A daily walk in faith, hope and love
You can spend time discerning the intentions of others, you may get it spot on or miss it entirely. The latter can often come at a steep cost. But we have an example today that appears to skip the whole introspection and goes straight for the jugular with the question "what do you want?" John... Continue Reading →
DAY 254 Luke 6:8 Jesus knew their thoughts, so he said to the man with the withered hand, “Get up and stand in front of everyone.” He got up and stood there. The Greek root word from which 'knew' is translated in today's text, is the same from which Luke 12:30 is translated 'For all... Continue Reading →
DAY 249 Luke 4:42 Now when it was day, He departed and went into a deserted place. And the crowd sought Him and came to Him, and tried to keep Him from leaving them; Often, when it appears messages go on and on about "Finding, Knowing, Living and Fulfilling your purpose or and the reason... Continue Reading →
DAY 242 Psalms 139:12 You can see in the dark, for it is not dark to Your eyes. For You the night is just as bright as the day. Darkness and light are the same to Your eyes. Often, we need to draw on other sources of text to shed more light on others. Today,... Continue Reading →
DAY 11 Mark 1:37 And when they had found him, they said unto him, All men seek for thee. There are traits that draw specific groups of people to you. When you become a teacher, you attract students and when you gain wealth, you attract companions or those who are meant to become beneficiaries of... Continue Reading →
252/365 Luke 6:43 A good tree can’t produce bad fruit, and a bad tree can’t produce good fruit I have been a fun of some Culinary TV programmes, in particular Master Chef. One of the challenges that is quite fascinating to watch is the taste test, where participants have to identify an ingredient, sometimes a... 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 →
66/365 EVERY SEARCH PROVIDES AN ANSWER The word of God always makes for an amazing read. So today let's do a bit of a dissection on Matthew 7:8 We might find it interesting that there is no object at end of the three action verbs 'ask, seek and knock'. Rather we get open endings: 'For... Continue Reading →
DAY 357 OF 365 IN 2021 GENUINE PEOPLE Luke 1:58 Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they rejoiced with her. As we read about the birth of John the Baptist, scripture points us in the direction of Elizabeth's neighbours and relatives. These came around after John's birth... Continue Reading →
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