A daily walk in faith, hope and love
Luke 1:34 Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man? We read in today's Gospel Mary's question to the Angel Gabriel "How shall this be"Â because for her, pregnancy would not have been a new concept despite her youth. So it was the manner or 'the how' hers... Continue Reading →
Reference text: Matthew 1:1-17 Matthew 1:17: Thus there were fourteen generations in all from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to the Messiah. Anytime we read the genealogy of Jesus as captured in Matthew's Gospel, on the surface all we see is a roll call... Continue Reading →
Zephania 3:1-2 Woe to the city of oppressors, rebellious and defiled! She obeys no one, she accepts no correction. She does not trust in the LORD, she does not draw near to her God The text from the prophet Zephaniah, highlights what we can see as the stages of rebellion. To the believer, this is... Continue Reading →
REFERENCE TEXT: Isaiah 41:13-20 When God is doing any thing, He does them to send a message. The strategy described by Isaiah was one that had the intention of spiking interest and drawing attention. They were a combination of unusual events: pools of water in wilderness, springs in the dessert, or trees in the wilderness... Continue Reading →
Isaiah 40:2 Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,and cry to her that her warfare is ended,that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received from the Lord's hand double for all her sins. The initiator of the conversation we read in Isaiah is God Himself, and it came at a time when his people needed lifting. Today's... Continue Reading →
Romans 15:5 May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus, I have seen and heard many names of God, but somehow reading the text today I realized "I had not seen this one before:" The God of endurance and encouragement" This... Continue Reading →
Luke 17:27 They were eating and drinking and marrying and being given in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. There are two main groups of people: those who react and those who pro-act. The former group finds themselves in trouble when things sneak up... Continue Reading →
Reference text: Luke 17:11-19 The ten lepers described in the Gospel text were something else. A careful look at this story and you would see extreme boldness, and would they not? For context, even in contacting Jesus, they maintained their distance and shouted out for mercy. So when we see them set off immediately after... Continue Reading →
Reference text: Luke 12:1-7 Luke 12:7 But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows. I recall in high school the frequency of roll calls, sometimes even at odd times. The intention behind them was to review the headcount of students to... Continue Reading →
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