29 MAY HIDDEN IN CHRIST “Set your mind on things above, not on the things that are on earth. For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God.” (Colossians 3:2-3) Putting heaven’s priorities and God’s perspectives into daily practice, the eternal rather than the temporal, is...
28 MAY THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of Lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.” (James 1:17). The hymn, “Great is Thy Faithfulness” was not the result of any spectacular happening but...
27 MAY JESUS, THE LOVE OF MY LIFE “I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.” (Jeremiah 31:3) At age 11 in Denham House in Queen’s School, Enugu, I remember how I would kneel down for my personal morning prayers and recite...
26 MAY PILLAR OR CATERPILLAR? Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. Romans 12:2. We may be pillars – strong support and...
25 MAY THE CATERPILLAR AND THE CHRISTIAN “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.” (2 Corinthians 5:17) The life cycle of a butterfly has four stages: egg, larva (caterpillar), pupa (chrysalis) and adult. Each stage has...
24 MAY THE CATERPILLAR AND THE ROSES “And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpillar and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you. And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of...
23 MAY GOD’S LOVE SONG “The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing.” (Zephaniah 3:17) What wonderful words! The Lord is with me: ...
22 MAY BAKING THE CAKE “And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.” (Romans 8:28) I love this verse. When my children were in primary school, whenever any of them shared any challenge they...
21 MAY A SMILE IN THE STORMS You [GOD] have been a refuge for the poor, a refuge for the needy in their distress, a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat; for the breath of the ruthless is like a storm against a wall. (Isaiah 25:4)...
20 MAY TELL YOUR FRIENDS “As he was getting into the boat, the man who had been possessed with demons begged him that he might be with him. And he did not permit him but said to him, “Go home to your friends and tell them how much the Lord...