
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