LICENSE TO GROW

Romans 11:29 For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable The amplified version adds an even longer  context to today's text which says '[For He does not withdraw what He has given, nor does He change His mind about those to whom He gives His grace or to whom He sends His call].... 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 →

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 →

PURSUIT OF GOD

DAY 213 Exodus 33:7 Now Moses used to take the tent and pitch it outside the camp, a good distance from the camp, and he called it the tent of meeting. And everyone who sought the LORD would go out to the tent of meeting which was outside the camp. There are times when we... Continue Reading →

WOLVES IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING

DAY 179 Matthew 7:15 Beware of the false prophets, [teachers] who come to you dressed as sheep [appearing gentle and innocent], but inwardly are ravenous wolves. Three times in the 21st chapter of the Gospel of John, Jesus entrust his sheep and lambs to Peter. The words of the Psalmist echoes this also: 'we are... Continue Reading →

IT’S IN YOUR HANDS

77/365 Reference text: Luke 13:1-9 IT'S IN YOUR HANDS We read some last minute negotiation tactic to guarantee the preservation of the fig tree in today's Gospel some more time. That more time translates to exactly one year. Within the gardener's conversations with the vineyard owner, we realise that he uses words that offer no... 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 →

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