DAY 13/366 Reference text: 1 Samuel 9:1-27,10:1 This story in its entirety contains a story with some very interesting things to note:1. searching for missing animals is a task servants would have been charged with, but Kish made his son, Saul, and a servant the search party.2. After searching four towns and making no headway,... Continue Reading →
THE FATHER’S HEART TODAY
DAY 8/366 These words today are reassurances that come at the start of the new year. I pray they inspire confidence to keep trusting God. "My dearest, my thoughts are not your thoughts and my ways are not yours. In fact, there is a wide gap between what you think and what I think, between... Continue Reading →
REELING YOU IN
DAY 4/366 John 1:38 Then Jesus turned, and seeing them following, said to them, “What do you seek?” This question, which Jesus asked the two disciples of John who decided to follow Him has many variants: 'what do you want? What are after? What are you looking for? It was a question that went straight... Continue Reading →
WHEN GOD MAKES A STATEMENT
DAY 348 Isaiah 41:19,20 I will fill the desert with all kinds of trees—cedars, acacias, and myrtles; olive and cypress trees; fir trees and pines. That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the LORD hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it. In... Continue Reading →
REACH FOR HELP
DAY 347 Matthew 11:28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Before a person makes any commitment, it is prudent to search their own reserve to determine if they possess the capacity to fulfil it. Where they are unsure, they often hedge their bets with... Continue Reading →
GOD IS NOT SLOW
DAY 344 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord isn’t really being slow about his promise, as some people think. No, he is being patient for your sake. He does not want anyone to be destroyed, but wants everyone to repent. The promise in question today was about the return of Jesus, and Peter answered it with... Continue Reading →
CAN GOD TRUST YOU?
DAY 334 Power, Influence and Wealth are tripartite that should not be wielded by 'just anybody'. That includes power in all forms, mechanical or spiritual, influence on systems and men, as well as dimensions of wealth that bear potential to affect the life of society at large. They require a tranformed mind, an enabling through... Continue Reading →
SHARPEN WHAT YOU HAVE
DAY 331 Daniel 1:4 Children in whom was no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king's palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans. We have become so... Continue Reading →
KNOWLEDGE OF GOD
DAY 319 Luke 17:13 And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. The ten lepers we read about today seemed to understand something about God. The first notable thing was in their salutation: they called Jesus 'master'. That was a title accorded to Jesus anyways, but in the context,... Continue Reading →