Sunday, 13th January, 2019 Reference text: Isaiah 40:1-5,9-11 Isaiah 40:9 O Zion, you who bring good tidings, Get up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, you who bring good tidings, lift up your voice with strength, Lift it up, be not afraid; Say to the cities of Judah, “Behold your God!” A few days ago,... Continue Reading →

Saturday: 12th January, 2019 Reference text: John 3:22-30 John 3:23 And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized. Recently, information about the safest cars one could buy the past year was released. One look at the list and I wondered how... Continue Reading →

Friday: 11th January, 2019 Reference text: Luke 5:12-16 Luke 5:15 -16 Now the report of his power spread even faster and vast crowds came to hear him preach and to be healed of their diseases. But he often withdrew to the wilderness for prayer. Recently, I read news of a fan who climbed on top... Continue Reading →

Thursday 10th January, 2019 Reference text: 1 John 4:19-5:4 1 John 4:20 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? We often prioritise things on the basis... Continue Reading →

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 →