The covenant of God with His people is encapsulated in one word 'obedience'. Therefore in Isaiah 1:19, it is written 'If you are willing and obedient, you will enjoy the good of the land.' This is further emphasised in the words of Moses which proceeded the blessing or curses presented in Deuteronomy 28, where the... Continue Reading →
LEAVING ALL BEHIND
Mark 10:28 Then Peter spoke up, "We have left everything to follow you!" We can sometimes try to make the words of others our own, likewise their experiences. Therefore, with Peter in the limelight today and ourselves also in the shoes as disciples, we would find it appropriate to want to also ask Jesus: with... Continue Reading →
IT TAKES MORE THAN ONE ‘YES’
DAY 141 OF 365 OF 2021 John 21:17 He asked him a third time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Peter was deeply hurt that he had asked him a third time, "Do you love me?" So he told him, "Lord, you know everything. You know that I love you!" Jesus told him,... Continue Reading →
MADE WITH PERCEPTION
DAY 140 OF 365 IN 2021 Acts 23:6,7 But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question. And when... Continue Reading →
NO VALID EXCUSE
DAY 132 OF 365 IN 2021 Acts 17:30 The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent, 'Ignorance is no excuse'- that is a popular phrase when people fall foul of things they did not know about, it could be a rule or policy. Here is the jist: just... Continue Reading →
THE COMMAND TO LOVE
John 15:17 This is my command: Love each other DAY 129 OF 365 IN 2021 One may have reason, sometimes justified and appropriate and thus refuse to carry out a command. However, any soldier will attest to the efficacy of a command issued by ones superior. You may not agree, but once officially issued, one... Continue Reading →
CUSTODIANS OF KNOWLEDGE
DAY 125 OF 365 IN 2021 Acts 15:1-2 While Paul and Barnabas were at Antioch, some men from Judea arrived and began to teach the believers that unless they adhered to the ancient Jewish custom of circumcision, they could not be saved. Paul and Barnabas argued and discussed this with them at length, and finally... Continue Reading →
A LOST ADVANTAGE
Genesis 1:26 Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over [a]all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” Having and 'using what one... Continue Reading →
CHRISTIAN AT ALL TIMES
DAY 114 OF 365 IN 2021 Whenever we hear of athletes setting world record times in events, our minds should just not be turned towards the ten or twenty second record, but the entire journey that could have taken years of dedication and training. Cutting down their initial time by a few milliseconds at a... Continue Reading →