121/365 YOU NEED LETTERS Acts 9:1-2 Saul kept on threatening to kill the Lord's followers. He even went to the high priest and asked for letters to the leaders of the synagogues in Damascus. He did this because he wanted to arrest and take to Jerusalem any man or woman who had accepted the Lord's... Continue Reading →
PROPORTIONATE RISING
115/365 PROPORTIONATE RISING Reference: Acts 6:1-7 Acts 6:1 In those days when the number of disciples was increasing, the Hellenistic Jews among them complained against the Hebraic Jews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food. Notice the timing of today's complaint was at the time when the number of disciples... Continue Reading →
LITTLE CAN HAVE IMPACT
114/365 John 6:8-9 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, saith unto him, There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many? When Jesus asked the disciples for food, Andrew identified a lad with five loaves and two fish but immediately wrote... Continue Reading →
LIFTING RESPECT TIME
LIFTING RESPECTS TIME 110/365 1 Peter 5:6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Lifting happens, but even in the presence of the condition of humility stipulated in scripture, one other item remains a necessity which cannot be ignored. And that is the concept of TIME... Continue Reading →
THE DANGER OF CONSISTENCY
107/365 THE DANGER OF CONSISTENCY Acts 3:5 And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of them. There is a saying that could be paraphrased as such 'I am more afraid of the man who throws one punch everyday for thousand days that the one who throw a thousand punches every thousand days.'... Continue Reading →
A QUEST FOR KNOWLEDGE
106/365 A QUEST FOR KNOWLEDGE John 20:13 And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto them, Because they have taken away my LORD, and I know not where they have laid him. In a short space of time, Mary is asked the same question twice consecutively. The question was 'woman, why... Continue Reading →
SEEKING OPPORTUNITY
SEEKING OPPORTUNITY 101/365 Matthew 26:16 And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him. 'A time or a set of circumstances that make something possible' - that is the definition of an opportunity. Thus, regardless of the intention behind one's search for an opportunity, one thing is highlighted 'there is a time and set... Continue Reading →
PRIDE GOES BEFORE A FALL
PRIDE GOES BEFORE A FALL 98/365 Philippians 2:6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: Men like to be 'up'- be the best, be at the top, be seen as successful. No one wakes up and has as a life's target the desire to be at... Continue Reading →
A DELICATE BALANCE
96/365 A DELICATE BALANCE I attended a workshop today and it was a day for some deep learning about self and others. Among the things I heard was this one statement which had quite a bit of an impact: "You can't bring all of your heart to your workplace all of the time, but you... Continue Reading →