Reference text: Mark 9:41 - 50 An executive summary of the versus of interest in this text are:If your hand or foot cause you to sin, cut them off. If your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. For it is better to enter into the kingdom of God maimed than with both sets... Continue Reading →
HAVE YOU ASSESSED THE LOAD?
DAY 12/366 Mark 2:3 "four men arrived carrying a paralyzed man on a mat. In different circumstances, the number of people required to carry another can differ. The same man described could be carried by one person on his shoulder, two or even three on a stretcher. Yet, it was four men who carried this... Continue Reading →
WEIGHING THE CHALLENGE
DAY 200 Moses' response to God’s charge to go and lead Israel out of Egypt was crystal clear: Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt? (Exodus 3:11) This was a very valid conclusion which he had drawn. It was the... Continue Reading →
THE GRACE TO FINISH
THE GRACE TO FINISH DAY 307 OF 365 IN 2021 Luke 14:28-29 Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won’t you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it? For if you lay the foundation and are not able to finish it, everyone who... Continue Reading →
HAVE YOU LOOKED WITHIN?
DAY 5 OF 365 IN 2021 Mark 6:38 He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes. Over the Christmas period, some of us had the rare opportunity of working alongside the chief executive of our hospital. Catching him during one of... Continue Reading →