A daily walk in faith, hope and love
14/365 Reference: 1 Samuel 8:4-7, 10-22 STAY UNIQUE The nation Israel tell Samuel in the text today 'we want to resemble the nations around us. We know we are a unique nation with a God so close and all that, but we now want to be like the other nations, so give us a king'.... Continue Reading →
13/365 SOME TIME IN HIDING Mark 1:44a-45 “See that you don’t tell anyone. Instead he went out and began to talk freely, spreading the news. As a result, Jesus could no longer enter a town openly but stayed outside in lonely places. Yet the people still came to him from everywhere. There is a reason... Continue Reading →
WE HEAR GOD WHEN WE LISTEN 12 /365 1 Samuel 3:10, 11 And the LORD came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth. And the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every... Continue Reading →
11/365 GET THE ADDRESS RIGHT 1 Samuel 1:10 And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore. At work, there are a few members of staff with the same first names. To distinguish then, the initial of their surnames are often mentioned together with their first name. The reason... Continue Reading →
10/365 CHANGE TACTICS 1 Samuel 1:7 This went on year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the house of the LORD, her rival provoked her till she wept and would not eat. We are not given a specific time scale but we read that for every single consecutive year that while Elkanah's family went... Continue Reading →
9/365 THE LEVEL CALLED 'EXTRA' Luke 3:21 Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, We notice that many people had been baptised for John had been doing this way before Jesus came on the scene and in every case, nothing... Continue Reading →
8/365 CELEBRATE OTHERS GENUINELY John 3:30 He must increase, but I must decrease. Jesus, who in today's Gospel is mentioned to be baptising others, in some terms could be introduced as a learner because John was the one who baptised Him. However, John's disciples brought forward their concerns when Jesus' audience seemed to be getting larger... Continue Reading →
7/365 NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE Luke 5:12 And it happened when He was in a certain city, that behold, a man who was full of leprosy saw Jesus; and he fell on his face and implored Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.” A search through scripture results in one conclusion... Continue Reading →
BUILD YOUR CUSTOMS 6/365 Luke 4:16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read. For Jesus, one custom of His was to go to the synagogue on the sabbath to read. Not... Continue Reading →
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