DAY 111/366 Psalms 2:8 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. This verse of this Psalms always gets believers excited, because it presents to us boundless possibilities that are present in God. One glance and it appears we are... Continue Reading →
REFUSE TO STAY SMALL, GROW
DAY 67/366 John 4:46 Once more he visited Cana in Galilee, where he had turned the water into wine. And there was a certain royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum. Jesus returned to Cana, the site of his first miracle of turning water to wine. What a moment it would have been should... Continue Reading →
LEARN TO DO GOOD
DAY 57/366 LEARN TO DO GOOD Isaiah 1:16-17 Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; Put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes. Cease to do evil, Learn to do good; Seek justice, Rebuke the oppressor; Defend the fatherless,Plead for the widow. The charge from Isaiah is a call to advocacy, to rise up... Continue Reading →
MAKE YOUR MARK
DAY 40/366 1 Kings 11:31 And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee: Today's text tells a short story about Jeroboam: a man from the tribe... Continue Reading →
BECOMING INVOLVES YOU
DAY 35/366 2 Corinthians 9:22 to the weak I became [a]as weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I might by all means save some. Across many spheres, including all dealings in the kingdom of God, there is a reward system. Whether one is compensated in... Continue Reading →
THERE IS MORE TO COME OUT
DAY 24/366 Reference: Mark 4:1-20 In the Parable of the sower we read, the soils appear to have been presented in order of proximity to fruitfulness. The one thing we could agree on in this instance is that the seed was not a problem because it was the seem seed cast abroad, the soil on... Continue Reading →
HAPPY NEW YEAR
Reading this means you have crossed the threshold into the new year. Praise the Lord. As we begin the year, here are some minibites to start with: 1. A new year suggests new things, but don't throw away proven patterns of victory. This is the first lesson to think about even as we begin the... Continue Reading →
GROW IN DISCERNMENT
DAY 335 Luke 21:29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees; The sons of Issachar in 1 Chronicles 12:32a were described as 'men who understood the times, with knowledge of what Israel should do'. Almost as though they could pick on the direction of the wind and... Continue Reading →
KEEP YOUR CONVICTIONS
DAY 326 Zechariah 13:7 Awake, sword, against my shepherd, against the man who is close to me!” declares the LORD Almighty. “Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn my hand against the little ones. In times past, during a war, enemies made it a mission to eliminate the king... Continue Reading →