DAY 44 Mark 8:12 He sighed deeply and said, “Why does this generation ask for a sign? Truly I tell you, no sign will be given to it.” The question Jesus asked was not just for the people of his day, it extends down to ours: "why does this generation want a sign?" No answer... Continue Reading →
YOU WILL ARRIVE AT THE DESTINATION
DAY 28 Mark 4:35 And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side. 'Let us go across to the other side'. Those were the words of JESUS. He suggested the journey and chose the location. After the boat set out, He went to... Continue Reading →
TRUSTING INVENTIONS BUT NOT THE CREATOR
DAY 27 Mark 4:27 And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. When any one sows seeds of any kind, outside of making the decision on th choice of seed to ensure it is likely to be viable and has the characteristics they... Continue Reading →
REFUGE IN HIS SUFFICIENCY
DAY 22 Reading today's Psalm just had me smiling. It's one of the verses in scripture that has a lifting feel. Its words, a series or rhetorical questions actually don't seem like questions at all. Rather, they appear to affirm a Trust in the Lord. The words of today's Psalm reads, The Lord is my... Continue Reading →
FEAR GOD AND DO RIGHT
DAY 9 Acts 10:34-35 So Peter opened his mouth and said: “Truly I understand that God shows no partiality, But in every nation whoever fears Him and works righteousness is accepted by Him. Two requirements were necessary for men of every nation to be acceptable before God within the context of Him being no respect... Continue Reading →
GOD IS STILL AT WORK
348/365 Matthew 11:2,3 Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples, And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another? You know the feeling when you expect something to arrive but it seems to be delaying and so... Continue Reading →
HE HAS SAID IT
347/365 Matthew 21:30 And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not. As human, we have capacity to remember, but in many instances, we can also forget. We might therefore be in the process of completing a specific task only to be drawn away... Continue Reading →
THE CROWD IS NOT YOUR ALLY
338/365 Luke 5:19 Because of the crowd, however, they could find no way to take him in. So they carried him up on the roof, made an opening in the tiles, and let him down on his bed into the middle of the group in front of Jesus A rather brusk information to start with... Continue Reading →
IT’S MORE THAN AN INVITATION
331/365 In the realm of man, language is not universal because in even the most similar of languages, what means something positive in one, might stand for something rather uncomfortable in the other. Language is therefore best interpreted in context. The centurion we encounter today mentioned that He had authority and this he expressed thus:... Continue Reading →