Sunday: 31st March, 2019 Reference text: Luke 15:1-3,11-32 Luke 15:14 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in the land and he began to be in want. When one hears the words 'opportunist infections', they refer to those infections that appear in the midst of an ongoing chronic immune-attacking disease process.... Continue Reading →
CONSISTENCY IN LOVE
Saturday: 30th October, 2019 Reference text: Hosea 6:1-6 Hosea 6:4 What can I do with you, Ephraim? What can I do with you, Judah? Your love is like the morning mist, like the early dew that disappears. 1. Deal or No deal? 2. Are you in or out? 3. Are you for or against? 4.... Continue Reading →
USE YOUR HEART TOO
Friday: 29th March, 2019 Reference text: Mark 12:28-34 Mark 12:34 And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that durst ask him any question. Among the many teachers of the law Jesus encountered, the one mentioned in today's... Continue Reading →
BROADEN YOUR SCOPE
Thursday: 28th March, 2019 Reference text: Luke 11:14-23 Luke 11:18 So if Satan too is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? I ask you this because you claim that I cast out demons by beelzebul. In my primary school days, there was a notion that 'all pupils who wore glasses were intelligent'. The... Continue Reading →
LEST YOU FORGET
Wednesday 27th March, 2019 1st reading: Deuteronomy 4:1,5-9 Deuteronomy 4:9 Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons; In this age... Continue Reading →
HIS OPINION OR A CONFIRMATION?
Tuesday, 26th March, 2019 Reference text: Matthew 18:21-35 Matthew 18:21 Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? On the basis of our individual preferences, there are always some biases when it comes to soliciting the opinion of others. Thus,... Continue Reading →
CRITICAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
Monday: 25th March, 2019 Reference text: Luke 1:26-38 Luke 1:31 And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS. Whenever the Annunciation, the announcement to Mary by the Angel Gabriel that she would be the mother of Jesus, is mentioned; our minds are immediately drawn... Continue Reading →
DO MORE THAN COMPLAINING
Sunday: 24th March, 2019 Reference text: Luke 13:1-9 Luke 13:7 Finally, he said to his gardener, 'I've waited three years, and there hasn't been a single fig! Cut it down. It's just taking up space in the garden.' Sometimes when people keep on trying their hands at something they have gained no success with even... Continue Reading →
DO YOU KNOW YOU HAVE A SHARE?
Saturday 23rd March, 2019 Reference text: Luke 15:1-3,11-32 Luke 15:12 And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living. Whenever there is a large inheritance to be split, we get to see many parties each staking their... Continue Reading →