GOOD FRIDAY The season of Easter, particularly good Friday, affords us the opportunity to do a bit of memory work, with a reflection on what got us to where we are. We journey back through the pages of scripture and in there, we see the price has been paid for each one of us.That realisation... Continue Reading →
DIFFERENT MOTIVES
DIFFERENT MOTIVES 99/365 John 12:5 Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor? The very fact that Judas and Mary each had very different plans for the same bottle of ointment takes us on a brief journey into the psyche of others. Sometimes, we will never truly understand... Continue Reading →
BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU DEVALUE
93/365 BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU DEVALUE Numbers 21:5 And the people spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and our soul loathes this worthless bread.” As people grow, learn and experience things, their tastes... Continue Reading →
THE COST OF YOUR RISING
88/365 THE COST OF YOUR RISING Exodus 32:10 Now leave me alone so my fierce anger can blaze against them, and I will destroy them. Then I will make you, Moses, into a great nation.” At what price does your rising come? This question popped up in mind because of the unique situation Moses was... Continue Reading →
MINI BITES
87/365 MINI BITES Some summaries from the my last two reads: God speaks in the silence of the heart and Listening is the beginning of prayer. Whenever we are convinced into things that our conscience does not agree with, it always ends up bad What we hide still have authority over us and creates fear... Continue Reading →
FULFILMENT OF DAYS
FULFILMENT OF DAYS Isaiah 65:20 Babies will no longer die in infancy, and all people will live out their life span. God's desire is for men to live to the fulfilment of their days- to complete that which they have been tasked to do while living. It is crucial therefore to find the purpose for one's... Continue Reading →
RESPECT CHOICES
RESPECT CHOICES 84/365 Luke 15:27, 28 And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound. And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him. Among the many legal loops one has... Continue Reading →
PAY ATTENTION TO THE ‘BUTs’
PAY ATTENTION TO THE 'BUTs' 78/365 2 Kings 15:1 Now Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Syria, was a great and honorable man in the eyes of his master, because by him the LORD had given victory to Syria. He was also a mighty man of valor, but a leper. Naaman was... Continue Reading →
FOR CONTINUITY, NOT COMPETITION
76/365 Reference text: 2 Samuel 7:4-16 FOR CONTINUITY, NOT COMPETITION Through the prophet Nathan, God speaks to David with a clear blueprint about the life of his own son. Interestingly, God seems to have transposed into the life of David's son the very offer David himself made- to build a temple. For anyone without an... Continue Reading →