A daily walk in faith, hope and love
I am just a few pages to the end of my current read 'CRUSHING ', by Bishop T D Jakes. It is a book that summarizes what it takes to get wine out of grapes. These are the bites that stood out: 1. A hidden God is not equal to an absent God There are... Continue Reading →
Numbers 21:5 And the people spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and our soul loathes this worthless bread.” With the Israelites as we read about in scripture, you could find yourself in a... Continue Reading →
Reference: Ezekiel 47:1-12 The unit of measure described as "a thousand cubit" is more than just a unit of distance. It represents a body of knowledge, a duration of time and even an opportunity presented to gain mastery and grounding. In ankle deep water, your focus is on your feet. You think about grounding, the... Continue Reading →
The two parts of today's text are connected by the preposition "And" hence it reads ' But this command I gave them: ‘Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be my people.[AND] walk in all the way that I command you, that it may be well with you.’(Jeremiah 7:23) Just... Continue Reading →
Matthew 23:2 The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. So you must be careful to do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach I know the scribes and Pharisees were seen as a really big obstacle in the... Continue Reading →
Reference: Jonah 3:1-10 We read the story of Jonah and his first foray into Nineveh. The king and his nobles declared a national upon hearing his words of impending doom. All fasted, not even the cattle and sheep in the field were fed. However, we notice that the premise for their fast was a based... Continue Reading →
MONTH OF STRATEGIES Luke 4:3-4 And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread. And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God. Today's strategy is this 'don't eat everything... Continue Reading →
Reference text: 1 Samuel 26:1-23We read the story of Saul's pursuit of David. Within this story, a deep sleep from the Lord accounted for the absence of any awareness when David and Abishai went deep behind enemy lines. If this story was retolled purely in human context without the divine intervention, we could say:"Saul went... Continue Reading →
References: Mark 8:22-26, Genesis 8 In today's Gospel, Jesus asked the blind man after touching his eyes "Do you see anything?" His response was "I see people, but they look like trees, walking.(Mark 8:24)" This was because at the time, his sight had only been partially restored. So if things were left as they were,... Continue Reading →
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