Tuesday: 2nd October, 2019 Luke 9:53 And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he would go to Jerusalem. At almost every stage on lower rungs of the academic ladder, there are a variety of options that allows one to have a plan A, a plan B even a plan C.... Continue Reading →
DON’T EXPECT THE SAME OUTCOME
Monday: 30th September, 2019 Reference text: Zechariah 8:1-8 Zechariah 8:6 This may seem impossible to those of the nation who are now left, but it's not impossible for me. I believe I could swim underwater anywhere between ten and twenty seconds because that is just about the maximum length of time I can go without... Continue Reading →
SIX BROTHERS, SAME ATTITUDE
Sunday: 29th September, 2019 Reference text: Luke 16:19-31 Luke 16:27, 28 Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house: For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment. Although the degree of influence exerted by... Continue Reading →
WE NEVER WALK UNWALLED
Saturday: 28th September, 2019 Reference text: Zechariah 2:5-9,14-15 Zechariah 2:5 For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her. If there was some expectation to see some of the lyrics to Liverpool FC's "You' ll never walk alone" in... Continue Reading →
REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE
Friday: 27th September, 2019 Reference text: Luke 9:18-22 Luke 9:18 And it came to pass, as he was alone praying, his disciples were with him: and he asked them, saying, Whom say the people that I am? 'The Lion King' is one story which highlights what can happen when one forgets their identity as a... Continue Reading →
THE LITTLE THINGS IN LIFE
Thursday: 26th September, 2019 I have had the opportunity to receive answers to the question 'what will be the first thing you do when you leave hospital? and I am still fascinated by the kind of responses I have received. Answers like: 'I want a cold shower, a cup of tea in my favorite mug... Continue Reading →
NO ROOM FOR DISTRACTIONS
Wednesday: 25th September, 2019 Reference text: Luke 9:1-6 Luke 9:3 “Take nothing for your journey,” he instructed them. “Don’t take a walking stick, a traveler’s bag, food, money, or even a change of clothes. On any mission to proclaim a message over a long distance, all the items in the list above: a walking staff,... Continue Reading →
ROOM FOR GOD
Tuesday: 24th September, 2019 Psalm 122:1 I was glad when the said to me 'let us go to the house of the Lord'. 'I was delighted with the invitation to be in the presence of God': from those words of his, one might begin to wonder the exact position of David when the words were... Continue Reading →
BORN TO SHINE
Monday: 23rd September, 2019 Reference text: Luke 8:16-18 Luke 8:16 No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light. On a bright day, while clear skies are welcome, many people... Continue Reading →