358/365 CHRISTMAS EVE When you sell an idea and receive negative feedback, it feels like your balloon has been popped and you feel deflated. In contrast, receiving confirmation and affirmation that an idea is good and bears potential can add wind to your sail. It makes you more enthusiastic about a task, re-energizing you and... Continue Reading →
DON’T MISS SEASONS
265/365 "All smiles again for the Royals'- that was the headline on the front page of one of today's News papers in the UK. Those smiles indeed were a sharp contrast to the solemn, sad and tear filled eyes of the last few days. And as if like clockwork, we read the text from Ecclesiastes... Continue Reading →
WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN MADE?
255/365 1 Corinthians 12:29 Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all workers of miracles? If each of us came to know what we have been made, what kind of world would we be living in? This is the question that came to mind when I read the questions Paul asked the... Continue Reading →
WHAT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO YOU?
224/365 WHAT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO YOU? There is an interesting thing about street hawking, the most popular items each season tend to always dominate the market. It is therefore very common to find an individual who has no specific niche:Â they may be selling snacks this week, stationery the next and even toiletries the... Continue Reading →
BUT BEWARE OF MEN!
183/365 BUT BEWARE OF MEN Matthew 10:17 But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues; We can use this scripture as a basis for the statement 'Trust nobody - all men will betray'. And why would we be right in using this... Continue Reading →
SHEEP OR WOLVES IN DISGUISE?
168/365 SHEEP WOLVES IN DISGUISE? Matthew 7:15 Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. A ravenous wolf clothed in sheep's clothing will easily pass the external identification check. But beyond that, they will fail every test that looks beyond the exterior. In terms of... Continue Reading →
HAVE YOU DISCERNED TRUE VALUE?
159/365 HAVE YOU DISCERNED TRUE VALUE? 1 Kings 21:2 And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem good to thee,... Continue Reading →
DISCERN HIS VOICE
156/365 Reference text: 1 Kings 19:11-19 DISCERN HIS VOICE Does today's text raise the question that 'God no longer appears in the form of the wind, fire or earthquake?' or Does He now communicate only in whispers?The answer to both of the questions above is an emphatic NO.God changes not, and all the natures listed... Continue Reading →
DISCERN GOOD INTENTIONS TOO
75/365 Reference text: Genesis 37 DISCERN GOOD INTENTIONS TOO Genesis 37:22 And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again. One thing we... Continue Reading →