Reference text: 1 Kings 3:1-14 If we break down Solomon's conversation with God at Gibeon, even though he referred to himself as a 'little child', during this encounter, his words showed he was wise way beyond his age. It was evident his father's gift with words had rubbed on him positively. However, beyond this, our... Continue Reading →
REQUESTS LINKED TO KINGDOM
Reference text: 1 Kings 3:1-14 If we break down Solomon's conversation with God at Gibeon, even though he referred to himself as a 'little child', during this encounter, his words showed he was wise way beyond his age. It was evident his father's gift with words had rubbed on him positively. However, beyond this, our... Continue Reading →
THE VALUE OF YOUR LIGHT
Mark 4:21 Jesus continued, "Does anyone ever bring in a lamp and put it under a bowl or under the bed? Isn't it put on the lampstand? We encounter a very interesting situation in today's text. If we let our imagination run wild for a moment, we observe what appears to be Jesus seemingly confused... Continue Reading →
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 →
YOUR LIFE IS NOT YOUR OWN
Romans 14:7-8, 12 For none of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself. For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, uwhether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s. So then zeach of us will give... 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 →