HAVE YOU COUNTED THE COST?

DAY 312 Proverbs 24:10 introduces a very interesting preamble to our discourse today. It reads 'If you faint in the day of adversity, Your strength is small.' The real question to ponder on therefore from today's text is the question Jesus asks  'have you counted the cost?' In Jesus' discourse today, He uses the building... Continue Reading →

BUSINESS AS USUAL

DAY 311 Reference text: Luke 14:15-24 Everything for the banquet was ready,  utinvited guests found reasons to not attend: the first gave an excuse: 'I have bought a piece of land and need to go check it out. The second had bought a yoke of oxen, and was going to test them out. The third,... Continue Reading →

THE REWARDER OF MEN

DAY 310 Luke 14:13-14 But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed. Although they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.” There seems to be unspoken conventions between friends and family: if you invite me, I invite... Continue Reading →

THE WORD OF GOD AS IT IS

DAY 309 1 Thessalonians 2:13 And we also thank God continually because, when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human word, but as it actually is, the word of God, which is indeed at work in you who believe. Our encounters with other men:... Continue Reading →

THE TABLE OF HONOUR

DAY  308 Luke 14:10 But when you are invited, go and sit down [to eat] at the last place, so that when your host comes, he will say to you, ‘Friend, move up higher’; and then you will be honored in the presence of all who are at the table with you. It can be... Continue Reading →

THERE IS REST IN ‘KNOWING’

DAY 307 Matthew 8:23-24 Then Jesus got into the boat and started across the lake with his disciples. Suddenly, a fierce storm struck the lake, with waves breaking into the boat. But Jesus was sleeping. Even though students may not have the same questions that will be answered when they sit an exam, there is... Continue Reading →

BECOMING COMPLETE LOVERS

DAY 306 Matthew 25:40 The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’ A bicycle is designed to run on two wheels. Through skill, one might be able to make some progress with one wheel, but it... Continue Reading →

DO SOMETHING ABOUT IGNORANCE

DAY 305 Revelation 7:13-14a Then one of the elders asked me, “These in white robes—who are they, and where did they come from?”I answered, “Sir, you know.” Today's text is set in the throne room of Heaven where John finds himself in a dialogue with one of the elders.He is asked a question 'These who... Continue Reading →

SOWING SEEDS

DAY 304 Psalm 126:6 He who goes out weeping, bearing a trail of seed, will surely return with shouts of joy, carrying sheaves of grain. They went out carrying 'seed for sowing'.  This was a specific item intended to be used in completing an assignment. Without the sowing of seeds, there will be no corresponding... Continue Reading →

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