Luke 5:27 - After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector by the name of Levi sitting at his tax booth. “Follow me,” Jesus said to him In today's Gospel, we read about man whose simple biography can be captured as follows:1. Name: Levi2. Occupation: Tax collector3. Job location: The Tax booth It... Continue Reading →
THE COST OF YOUR CHOICES
Sirach 15:15-17 If you choose, you can keep the commandments, and to act faithfully is a matter of your own choice. He has placed before you fire and water; stretch out your hand for whichever you choose. Before each person are life and death, and whichever one chooses will be given. There are things that... Continue Reading →
MAKE UP YOUR MIND
Reference text: 1 Kings 11:4-13 1 Kings 11:6 So Solomon did evil in the eyes of the LORD; he did not follow the LORD completely, as David his father had done. One thing God dislikes is lukewarmness, that feeling where we have one leg in and another one out, as if we are feeling things... Continue Reading →
THERE IS NO LOSS WITH GOD
Psalm 84:10 For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness A very wild trade off is presented: standing at the threshold of the house of God as a door keeper or enjoying... Continue Reading →
LISTEN FOR, AND TO HIS VOICE
A song popped into my mind while meditating on today's text and that song was "shepherd of my soul by Martyn Nystrom". I noticed that I was singing the third line as "I have made the choice to listen TO your voice" and somehow, there was a check "are you sure?". The reason for this... Continue Reading →
STUDY CONSEQUENCES
Reference text: 1 Samuel 8: 4-7,10-22 Patients have the right to be told all there is to know about any planned clinical interventions including all the benefits, associated risks, and alternative options available. As an example, coronary angiography is useful to diagnose and treat significant narrowings in the arteries that supply blood to the heart.... Continue Reading →
YOUR LOCATION AND ASSIGNMENT
Before the year wraps up, it's good to call to mind what has been, in anticipation for what is to come. We have an opportunity to look retrospectively at the key moments that defined the past year to guide strategizing for the coming year. Bearing in mind the foundational principle in John 15:5 "apart from... Continue Reading →
THE PLANS OF MAN VRS THE PURPOSE OF GOD
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 →
ARE YOU MOVING AT ALL?
There are two kinds of instruction that can come to any man - the first triggers movement in a particular direction and the second, alters the direction of motion when movement is already taking place. Both are essential to the walk of an individual, however, many of us tend to be stuck in the former... Continue Reading →