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 →

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 →

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