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 →
TARGET PRACTICE
251/365 To the random eye, a soccer game can be described as follows '22 people chase one ball for a defined period of time'. But when you understand the rules of the game, you realise the target of the game 'get the ball into your opponents net and prevent them from getting it into yours... Continue Reading →
YOUR NET NEEDS WASHING
243/365 Luke 5:2 And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets. When any Fisherman casts a net, the only thing they had control over from the very start is the size of fish they catch because of the size of mesh in... Continue Reading →
GET YOURSELF READY
241/365 Jeremiah 1:17 But you, Jeremiah, get yourself ready! Go and tell these people everything I instruct you to say. Do not be terrified of them, or I will give you good reason to be terrified of them. God could have told Jeremiah: 'get up and let's go'. Why does He even bother telling him... Continue Reading →
KNOWING VS WORKING WITH KNOWLEDGE
237/365 Matthew 24:43 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming,(A) he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. We get letters every now and then in the post or via email, whether they are statements... Continue Reading →