Following daylight savings, the sun tends to rise later and sets way earlier. Hence, the onset of darkness can catch anyone out. There is a path that I sometimes use enroute to work because it cuts my travel by a couple of minutes. However, as it passes through the town park, there is no lighting... Continue Reading →
SPEND THE NIGHT PREPARING FOR THE DAY
Reference text: Luke 6:12-19 In the development of a child, there are developmental milestones they should have achieved within specific age points. Whenever these set targets are not met within an acceptable margin of error, there is reasonable grounds for an inquiry. Likewise, life is broken down into seasons-there are seasons to build character, seasons... Continue Reading →
DON’T MAKE YOURSELF EXPENDABLE
Even though you may not clearly know the function of a thing, in creation, you can be certain that nothing exists just because. There is an intelligent rationale and purpose for everything that is. We come down to the question of purpose often because of its central place in the life of men. We read... Continue Reading →
SIGNALS NOT TO BE MISSED
Luke 12:54 Then He also said to the multitudes, “Whenever you see a cloud rising out of the west, immediately you say, ‘A shower is coming’; and so it is. The point at which the cloud is seen rising from the west, coincided with not only the immediate recognition of its meaning, but also the... Continue Reading →
LOVE EXPRESSED IN FOUR DIMENSIONS
Saint Paul in Ephesians 3:18 presented the love of God in four dimensions: "may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the length and width, height and depth of God’s love". LENGTH: We may wonder how far the love of God can go, and we arrive at a time point called 'forever... Continue Reading →
BE READY FOR ACTION
One thing man does not have access to is 'all knowledge'. That is one of the attributes reserved only for God. For some then, this can becomes a source of crippling fear and anxiety with gaps on their journey they would want to know about. For others, the switch flips to another extreme and they... Continue Reading →
TAMING AMBITION
Mark 10:37 They replied, “Let one of us sit at your right and the other at your left in your glory Today's Gospel tells the story of James and John, two brothers who approached Jesus and asked for either to sit on his right hand and left hand side. That was ambition. Ambition can thus... Continue Reading →
SUBMIT TO TEACHING
Luke 12:11-12 “When you are brought before synagogues, rulers and authorities, do not worry about how you will defend yourselves or what you will say, for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that time what you should say. Some offer one description of attaining success as 'when preparation meets opportunities'. Emphasizing the place of... Continue Reading →
DON’T LET ANGER LEAD
Luke 11:53,54 And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things:Â Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him Many of the situations people have found themselves... Continue Reading →