Reference: Luke 15:11-32 Today's text is a familiar story: a young man who had the boldness to ask his father for his share of the inheritance before his father died. What we see unfold are a series of actions and events that highlighted the impact of immaturity and poor character development on inheritances. This applies... Continue Reading →
CHANGING THE SPOTLIGHTS
166/365 CHANGING THE SPOTLIGHTS Matthew 7:3 Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Why should I lift the covers of my weaknesses to the world? Why should I announce for all and sundry that there is a log... Continue Reading →
GROWTH BY ACCIDENT
141/365 MINI BITES GROWTH BY ACCIDENT Whenever we hear the statement 'it was an accident', it is often after an outcome that provides no benefit and for which one has to apologise. Rarely does anybody attribute a good outcome to an accident, even if that was indeed the case. In life, we may do a... Continue Reading →
ALL AREAS MATTER
DAY 286 OF 365 IN 2021 ALL AREAS MATTER Luke 11:42 Woe to you Pharisees, because you give God a tenth of your mint, rue and all other kinds of garden herbs, but you neglect justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without leaving the former undone. For athletes who... Continue Reading →
DEVELOP IN ALL AREAS
DAY 259 OF 365 IN 2021 DEVELOP IN ALL AREAS 1 Timothy 4:12 Let no one despise your youth, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity. A tripod has three legs, any of them when missing is indicative of the absence of balance and falling... Continue Reading →
DEVOURERS
DAY 227 OF 365 IN 2021 DEVOURERS Revelations 12:4b The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that it might devour her child the moment he was born. The word that stands out from the text today was 'devour'. By definition, to devour means 'to swallow or eat... Continue Reading →