AN INEFFICIENT APPROACH

Reference text: Judges 6:11-24 One of the first things anyone learns in a biology class is cell differentiation or specialisation - where cells begin to acquire distinct features that make them suitable for particular tasks. Such cells will be less, if not entirely unproductive when assigned alternative duties to perform. We return today to the... Continue Reading →

TURNING TO THE GOD OF MERCY

Reference: Luke 18:9-14We read the story of the Pharisee and tax collector who enter the temple to pray. The Pharisee approaches God, head up, boasting in his capacity and ability to complete spiritual activities. The tax collector, however, assumes the posture of a broken man who looks towards a merciful God. And as the Psalmist... Continue Reading →

DO THE BEST IN YOUR CORNER

Our verse of interest today is 1 Corinthians 9:22: "To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some". I found it interesting that Paul became ALL things to ALL people, but the end goal was so... Continue Reading →

YOU CAN SAFELY FOLLOW

DAY 48/366 Luke 5:27, 28 And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Follow me. And he left all, rose up, and followed him. Reading the Gospel today sent my mind back to the call of Peter and Andrew in... Continue Reading →

THERE IS A LESSON IN EVERTHING

DAY 228 Reference text: Matthew 18:15-20 When an equipment such as a computer breaks down, there are instructions one has to follow in an attempt to get it working. Depending on skillset and knowledge base, different individuals might be able to troubleshoot at different levels. This might include turning it off, waiting and then turning... Continue Reading →

FORCEFUL EVACUATION

DAY 185 Genesis 19:16 When Lot still hesitated, the angels seized his hand and the hands of his wife and two daughters and rushed them to safety outside the city, for the Lord was merciful. When we stand at the edge of a cliff surrounded by a body of water, the last thing we want... Continue Reading →

MERCY SAID NO!

DAY 20 Hebrews 8:10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people: God's... Continue Reading →

EXPECT THE BEST

DAY 119/365 EXPECT THE BEST Other renditions try to tone down the devastation Paul was doing to the church with the use of words like ' Saul was persecuting, trying to destroy or cruelly harassing the church. Yet, it seems the impact of his dealings did go a lot further and scripture does not mince... Continue Reading →

CAN WE MEET HIS STANDARDS?

68/365 CAN WE MEET HIS STANDARDS? Matthew 5:20 For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven Are we ever going to meet the standards of God? The gold standards we read about and the added expectation that are required of... Continue Reading →

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