DAY 10/366 Mark 1:37 and when they found him, they exclaimed: “Everyone is looking for you!” 'Everyone is looking' for you is a good sign because it is an attestation of your value. Whether this is in the form of your gift, a service/product or your exhibition of mastery in your field of endeavour, it... Continue Reading →
YOUR RELATIONSHIPS
DAY 6/366 If you needed a large sum of money, and you knew an individual who could give that to you on very good terms, what do you actively pursue: the money or the person? There is a story told of a wealthy man who was so fed up with the lifestyle of his only... Continue Reading →
CREATING VALUE SYSTEMS
DAY 338 Matthew 8:6 Lord,” he said, “my servant lies at home paralyzed, suffering terribly.” The parable in today's Gospel has multiple strands to pull on: the healing itself, the understanding of authority, or the commendation of faith. However, the strand of focus is 'the character of the centurion towards his servant. For a man... Continue Reading →
WHAT ARE YOU MAKING?
DAY 328 Luke 19:46 Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves. When we see any building, we know for a fact that the building did not just appear. Different parts were carefully put together in a particular order to achieve... Continue Reading →
THE WORD OF GOD AS IT IS
DAY 309 1 Thessalonians 2:13 And we also thank God continually because, when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human word, but as it actually is, the word of God, which is indeed at work in you who believe. Our encounters with other men:... Continue Reading →
THE TABLE OF HONOUR
DAY 308 Luke 14:10 But when you are invited, go and sit down [to eat] at the last place, so that when your host comes, he will say to you, ‘Friend, move up higher’; and then you will be honored in the presence of all who are at the table with you. It can be... Continue Reading →
CALCULATING THE PRICE
DAY 289 Luke 11:31 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here. The queen of the south travelled from... Continue Reading →
THE MINISTRY OF MEN 101
Luke 7:3-5 The centurion heard of Jesus and sent some elders of the Jews to him, asking him to come and heal his servant. When they came to Jesus, they pleaded earnestly with him, “This man deserves to have you do this, because he loves our nation and has built our synagogue.” Men are placed... Continue Reading →
DISCERN INHERENT VALUE
DAY 245 Reference text: Matthew 25:14-22 When one does not know what they have, they stand little chance of putting it to work. And that stems from an under-appreciation of the value and potential inherent in what they have. We read that the master entrusted his assets to his servants prior to leaving on his... Continue Reading →