GETTING TO THE TOP

Getting to the top is not the problem, it is staying there that poses a real challenge". Everyone running moves forward, aiming for what lies ahead of them. So what happens when one appears to have arrived at the top, their ultimate goal? While they can lose their motivation because there may be nothing else... Continue Reading →

BEFORE GOD SPEAKS..

The Gospel of today was an expression of the gift of Word of wisdom. Jesus gave the disciples information of events regarding preparation for the passover, and everything unfolded exactly as they had been told. We read 'So the two disciples went into the city and found everything just as Jesus had said, and they... Continue Reading →

HOLDING BACK MAY COST YOU

Mark 11:29 And Jesus answered and said unto them, I will also ask of you one question, and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things. Jesus' conversation with the authorities in the temple revolved around 'give and then receive'. They were asked a question, the answer to which... Continue Reading →

WHAT ARE YOUR TRIGGERS?

REFERENCE TEXT: MARK 10:46-52 Before any race, there is some form of signaling. Whether light or sound is used, there is always a stimuli that marks the start of any event. For us as humans, we also have stimuli that solicit responses from us, we could refer to these as triggers. This is a description... Continue Reading →

GRACE TO ENDURE

Mark 10:34 They will mock him, spit on him, flog him with a whip, and kill him, but after three days he will rise again Sometimes, God does not reveal all the intricacies of our life's journey to us because knowing us, we would rather forfeit the glorious end if we became aware of all... Continue Reading →

DON’T COME TO GOD WITH YOUR ANSWERS

Mark  10:17 And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life? When a question is repeated, one of two things is true: either the hearer did not hear and understand the question... Continue Reading →

A GUARD OVER YOUR LIPS

Psalms 141:3 Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips. When a prisoner escapes under custody, it is a big deal. We can thus cast our minds to the story of the jailer in the Acts of the Apostles who nearly took his own life for fear that his... Continue Reading →

CREATURES OF HABIT

Mark 10:1 Then Jesus left that place and went into the region of Judea, beyond the Jordan. Again the crowds came to Him and He taught them, as was His custom. We read about Jesus and his teaching of the people as his custom was. This was no new thing, he did it often and... Continue Reading →

KNOW WHO BRINGS TOMORROW

Reference text: James 4:13-17 We can choose to live in three different realities: the past, the present or the future. The past is meant to be learnt from, the present, to be lived and the future, to look forward to. Despite all the unknowns that tomorrow holds, people still make plans in anticipation of its... Continue Reading →

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