27 SEPTEMBER SERVE GOD IN YOUR YOUTH “There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are they for so many?” (John 6:9) A great multitude of about five thousand followed Jesus right across the Sea of Galilee. Jesus had been feeding their souls...
26 SEPTEMBER BALANCE PRAYER WITH ACTION “The Lord said to Moses, ‘Why do you cry to me? Tell the people of Israel to go forward’.” (Exodus 14:15) I remember the first time I watched the movie, “The Ten Commandments”. The Israelites arrived at the shores of the Red Sea. The...
25 SEPTEMBER BARRIER TO FAITH “Then all the officials came to Jeremiah and asked him, and he answered them as the king had instructed him. So they stopped speaking with him, for the conversation had not been overheard.” (Jeremiah 38:27) Mrs Clark once told a story that two police officers...
24 SEPTEMBER BARRIER TO FAITH “Then Jesus looked around and said to His disciples, “How hard it is for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God!” (Mark 10:23, NKJV) Really? Since the most important thing in our lives is eternal life, should we then ask to be...
23 SEPTEMBER WISDOM TO INVEST TALENTS “For whoever has, to him more will be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.” (Matthew 13:12, NKJV) We receive gifts and talents according to our ability. God gives us...
22 SEPTEMBER WISDOM TO USE TALENTS “So you shall speak to all who are gifted artisans, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron’s garments…” (Exodus 28:3, NKJV) These were probably tailors not designers, for God gave the design in detail for the priest’s...
21 SEPTEMBER FLUCTUATING OBEDIENCE “Now it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom and had strengthened himself, that he forsook the law of the Lord, and all Israel along with him.” (2 Chronicles 12:1, NKJV) After the shaking from losing the ten tribes as a result of taking...
20 SEPTEMBER THE FRAGRANCE OF HIS KNOWLEDGE “Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place.” (2 Corinthians 2:14, NKJV) The Roman triumph was a civil ceremony and religious rite of ancient Rome, held...
19 SEPTEMBER INSTANT JUDGEMENT FOR WICKEDNESS “For when they came into the house, he was lying on his bed in his bedroom; then they struck him and killed him, beheaded him and took his head, and were all night escaping through the plain.” (2 Samuel 4:7, NKJV) Baanah and Rechab...
18 SEPTEMBER HE DIED TWICE “When Saul’s son heard that Abner had died in Hebron, he lost heart, and all Israel was troubled.” (2 Samuel 4:1, NKJV) Saul’s son, Ishbosheth put his confidence in and derived his courage from a man, Abner, the commander–in–chief of the army, under King Saul....