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 →
CONSISTENCY REITERATED
BOXING DAY 2021 CONSISTENCY REITERATED 1 Samuel 1:21 And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his vow. The annual trip of Elkanah's family to Shiloh and that of Mary and Joseph's to Jerusalem for the passover feast present the central theme to today's... Continue Reading →
THE SCHOOL OF THE SPIRIT
DAY 299 OF 365 IN 2021 THE SCHOOL OF THE SPIRIT Romans 8:18 For I consider [from the standpoint of faith] that the sufferings of the present life are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is about to be revealed to us and in us! 'Current flows through every path available to... 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 →
WITH OR WITHOUT?
DAY 234 OF 365 IN 2021 WITH OR WITHOUT? John 6:67-68 Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away? Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life. Whenever a decision is made to jump ship, it is expected that the transition is... 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 →
MINI BITES
DAY 219 OF 365 IN 2021 MINI BITES Midway through the Olympics, I stumbled into the history of the high jump and oh, how much difference is evident. There has been an evolution from the straight approach, the scissoring method and the. Now universally accepted technique: "the Fosbury flop". In the latter technique, the world... Continue Reading →
OBTAIN THE KEYS, DON’T FORCE YOUR WAY!
DAY 116 OF 365 IN 2021 John 10:1 Most assuredly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. Any room without a door is deemed 'unprotected' thus there are doors to every room, even within... Continue Reading →