24TH NOVEMBER GIFTS FOR JESUS! “…They fell down and worshiped him. Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.” (Matthew 2:11) The wise men searched till they found Jesus. First, they fell down and worshipped him before they opened and offered him their physical gifts....
23RD NOVEMBER SYCOPHANTS! “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.” When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.” (Matthew 2:2-3) We may try to understand why...
22ND NOVEMBER WHEN GOD SEEMS SILENT “Hannah’s rival provoked her bitterly, to irritate and embarrass her, because the LORD had left her childless.” (1 Samuel 1:6, AMP) What could have been happening between the co-wives, Hannah and Peninnah? Let us indulge our imaginations again.“It was time to go to Shiloh....
21ST NOVEMBER WHEN GOD SEEMS SILENT “Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, became furious, and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years old or under, according to the time that...
20TH NOVEMBER WHEN THINKING FAILS! “While Joseph was thinking about this…”(Matthew 1:20, CEV) A time to think, a time to pray and a time to act!Let’s let our imaginations run wild as to what could have happened to Joseph when Mary, the mother became pregnant. Joseph was overwhelmed by the...
19TH NOVEMBER WRECKED BY WORK “And Zacchaeus (the tax collector) stood and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor. And if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I restore it fourfold”.” (Luke 19:8) Thinking of the tax collector, I burst out...
18TH NOVEMBER FIREPROOF FAITH “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen (Hebrews 11:1) I could see the fire and the smoke-filled sky from my house. Driven by compassion, I said a short prayer for God’s mercy on those whose house was on...
17TH NOVEMBER THE “PINCHY” DRESS “For as the heavens are higher than the earth,so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.” (Isaiah 55:9) I had learnt how to sew clothes from my mum, who was a London-trained seamstress. When my girls were young, I...
15 NOVEMBER THE NEW SCHOOL “I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore, choose life, that you and your offspring may live.”(Deuteronomy 30:19) The principal of the secondary school my first child attended was a...
15TH NOVEMBER HE CLONED RABBITS “Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord.”(Philippians 3:8) In a very competitive world, many of us have accomplished excellent things but we hear of those whose accomplishments are either exceedingly aboveall others or who have...