Reference text: Luke 1 The text capturing the visitation of Mary to Elizabeth always springs up new facets, two of these are explored in the discourse today: 1. Luke 1:24,26 And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself five months,... And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God... Continue Reading →
POWER AND INFLUENCE MATTER
DAY 112/366 Acts 13:50 But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts. When people in authority resist what you offer, you are very likely going to be in trouble. Therefore, when God... Continue Reading →
BECOME A REFLECTION OF JESUS
42/366 When a person claims to be 'a master or expert at something', they could ask any of their students to watch them do something, and imitate. In other words, they have so grasped the foundations of what they have mastered that it is safe to mirror what they do to grasp what they also... Continue Reading →
DO YOU KNOW WHO IS WATCHING?
DAY 107 Nicodemus comes to Jesus to make a statement that was quite intriguing. The Gospel of John presents it in these words 'Rabbi (Teacher), we know [without any doubt] that You have come from God as a teacher; for no one can do these signs [these wonders, these attesting miracles] that You do unless... Continue Reading →
SENT AS ENVOYS
SENT AS ENVOYS DAY 273 OF 365 IN 2021 Luke 10:1 The Lord now chose seventy-two other disciples and sent them ahead in pairs to all the towns and places he planned to visit. If there is something that is very difficult to do, it is to completely change one's initial opinion about a person... Continue Reading →
THEY BELIEVED GOD
DAY 24 OF 365 IN 2021 Jonah 3:5 So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them. We read Jonah's mission to Niniveh in which he announce imminent trouble if they did not turn from their ways. This... Continue Reading →