A daily walk in faith, hope and love
Reference text: Daniel 6 This chapter in Daniel details the story we know well as 'Daniel in the lions den'. The satraps or president's who intended to entrap Daniel wrote up the decree and brought it before King Darius. All he had to was "sign the written decree" and it became law". That was fairly... Continue Reading →
Luke 11:11-12 Which of you fathers, if your son asks for[a] a fish, will give him a snake instead? Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? One of the biggest source of contemplation for most Christians arises from the question "why was my prayer not answered?". However, probe a little... Continue Reading →
Reference text: Luke 14:15-24 In our reference text, a window of entry was opened, an opportunity which the invited guests declined using very valid excuses: to take ownership of a new field, verifying the strength of oxen and spending time with a new wife. (vs 18-20). Once their seemingly valid excuses were relayed to the... Continue Reading →
Luke 10:16 Whoever listens to you listens to me; whoever rejects you rejects me; but whoever rejects me rejects him who sent me One would have thought that the choice here was to refuse to listen to Jesus, a personal choice anyone seemed entitled to make. However, nested in that choice was also the rejections... Continue Reading →
Reference text: 1 Kings 21:17-29 When Ahab went on to possess the vineyard of Naboth after his death, he was all cheerful and excited. He had no concerns about the consequences of His actions, only the immediate results of achieving his earnest desires. And in many ways, we are like him because often in some... Continue Reading →
DAY 46/366 Luke 9:22 For what is a man profited, having gained the whole world, and having destroyed or having suffered the loss of himself? Our life is determined not solely by the existence of an extensive and well intended blueprint set out by God, but also by the contributing effects of our decisions. Ultimately,... Continue Reading →
DAY 320 Luke 17:27 People were eating, drinking, marrying and being given in marriage up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all. In today's Gospel, we are taken a step back into the beginnings with the story of Noah and the ark. We read that in those... Continue Reading →
341/365 Genesis 3:9 And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? The version of today's text that I read on my app begins with a preamble in square brackets before presenting God's call to Adam. It begins with the words [After Adam had eaten of tree]. While that was... Continue Reading →
285/365 I pass on the lessons I gleaned from a message I listened to about a fortnight ago: Whenever consequences arise, our minds turn immediately to decisions.We trace back to all the choices that could have played a role to arrive with the set of consequences which has manifested. When you decide not to eat... Continue Reading →
Your Daily Dose 