Reference: Mark 6:34-44 And when it was already late, His disciples came up to Him and said, “This place is secluded and it is already late; Reference: Mark 6:34-44 Assessment of situations is not a bad thing. In fact, it is a main consideration prior to executing any meaningful plan. In the assessment process, one... Continue Reading →
ROUNDING UP THE YEAR
Reference text: 1 Samuel 30: 1-31 1. Tears alone are futile (vs 4) For a group of men of war to cry until they had no more strength to weep tells quite a story. Yet, after all their weeping, their sons and daughters remained in the hand of the enemies. They had to quickly regroup... Continue Reading →
CONTENTIONS TO REVEAL GOD’S GLORY
Acts 6:10 And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake. At the start of this year, one message that was an anchor was "this will be a year of great things but with many contentions". This was based on the text from the Acts of the Apostles... Continue Reading →
GOD’S OUTCOME MUST INCLUDE HIS STRATEGY
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 →
HE WILL DO WHAT HE SAYS
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 →
MAKE YOUR WAY BACK HOME
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 →
THIS IS THE DOING OF THE LORD
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 →
AS THE LORD SPEAKS
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 →
YOU CANNOT JOURNEY UNAIDED
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 →