Friday: 3rd August, 2018 Reference text: Matthew 13:54-58 Matthew 13:54 And when he was come into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works? The approach one takes when there is no genuine desire to know about... Continue Reading →

Thursday: 2nd August, 2018 Reference text: Jeremiah 18:1-6 Jeremiah 18:4 And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it. Amongst plants, the African oil palm remains one of the most versatile, with... Continue Reading →

Wednesday: 1st August, 2018 Reference text: Jeremiah 15:1-10,16-21 Jeremiah 15:19 Therefore thus says the LORD: “If you return, I will restore you, and you shall stand before me. If you utter what is precious, and not what is worthless, you shall be as my mouth. They shall turn to you, but you shall not turn... Continue Reading →

Tuesday: 31st July, 2018 Reference text: Psalm 79 Psalms 79:8 O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low. When two business are about to enter a partnership of any kind, both parties do their best to present themselves in the best of light... Continue Reading →

Monday: 30th July, 2018 Reference text: Matthew 13:31-35 Matthew 13:33 Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. The image presented in the Gospel is about the Kingdom, but an extrapolation of the... Continue Reading →

Sunday: 29th July, 2018 Reference text: John 6:1-15 John 6:7,9 Philip answered him, 'Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little'. Andrew said "There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?"... Continue Reading →

Saturday: 28th July, 2018 Reference text: Matthew 13:25-30 Matthew 13:26 But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. The parable of the wheat and tares which is presented to us in the Gospel reading of today is one rich in many beautiful lessons. Two jumped out at... Continue Reading →

Friday: 27th July, 2018 Reference text: Matthew 18:18-23 Matthew 13:19 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side. The brain is hardwired to attempt to... Continue Reading →

Thursday: 26th July, 2018 1st reading: Jeremiah 2:1-3,7-8,12-13 Jeremiah 2:13 For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, to dig for themselves cisterns, broken and leaking cisterns, that can hold no water. When one is actually doing a bad job but deep down in their own mind,... Continue Reading →