Matthew 4:3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. There was only one intention behind the devil's questioning of the very identity of Jesus- to cause him to either abuse, question or ignore who His real identity was. Jesus'... Continue Reading →
BE AT YOUR POST
Luke 5:27 And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Follow me. In a game of soccer, managers may be in the position to tolerate unintentional events like scoring an own goal or misplacing a couple of passes in... Continue Reading →
IT’S UP TO YOU
Matthew 9:14 Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not? As usual, the Pharisees regularly sought for avenues to put the spotlight on Jesus and today being no exception, they sought to use their own lives and doings as the yardstick... Continue Reading →
MAKE YOUR CHOICE
Deuteronomy 30:16a In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, In the military, an order is meant to be followed regardless of an individual's conviction as a refusal to follow one can be seen... Continue Reading →
EXAMINE YOUR MOTIVES
Matthew 6:1 Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. Actions are as important as the reasoning or thinking behind them hence one reason why in a court of law, to justly sentence someone for a... Continue Reading →
LET GO AND GO THROUGH
Mark 10:25 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. As soon as I read the Gospel for today, the image that came to mind was that of scene in a short drama I witnessed at one... Continue Reading →
GIVE YOUR ‘EVERYTHING’
Mark 10:28 Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee. Peter's words in the Gospel of today was not a question to Jesus, it was rather a statement made from a definite stand point. The disciples knew with a definite certainty all they had done to be... Continue Reading →
EXTREME HONESTY
Sirach 2:1 My son, if you have decided to serve the Lord, prepare yourself for trials Advertisements are meant to be catchy thus normally, we would have expected that to get others to follow, we will need sweet words to coax and draw them in before we 'drop any bombs' on them. But it sometimes... Continue Reading →
BE AN EXAMPLE TO OTHERS
1 Peter 5:3 Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being examples to the flock. When someone is told to be an example or a model for others to follow, there is always the underlying basis that a certain code of conduct is being followed that can be adopted by others. It is therefore... Continue Reading →