01 JUNE WE ARE ABLE! “And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.” (Numbers 13:30) God described Caleb as “my servant” – a devoted and helpful follower – and declared that he...
31 MAY HUG AND UNHUG YOUR CHILD “Only take care, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things that your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. Make them known to your children and your children’s children.” (Deuteronomy 4:9)...
30 MAY CHANNEL OF PEACE “So, my dear brothers and sisters, be strong and immovable. Always work enthusiastically for the Lord, for you know that nothing you do for the Lord is ever useless. (1 Corinthians 15:58) 1 Make me a channel of your peace. 2 Make me a channel...
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: ...