A daily walk in faith, hope and love
337/365 Creating good recipes for any food item takes time and often multiple repetitions to perfect. However, there is a shortcut to apply when one wants to create 'a recipe for disaster'. The only requirement is to simply put things that are incompatible in the same space and let time run its course. The text... Continue Reading →
291/365 There are many occasions when it feels like 'I didn't know' should be a perfectly reasonable 'get-out-of-jail- free' card. We might think it would provide the appropriate exemption from punishment or consequences of action but in the eyes of the law, not knowing does not exempt you from the consequences that follow. A classic... Continue Reading →
279/365 Luke 11:21 When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are safe When last I read this text, the second part caught my attention- that it isn't enough to be a strong man, that man also has to be armed with the right weapons. As I read the same text... Continue Reading →
271/365 Have you made sense of everything that has happened in your life? The experiences? The people you have encountered? The lessons you have learnt? The specific knowledge you have gained? Many of the things we come into contact with we deemed irrelevant, and lessons seemed inapplicable. We also concluded that many people apparently only... Continue Reading →
237/365 Matthew 24:43 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming,(A) he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. We get letters every now and then in the post or via email, whether they are statements... Continue Reading →
236/365 John 1:48 How do you know me?” Nathanael asked. Jesus answered, “I saw you while you were still under the fig tree before Philip called you.” We see the face of a confused Nathaniel who asked Jesus in the Gospel of today a rather simple question 'How do you know me? Within the pages... Continue Reading →
230/365 HAVE Matthew 22:11-12 But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes. He asked, ‘How did you get in here without wedding clothes, friend’ The man was speechless. These days, wedding invitations come furnished with all the necessary information: location, colour scheme ... Continue Reading →
213/365 HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW YOURSELF? In Proverbs 6:16-17, we are provided with a list. It is a list that begins with a rather scary preamble 'there are six things the Lord detests, yes, seven things that are an abomination to him...Following this introduction, we get a list and included on that list is... Continue Reading →
200/365 ESTABLISH YOUR IDENTITY Matthew 12:42 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here. "I know whose I amI know who... Continue Reading →
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