YOU HAVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE GIFT

Reference text: Genesis 3:9-15 For starters, let's establish the nature of God not just as good, but as goodness itself. Hence, as saint James wrote "Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows." (James 1:17) There is therefore goodness... Continue Reading →

ARE YOU REALLY FREE?

Reference text: Acts 28:16-30 Acts 28:16 And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard: but Paul was suffered to dwell by himself with a soldier that kept him. Today's account tells us of Paul's house arrest when he came to Rome. While he acknowledged the injustice,... Continue Reading →

WHAT CHOICE WOULD YOU MAKE?

John 21:15a After they had dined with Him, Jesus asked 'Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these? Whenever I have read today's text, I have been reminded that Peter was given the same number of opportunities to declare his love for Jesus as he had denied Him, three times. Yet, reading... Continue Reading →

ONE STEP FROM DANGER

DAY 140/366 Acts 23:6-7 Now when Paul perceived that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. It is with respect to the hope and the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.” As soon as he had... Continue Reading →

ARE YOU READY TO GO?

DAY 129/366 Acts 1:20 For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take. When the men God seeks to partner with say no to Him, he waits, gently knocking on the doors of their heart in expectation that... Continue Reading →

BE OF GOOD CHEER

DAY 128/366 John 16:33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. Danger is the possibility of an event that causes harm or injury to happen. Therefore, the fact that there is... Continue Reading →

ALL LISTENING IS NOT THE SAME

DAY 126/366 Acts 18:26 When Priscilla and Aquila heard him preaching boldly in the synagogue, they took him aside and explained the way of God even more accurately. In our text today, we read about Apollos and his encounter with Priscilla and Aquila. We identify that even though Apollos was accurate in his message, in... Continue Reading →

GOD HAS MEN

DAY 125/366 Acts 18:10 For I am with you, and no one will lay a hand on you to hurt you, because I have many people in this city.” When God made the promise above with an assurance that 'many in the city belong to Him', Paul would have been right to say I am... Continue Reading →

DON’T FIND COMFORT IN IGNORANCE

DAY 122/366 Acts 17:30 Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now He commands all men everywhere to repent, There is a season in everyone's life where they might get away with ignorance. This is the story we relay to students starting out in first year when we tell them 'you might be able... Continue Reading →

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