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...
19 MAY RIGHT PRIORITIES (4)(MARY) “Mary therefore took a pound of expensive ointment made from pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.” (John 12:3) In those times, people were anointed for burial...
18 MAY RIGHT PRIORITIES (3)(MARY) “When Jesus saw her [Mary] weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in his spirit and greatly troubled.” (John 11:33) Previously, Martha was serving while Mary sat at the feet of Jesus, listening intently to His teaching....
17 MAY RIGHT PRIORITIES (2) (MARTHA) “Now Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died. But even now I know that whatever You ask of God, God will give You.” (John 11:21–22, NKJV) Hurrah! Martha, who had been previously distracted with serving,...
16 MAY RIGHT PRIORITIES (MARTHA) “Now as they went on their way, Jesus entered a village. And a woman named Martha welcomed him into her house…But Martha was distracted with much serving. And she went up to him and said, “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left...
15 MAY BE AN ENCOURAGER “…And they sent Barnabas to Antioch. When he came and saw the grace of God, he was glad, and he exhorted them all to remain faithful to the Lord with steadfast purpose, for he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of...
14 MAY BE A BRIDGE “But Barnabas took him (Paul) and brought him to the apostles and declared to them how on the road he had seen the Lord, who spoke to him, and how at Damascus he had preached boldly in the name of Jesus.” (Acts 9:27) Barnabas was...
13 MAY THE FLOODS COVERED THE BRIDGE “Say to them, ‘As I live, declares the Lord, what you have said in my hearing I will do to you’.” (Numbers 14:28). I read the following instructive story some time ago: Segun, Yisa and Emeka were on their way back from a...
12 MAY GOD IS OUR FORTRESS “God is our refuge and strength, very present help in trouble…The Lord Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.” (Psalm 46:1, 7) Jerusalem is built on and surrounded by mountains. The Psalmist in this psalm talks about the fear of...