A daily walk in faith, hope and love
Genesis Chapter 32 and 33 Whether Jacob anticipated the events described in today's text or not, it is fascinating that he sent everybody and everything across but he himself remained. He sent both his present and his future ahead, standing there only with his past, the name he bore as a supplanted. Then he encountered... Continue Reading →
Today's homily placed the lives of these two Apostles side by side, highlighting similarities that may otherwise be glossed over. 1. The lives of both men were altered at the point of one question from Jesus:Peter: Do you love me more then these?Paul: Why do you persecute me?Peter was grieved by those words, while Paul... Continue Reading →
Today's homily placed the lives of these two Apostles side by side, highlighting similarities that may otherwise be glossed over. 1. The lives of both men were altered at the point of one question from Jesus:Peter: Do you love me more then these?Paul: Why do you persecute me?Peter was grieved by those words, while Paul... Continue Reading →
2 Corinthians 4:7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. If you were offered the option to choose materials for constructing storage jars, clay would not be top of your list. Why? Because it is not the most durable. It... Continue Reading →
Matthew 5:20 For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven. The Pharisees, were masters of doing. The story Jesus tells in Luke 18:9-14 about a tax collector and a pharisee who both went to... Continue Reading →
Acts 20:32 "I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and grant you an inheritance among them that are sanctified. Commend has the same meaning as 'hand over or commit" so Paul was praying thus: I commend you to God. I commend you to... Continue Reading →
We read in the text about an ocassion where the Apostles, men on fire and ready to spread the Gospel across all territories, were not permitted to do so by the Holy Spirit. A rather strong wording is used as we see in Acts 16:6 "Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region... Continue Reading →
God is not a user of men, instead, He opts for willing partners. The things He demands of us, are not for Him because they can neither add to, nor subtract from His being. He is self-sustaining. So those things which are required of us and that seem burdensome remain so only because we have... Continue Reading →
Reference: Acts 9:1-20 If there is one thing most people struggle to leave behind, it is the 'past'. Even though this phase of time together with all the events that characterised it are meant to be in a rear view mirror, a positive or negative past still manages to rear it's head into the present... Continue Reading →
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