LOOK OUT FOR DISTRACTIONS

Luke 21:34 Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with dissipation, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you suddenly like a trap. Jesus highlighted three distractions an individual could face: Distracted by extreme pleasure and indulgence, Distracted by drunkenness, and Distracted by genuine worries of life The... Continue Reading →

ON YOUR MARKS, SET, GO!

Luke 9:51 As the time approached for him to be taken up to heaven, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem. It was as though Jesus' inner alarm had heard the final part of the sequence: 'ON YOUR MARKS, SET, GO!' because as we read 'Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem' (Luke 9:51b). To the watching... Continue Reading →

CALLED, GIVEN AND SENT

Luke 9:1-2 When Jesus had called the Twelve together, he gave them power and authority to drive out all demons and to cure diseases, Then he sent them out to tell everyone about the Kingdom of God and to heal the sick. We take another dive into the Gospel of Luke today and cast our... Continue Reading →

PURSUIT WITHIN BOUNDARIES

Reference text: 1 Timothy 7:2-12 In reading today's text, St Paul says in 1 Timothy 6:7 " For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out." This was a re-echo of the words in Psalm 49:17. Together, these words provoke a consideration of the very essence of life,... Continue Reading →

NO PURSUIT IS “SAFE”

I have been working through some learning on radiation exposure this weekend, and one thing that appears to sit at the core of this training is  "risk vrs benefit". In one module however, it was highlighted that even though the low exposures used in diagnostic imaging like hand xrays may be insignificant, you can never... Continue Reading →

COUNTDOWN – TICK-TOCK

Psalm 90:12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom Another rendition of this verse which speaks volumes is "Teach us to realize the brevity of life, so that we may grow in wisdom." If there is on thing my line of work has thought me, it is... Continue Reading →

THE POSTURE FOR RECEIVING

Observers might look at a person's life and say "they got lucky". Yet, it would surprise us to know that life is not always a game of chance and probability. There is a 'how' to obtaining from life the results desired. You may know what to do, but there is a how to do it... Continue Reading →

GO, STAND AND SPEAK

Acts 5:20 Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life. The instruction we read above were the instructions received from the Angel who broke the Apostles out of prison. It was a strange escape because the prison doors remained locked, the guards remained stationed outside the doors... Continue Reading →

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