Before the year wraps up, it's good to call to mind what has been, in anticipation for what is to come. We have an opportunity to look retrospectively at the key moments that defined the past year to guide strategizing for the coming year. Bearing in mind the foundational principle in John 15:5 "apart from... Continue Reading →
MORE IS REVEALED AS YOU MOVE
Luke 2:33 And Joseph and his mother marvelled at those things which were spoken of him. You can imagine the face of Mary and Joseph in today's Gospel, and why won't they be? They had gone up to present their son as the law demanded, only for a strange man, not a priest, to pick... Continue Reading →
INSIDE INFORMATION
Matthew 2:13 And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him. Information is an... Continue Reading →
YOU MAY BE OUTRUN, BUT FINISH THE RACE
John 20:4 So they ran both together: and the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulchre. I know it's easy to say today's Gospel passage described a shootout competition between age and youth because Peter's delayed arrival coincided with the fact that he was older than his compatriot with whom he... Continue Reading →
CONTENTIONS TO REVEAL GOD’S GLORY
Acts 6:10 And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake. At the start of this year, one message that was an anchor was "this will be a year of great things but with many contentions". This was based on the text from the Acts of the Apostles... Continue Reading →
THE PLANS OF MAN VRS THE PURPOSE OF GOD
Reference tex: 2 Samuel 7:1-16 There are inspirations that arise from the heart of a man and today, we read about one of such moments. King David found himself feeling generous and desiring to do good for God and his kingdom. In this episode with the Prophet Nathan, David approaches him with a proposition "... Continue Reading →
LESSONS FROM LUKE 1:57-66
MINIBITES 1. Elizabeth and Zechariah begun this journey with an end goal in mind, a son to be named John. That was the destination. As we read in Luke 1:59-60 'So it was, on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him by the name of his... Continue Reading →
NOISE IS NOT EQUAL TO INFLUENCE
'There will be surprises in heaven' - whenever I have heard this statement, it has been used in reference to what is deemed as service to the Lord and to his kingdom. The reason is because there is a tendency to think that those who are the 'face of the Gospel' as we see it,... Continue Reading →
GOD’S OUTCOME MUST INCLUDE HIS STRATEGY
Luke 1:34 Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man? We read in today's Gospel Mary's question to the Angel Gabriel "How shall this be"Â because for her, pregnancy would not have been a new concept despite her youth. So it was the manner or 'the how' hers... Continue Reading →