308/365 Luke 16:10 He who is faithful in a very little thing is also faithful in much; and he who is dishonest in a very little thing is also dishonest in much It is always a dangerous thing to be given everything all at once because one requires the ability to sustain a particular threshold... Continue Reading →
FLAMING ARROWS
299/365 Ephesians 6:10 In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen (Heb 11:1). Thus, there is a dimension of faith that steps beyond the... Continue Reading →
ACKNOWLEDGE THE GRACES OTHERS CARRY
282/365 Luke 11:31 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here. If there is the one thing people of... Continue Reading →
FULLY ARMED BUT DEFENSELESS
279/365 Luke 11:21 When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are safe When last I read this text, the second part caught my attention- that it isn't enough to be a strong man, that man also has to be armed with the right weapons. As I read the same text... Continue Reading →
GUARD THE DEPOSITS CAREFULLY
274/365 2 Timothy 1:14 Guard well the splendid, God-given ability you received as a gift from the Holy Spirit who lives within you In one of the parables, Jesus teaches thus 'when a strong man, armed, guards his house, his goods are safe (Luke 11:21). Entrusting means to put into someone's care or in a... Continue Reading →
COMMAND YOUR MORNING
272/365 Job 38:12 “Since your days began, have you ever commanded the morning, And caused the dawn to know its place? God was having a real go at Job for talking about things he had no idea about. However, the verse today was nothing short of a real question to all of us; all of... Continue Reading →
SAY YES
270/365 I created a bit of a to do list today because I had quite a bit to accomplish in the day. While I was in the process of completing specific tasks, I would recall 'that other thing also needs completion.' Such reminders are what we use in our day to day life to set... Continue Reading →
DON’T MISS SEASONS
265/365 "All smiles again for the Royals'- that was the headline on the front page of one of today's News papers in the UK. Those smiles indeed were a sharp contrast to the solemn, sad and tear filled eyes of the last few days. And as if like clockwork, we read the text from Ecclesiastes... Continue Reading →
A THIEF BECKONS
256/365 Numbers 21:4b "The people's tempers grew short because of the detour" Other versions render the text 'the people grew impatient on the way'. When that happened, the first thing they did was to spoke against God and Moses; against God and against man. In their minds, they had stayed too long on the journey... Continue Reading →