Genesis 3:1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?” What the serpent did in this encounter was why scripture used the word 'crafty' in describing it.... Continue Reading →
NEW WINE, NEW WINESKINS
Luke 5:37 And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish. Before God announces a person to the world, with the assignment to serve his purposes, He often takes them through seasons:seasons of obscurity, training and growth, seasons of... Continue Reading →
WHAT ARE YOUR TRIGGERS?
REFERENCE TEXT: MARK 10:46-52 Before any race, there is some form of signaling. Whether light or sound is used, there is always a stimuli that marks the start of any event. For us as humans, we also have stimuli that solicit responses from us, we could refer to these as triggers. This is a description... Continue Reading →
TRANSFORMATION OF MIND
DAY 88/365 Reference text: John 13:1-15 When a person knows how to hit the reset button on a device but doesn't know how the same device works, they could find themselves stuck in a permanent loop of hitting reset ever so often whenever troubles arise. In our Gospel today, Peter wanted a full bath when... Continue Reading →
THE MAN BEHIND THE WORKS
DAY 279 Luke 10:13, Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. 'Mighty works' are indeed a sermon in themselves, for they carry in the the potential... Continue Reading →
PROXIMITY IS NOT ENOUGH
DAY 18 Mark 3:4 And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace. We are informed of a man with a withered hand sitting in the synagogue. It would be strange if this account... Continue Reading →
THE KIND OF KNOWLEDGE TO PURSUE
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 →
TRANSFORMATION
281/365 Luke 17:16 And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan. It is of interest the that of the ten lepers who were healed, the spotlight falls on the one who returned to Jesus to give thanks. Even more interesting is that one line ' he... Continue Reading →
POLICE YOUR MIND
203/365 Reference Text: John 20:1-18 POLICE YOUR MIND Our brains are often wired to associate specific items to specific people, states of mind or events: see a fire truck with sirens on and we think 'there's a fire somewhere'. Whenever we see tears, we can think 'something sad or joyful has happened'. Drawing associations is... Continue Reading →