DAY 174 Should the things Paul boasts about today become characteristic of any relationship, the wise thing to do will be to run the other way and not look back. Think about this list: Five times my own people gave me 39 lashes with a whip. Three times the Romans beat me with a big... Continue Reading →
IT’S OKAY TO RUN
DAY 128 Acts 14:5-6 And when a violent attempt was made by both the Gentiles and Jews, with their rulers, to abuse and stone them, they became aware of it and fled to Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and to the surrounding region. In the text today, Paul and Barnabas found out they were... Continue Reading →
TARGET PRACTICE
251/365 To the random eye, a soccer game can be described as follows '22 people chase one ball for a defined period of time'. But when you understand the rules of the game, you realise the target of the game 'get the ball into your opponents net and prevent them from getting it into yours... Continue Reading →
AN EXHIBITION OF WEAKNESSES
AN EXHIBITION OF WEAKNESSES 201/365 Jeremiah 1:6 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child. Why do men tend to show off their limitations whenever God presents an assignment to them? This was the question which came to mind upon reading the introductory chapter of the book of... Continue Reading →
RESPONSIBILITY & ACCOUNTABILITY
165/365 RESPONSIBILITY & ACCOUNTABILITY Luke 9:12 Late in the afternoon the Twelve came to him and said, “Send the crowd away so they can go to the surrounding villages and countryside and find food and lodging, because we are in a remote place here.” Two things that go together are responsibility and accountability. Where the... Continue Reading →
DON’T JUST RUN
25/365 DON'T JUST RUN Acts 9:6 So he, trembling and astonished, said, “Lord, what do You want me to do?” Then the Lord said to him, “Arise and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.” Before Paul went into the city of Damascus to await instruction on what he... 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 →
STAY PATIENT, WALK WITH GOD
DAY 257 OF 365 IN 2021 STAY PATIENT, WALK WITH GOD Numbers 21:4-5a They traveled from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea,[a] to go around Edom. But the people grew impatient on the way; 5 they spoke against God and against Moses, "Time is money" we often say, hence with the pursuit... Continue Reading →
A MISSED TRAIN?
After my night shift today, I realised the earliest train I could get back home was the thirty-seven past the hour train hence the one due twenty minutes earlier was not up for consideration. Nonetheless, while I was on the underground, one stop away from the train station, I figured that if I run it... Continue Reading →