Wednesday: 9th January, 2019 Reference text: Mark 6:45-54 Mark 6:49 But when they saw him walking upon the sea, they supposed it had been a spirit, and cried out: Whenever I see faith in action, a story I encountered some years ago always crops back into memory. It concerned a King who assigned the same... Continue Reading →

Tuesday: 8th January, 2018 Reference text: 1 John 4:7-10 1 John 4:8 He that loveth not, does not know God; for God is love. Harsh truths are meant to be exactly that, harsh! So we should not be surprised by the bluntness in today's text from the first letter of John: 'if you don't love,... Continue Reading →

Original date: 2/02/17 Reference text: Mark: 6:14-29 Mark 6:18-19 For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife. Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not: It is obvious that Herodias was unhappy with John's bold telling of the... Continue Reading →

Monday: 7th January, 2019 Sometime ago, while reading a blog post from a friend of mine, one thing that impressed on me was the idea of not having any arrears to carry into the new year. This, I did not read much meaning into until today when it just hit me 'one can hardly look... Continue Reading →

Sunday: 6th January, 2018 Reference text: Matthew 2:1-12 Matthew 2:8Then Herod sent them to Bethlehem saying 'Go to Bethlehem and search high and low for this Savior child; and as soon as you know where He is, report it to me so that I may go and worship Him'. Considering Biblical characters, kids grow up... Continue Reading →

Saturday: 5th January, 2019 Reference text: John 1:43-51 John 1:46 And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see. The best way to win a debate, is often to make convincing arguments using a wide range of vocabulary. Most of the time, the... Continue Reading →

Friday: 4th January, 2019 Reference: John 1:35-42 John 1:38a The two disciples heard him and went after Jesus. Jesus looked over his shoulder and said to them, “What are you after?” When someone begins to be good, I mean really good to us, we often become a bit apprehensive and begin to wonder if all... Continue Reading →

Thursday: 3rd January, 2018 Reference text: Psalm 98 Psalms 98:4 Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise. Amongst the myriad of definitions available for the word 'NOISE' which I checked the dictionary for, the one which stood out is that which we simply... Continue Reading →

Wednesday: 2nd January, 2019 Reference text: John 1:19-28 John 1:22 Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself? John in the Gospel today appeared to be playing hard to get. He was asked one question: 'who are you?' However,... Continue Reading →