Reference text: Matthew 8:28-34 Some reactions to situations are automated - the knee jerk, the hand pulling back automatically from a hot surface or the eyelids closing at imminent danger. Others are however selected responses - answering a question, responding to a physical threat or to specific information. In real terms, every one gets to... Continue Reading →
ACCORDING TO HIS WILL
Reference: Mark 10: 33-45Today's text of reference is another one that is quite interesting. James and John gather the confidence to make a request to Jesus, and they preface their request with a preamble "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask" (vs 36). That in effect was a request for a... Continue Reading →
A FRAMEWORK TO GUIDE CHOICES
Acts 6:3 Brothers and sisters, choose seven men from among you who are known to be full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will turn this responsibility over to them. Whenever we are have choices to make, the more information we have, the more clarity we possess to make those choices. In that regard, we... Continue Reading →
WHAT HAS GOD SAID?
Jesus' words to the disciples today is another interesting one and is beautifully captured in Luke 24:38 "And He said, “Why are you troubled, and why are doubts rising in your hearts? Boiling begins from the base of the pan until it reaches the top, then it may overflow when the heart gets extreme. Doubts... Continue Reading →
EXCITEMENT IS NOT CONVICTION
Among one of the core features of a very deep teaching is the tendency to see believers pumped up and excited. That is a potential hidden in the word - an inherent ability to stir up. We read a very popular text today and this is captured as 'the parable of the sower'. It has... Continue Reading →
SCRIPTURE OR CAP?
There is a series of Christian videos dubbed 'Scripture or cap'. This is where a statement is presented to an individual and for them to judge whether the content presented is found in the word of God or just a made up statement. Today's text about David and his men present one of such situations... Continue Reading →
THE LAMB OF GOD
John 1:29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. 1:36 And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God! 1. Experience the LambJohn presented Jesus as the lamb of God who takes away... Continue Reading →
THE LAMB OF GOD
John 1:29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. 1:36 And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God! 1. Experience the LambJohn presented Jesus as the lamb of God who takes away... Continue Reading →
RECEIVE THE WORD AS IT REALLY IS
1 Samuel 1:14, 17 So Eli said to her, “How long will you be drunk? Put your wine away from you!... Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him. In today's story, Hannah was called a drunk by Eli, the... Continue Reading →