Saturday: March 7, 2020 Yesterday, we explored to an extent that to know God suggests 'an encounter with His person' because an encounter is necessary to build unwavering and steadfast conviction. Let's build up on this to the second point on what it means to say 'we know God'. Here goes: 2. "To know God... Continue Reading →

Friday: March 6, 2020 We often hear the words 'I know you', suggesting a degree of knowledge about personality and possible choices that can be made as a result. From Catechism, one of the very first questions we are invited to answer is 'why did God make me? Its answer is presented in very short... Continue Reading →

Thursday: March 5, 2020 Reference: Esther 14:1, 3-5, 12-14 Queen Esther has to approach Ahasuerus in a task that meant she had to put her life on the line, she boldly declared 'if I perish, I perish' (4:16) for it was unlawful for anyone to approach the king uninvited, but Esther did and she survived.... Continue Reading →

Wednesday: March 4, 2020 Reference: Jonah 3:1-10 Jonah 3:9 Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not? When we operate on a trial and error system, then there is no conviction in what we do. We operate by guess work - who knows,... Continue Reading →

Tuesday: March 3, 2020 Isaiah 55:10 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: The rain and snow descend to water the earth and... Continue Reading →

Monday: March 2, 2020 Reference text: Matthew 25:31-46 We pride ourselves with a lot of different things - our social status, academic accomplishments or established successes. And for all intents and purposes, every now and then, we have no problems rubbing that in the face of others, after all, some things call for celebration and... Continue Reading →

Sunday: March 1, 2020 Reference: Genesis 2:7-9,3:1-7 Genesis 3:5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. What the serpent did was a sleek move that is still employed by many people today, painting a different... Continue Reading →

Saturday: February 29, 2020 Luke 5:31 And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick. 'Healthy people do not need a doctor, it is the sick who do'. Jesus' words suggest to us that a doctor is 'needed' by the sick, it is a necessity... Continue Reading →

Friday: February 28, 2020 Reference text: Matthew 9:14-15 Matthew 9:14 Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not? The disciples of John have a concern today: they sought to query why they fasted with the Pharisees as often as was required,... Continue Reading →