CAN YOU SEE IT?

Before being taken up into heaven, these were the final recorded words of Elijah spoken to Elisha: “ You have requested a difficult thing,” said Elijah. “Nevertheless, if you see me as I am taken from you, it will be yours. But if not, then it will not be" (2 KING'S 2:10) ” Thus between... Continue Reading →

HAVE HEALTHY EXPECTATIONS

Whenever anyone enters into a venture, they do so with expectations, goals and targets. When all goes as expected, there is cause for celebration. So what if 'life happens?' A storm here, a wave there and those expectations are not met? What does one do? The goal of today's message is to bring to attention... Continue Reading →

A TEST OF RESILIENCE AND PATIENCE

Repitition brings mastery, however it can also bring boredom and trigger resistance. When tasked with doing the very same thing on every single occasion, one might lose interest and become demotivated. The main text in today's reading is as follows: 1 Kings 18:43 And Elijah said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the... Continue Reading →

GRACE TO ENDURE

Mark 10:34 They will mock him, spit on him, flog him with a whip, and kill him, but after three days he will rise again Sometimes, God does not reveal all the intricacies of our life's journey to us because knowing us, we would rather forfeit the glorious end if we became aware of all... Continue Reading →

A GUARD OVER YOUR LIPS

Psalms 141:3 Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips. When a prisoner escapes under custody, it is a big deal. We can thus cast our minds to the story of the jailer in the Acts of the Apostles who nearly took his own life for fear that his... Continue Reading →

CREATURES OF HABIT

Mark 10:1 Then Jesus left that place and went into the region of Judea, beyond the Jordan. Again the crowds came to Him and He taught them, as was His custom. We read about Jesus and his teaching of the people as his custom was. This was no new thing, he did it often and... Continue Reading →

YOU HAVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE GIFT

Reference text: Genesis 3:9-15 For starters, let's establish the nature of God not just as good, but as goodness itself. Hence, as saint James wrote "Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows." (James 1:17) There is therefore goodness... Continue Reading →

ALL LISTENING IS NOT THE SAME

DAY 126/366 Acts 18:26 When Priscilla and Aquila heard him preaching boldly in the synagogue, they took him aside and explained the way of God even more accurately. In our text today, we read about Apollos and his encounter with Priscilla and Aquila. We identify that even though Apollos was accurate in his message, in... Continue Reading →

YOU HAVE TO GROW TO INHERIT

DAY 111/366 Psalms 2:8 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. This verse of this Psalms always gets believers excited, because it presents to us boundless possibilities that are present in God. One glance and it appears we are... Continue Reading →

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