A PICTURE OF THE END FROM THE START

Genesis 17:5 No longer will you be called Abram; your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations. In this discourse with Abraham, God was communicating with Abraham in two different tenses. In one way, he was speaking to him as though he had already become the father of... Continue Reading →

ROUNDING UP THE YEAR

Reference text: 1 Samuel 30: 1-31 1. Tears alone are futile (vs 4) For a group of men of war to cry until they had no more strength to weep tells quite a story. Yet, after all their weeping, their sons and daughters remained in the hand of the enemies. They had to quickly regroup... Continue Reading →

‘HOPING AGAINST HOPE’

Matthew 13:22 As for what was sown among thorns, that is the one who hears the word, but the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful. The word of God is Spirit and life, a seed that must be planted on the soil of our hearts... Continue Reading →

THE MAN WHO TRUSTS

59/366 Jeremiah 17:7 Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, Whose trust is the Lord. Reading the text today, there is a preamble which is followed by two dimensions of trust identified. The first, 'blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord', is indicative of a posture that comes from your effort:... Continue Reading →

MINIBITES: THE PARABLE OF THE VIRGINS

DAY 316 Reference text: Matthew 25:1-13 1. You may inherit your father's estate, but not the determination and grit that went into the building of those assets. There are some things in life such as hope, courage, discipline, determination etc that cannot be imparted or purchased off the shelf of a shop. These are personal... Continue Reading →

HAPPY ARE WE

DAY 155 OF 365 IN 2021 If one had a device with a proven water resistance rating, running through rain should not trigger any cause for concern. When one's phone has an impressive feature that definitely works effectively, to a large extent, it takes worry off the table. I can leave home for a full... Continue Reading →

AN EXPECTED END

When my schedule for week commencing 22/02 was released some weeks ago, I was quite surprised to see an unusual pattern, a day break during my block of night shifts. This seemed strange because normally, they appear as a single stretch of three or four. I even thought about moving things round to make them... Continue Reading →

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