27TH NOVEMBER LIKE FATHER LIKE SON “Phillip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.” (John 14:8) I remember my father referring several times to what his father taught him. On my mum’s side, you dared not misbehave because you would receive a long...
26TH NOVEMBER WORSHIP WITH KNOWLEDGE “Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going.How can we know the way?” Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”(John 14:5-6) Rev. Billy Graham...
25TH NOVEMBER THE SALMON RUN “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.” (John 15:1-2) My husband and I love...
24TH NOVEMBER GIFTS FOR JESUS! “…They fell down and worshiped him. Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.” (Matthew 2:11) The wise men searched till they found Jesus. First, they fell down and worshipped him before they opened and offered him their physical gifts....
23RD NOVEMBER SYCOPHANTS! “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.” When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.” (Matthew 2:2-3) We may try to understand why...
22ND NOVEMBER WHEN GOD SEEMS SILENT “Hannah’s rival provoked her bitterly, to irritate and embarrass her, because the LORD had left her childless.” (1 Samuel 1:6, AMP) What could have been happening between the co-wives, Hannah and Peninnah? Let us indulge our imaginations again.“It was time to go to Shiloh....
21ST NOVEMBER WHEN GOD SEEMS SILENT “Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, became furious, and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years old or under, according to the time that...
20TH NOVEMBER WHEN THINKING FAILS! “While Joseph was thinking about this…”(Matthew 1:20, CEV) A time to think, a time to pray and a time to act!Let’s let our imaginations run wild as to what could have happened to Joseph when Mary, the mother became pregnant. Joseph was overwhelmed by the...
19TH NOVEMBER WRECKED BY WORK “And Zacchaeus (the tax collector) stood and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor. And if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I restore it fourfold”.” (Luke 19:8) Thinking of the tax collector, I burst out...
18TH NOVEMBER FIREPROOF FAITH “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen (Hebrews 11:1) I could see the fire and the smoke-filled sky from my house. Driven by compassion, I said a short prayer for God’s mercy on those whose house was on...