24 MARCH WHERE IS YOUR TREASURE? “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” (Matthew 6:21) This verse, in context with the preceding verses, is really about treasures in heaven. I believe we would all desire to store up treasures in heaven, which is eternal, more than...
29 MARCH THE DAY IN–BETWEEN “The next day, that is, after the day of Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate…. So they went and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone and setting a guard.” (Matthew 27:62, 66) The Saturday before Easter (that is, Holy...
27 MARCH THE SIGN OF JONAH “For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.” (Matthew 12:40) As Jonah was thrown out into the...
28 MARCH THEY MOCKED HIM “He trusts in God; let God deliver him now, if he desires him. For he said, ‘I am the Son of God.” (Matthew 27:43) As we remember Jesus crucified on the cross, there were different reactions–some were weeping; one of the robbers appealed for mercy;...
26 MARCH WHEN GOD SPEAKS (2) “For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.” (Jeremiah 29:11) When God speaks, an ordinary man becomes extraordinary! I found President Obama’s photographs–apparently...
25 MARCH WHEN GOD SPEAKS “Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light” (Genesis 1:3) When God speaks, light comes and darkness disappears. Darkness cannot withstand light. Light can be an insight, an idea, a method or a solution to a problem, challenge or a process in...
23 MARCH THAT I MAY KNOW HIM “All I want is to know Christ and to experience the power of his resurrection, to share in his sufferings and become like him in his death” (Philippians 3:10, GNT) All I want is to know Christ! One may assume that these words...
22 MARCH THE STRONG POINTS “They kept demanding an answer, so he stood up again and said, “All right, but let the one who has never sinned throw the first stone!” Then he stooped down again and wrote in the dust. (John 8:7–8) The scribes and the Pharisees brought a...
21 MARCH GOD CARRIED, CARRIES AND WILL CARRY YOU “And in the wilderness where you saw how the Lord your God carried you, as a man carries his son, in all the way that you went until you came to this place.” (Deuteronomy 1:31) Today’s Scripture text reminds me of...
20 MARCH LOOK, STOP, HELP! “We who are strong in the faith ought to help the weak to carry their burdens. We should not please ourselves. (Romans 15:1, GNT) Sometimes we are so busy and focused on achieving our own set goals and fulfilling our desires that we forget to...