DAY 220 Matthew 14:30 But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me. In literal terms, you cannot see the wind. It's starting point and end point cannot be determined. Therefore, Peter did not see the wind. What he perceived was the effect of... Continue Reading →
WHY DO YOU PURSUE FAME?
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 →
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 →
WHAT DON’T YOU KNOW ?
DAY 207 Matthew 13:7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them: We will have very different schools of thought whenever we explore the parable of the sower. The seed of interest today are those that fell among thorns. These seeds could very well argue that they received the short... Continue Reading →
BECOME A HARD TARGET.
DAY 205 Exodus 14:8 The Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, so that he pursued the Israelites, who were marching out boldly. The same Pharoah who charged Moses and Aaron by night (Ex 12:3), to take Israel out of Egypt, appears dazed when he is told that Israel had fled. So, he... Continue Reading →
MINIBITES
DAY 204 1. Just because you are zealous about changing something or someone, doesn't mean you first have to become that. Simply, you cannot become a monster just to catch one because after that, what happens? My mind was cast to the Paul's first letter to the Corinthians 'I make myself all things to all... Continue Reading →
NURTURE WHAT YOU HAVE
DAY 199 Exodus 2:3 But when she could no longer keep him hidden, she made a basket out of reeds and covered it with tar. She put him in the basket and placed it in the tall grass along the edge of the Nile River. We read about the birth of Moses today, paying particular... Continue Reading →
STAYING TEACHABLE
DAY 196 Matthew 10:24 “The student is not above the teacher, nor a servant above his master. A specific kind of relationship exists between a master and servant or a student and teacher. It is one in which there should be a vertical and sometimes even a generational transfer of knowledge, unctions, wealth and mantles.... Continue Reading →