23/365 KNOW YOUR PART When one decides to complete a DIY project, you get many individual pieces which you follow a manual to assemble. If you don't know where any piece fits, you are likely to deem it as unimportant. A personal recommendation would be to take a few minutes to read the message version... Continue Reading →
PURSUE GOOD PHYSICAL HEALTH
22/365 PURSUE GOOD PHYSICAL HEALTH There are many areas in our life where our attention is required. As much as career, social or spiritual advancement matter to us, these have a central point terminating in the physical health of the one who pursues them. Without a healthy body, all those pursuits have no meeting place.... Continue Reading →
CHOOSE YOUR RELATIONSHIPS
21/365 CHOOSE YOUR RELATIONSHIPS Mark 3:13 And He went up on the mountain and called to Him those He Himself wanted. And they came to Him. The message from today is one we are familiar with, albeit in many other forms. It highlights reciprocal choices- two sides choosing, each choosing the other. Jesus called those... Continue Reading →
THE COST OF WINNING
20/365 THE COST OF WINNING Reference: 1 Samuel 1:6-8 1 Samuel 18:8 And Saul was furious and resented this song. “They have ascribed tens of thousands to David,” he said, “but only thousands to me. What more can he have but the kingdom?” To the women in our text, all they were doing was singing... Continue Reading →
STRIVE FOR MASTERY
19/365 STRIVE FOR MASTERY 1 Samuel 17:39 David strapped his sword over the tunic and tried to walk, but he was not accustomed to them. “I cannot walk in these,” David said to Saul. “I am not accustomed to them.” So David took them off. In the chapter read today, King Saul offered David his... Continue Reading →
A GOD OF INTRICATE DETAIL
18/365 A GOD OF INTRICATE DETAIL Reference text: 1 Samuel 16:1-13 1 Samuel 16:2 And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And the LORD said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the LORD. Samuel was a prophet, but before that... Continue Reading →
HOW PERSONAL HAVE YOU GOT?
17/365 HOW PERSONAL HAVE YOU GOT? Comparisons often give us a point of reference, sometimes serving as a starting location from which to organise our thought process. Today, we compare the words of two kings: Statement one: "But the people took of the plunder, sheep and oxen, the best of the things which should have... Continue Reading →
DISCERN QUALITY
DISCERN QUALITY 16/365 John 2:10 and he says to him, "Every man first sets out the good wine, and when they might have drunk freely, the inferior; you have kept the good wine until now." Among the many things alcohol is able to do is to reduce response time and dampen the senses. One does... Continue Reading →
DO YOU KNOW WHY?
15/365 DO YOU KNOW WHY? Mark 2:16 And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?” Among the many questions in life that we seek to receive answers to, 'why' appears to pose... Continue Reading →