A daily walk in faith, hope and love
Deuteronomy 26:17a Today Yahweh has declared to you that he will be your God In many ways, people look forward to hearing words of exhortation and encouragement every once in a while as that can be a good drive in the pursuit of set targets. In the text for today, God makes a solemn promise... Continue Reading →
Ezekiel 18:26 When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die. It is God's desire that after a battle with sin, the sinner finds his way back into His presence. The prophet Ezekiel presents to us what qualifies... Continue Reading →
Matthew 7:7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: This scripture text is very popular with the key verbs: Ask, seek and knock. The meaning to me was the normal knowing that determination and desire gets God's attention but as I read... Continue Reading →
Psalms 51:11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. I read a piece written by a colleague yesterday. In this extract, he expounded on the fact that "When God was creating fish, he spoke to the sea; when creating plants, he spoke to the land and when... Continue Reading →
Isaiah  55:11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. Words are always spoken for a definite purpose: to exhort, make others laugh, to express... Continue Reading →
Leviticus 19:14 Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD. Curses are uttered by mouth and are expected to be heard, in the same vain, a stumbling block can only be avoided when it is seen. Hence God using images... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
