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"Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful." (Hebrews 10:23) "The LORD himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged." (Deuteronomy 31:8) It didn’t...
We hung a pretty bird-feeder under the shelter of the veranda to entice seed eating birds there. We could watch them through the window as they fed but the birds never came. A number of different birds should have come in from the garden for lovely fresh seed but they...
My son, my daughter, my child I love you with an everlasting love. You are so precious to me. Before you were conceived in your mother's womb, I thought of you. When I wanted you to have life, I breathed life through your nostrils and you became a person, a human...
"I will answer them before they even call to me. While they are still talking about their needs, I will go ahead and answer their prayers." (Isaiah 65:24) Literally, I had no agenda. Many things had been on my mind, though. Several situations I’d been mulling over. A...
Easter is just a few days away, and as we begin to contemplate the magnitude of Jesus' gift for us, we are brought to our knees in worship. But what kind of worship do we bring to Him? Last Tuesday, in WHAT KIND OF WORSHIPPER ARE YOU, Part 2, we took at the look at...
Continuing with my series on who really IS THE BOSS in our workplaces, today I want to place before the readership one more instance in the Scripture, where the good Lord has influenced the authorities to look favourably upon His loved ones'. Here we go… Palace Now...
Continuing with our Post-Easter series on the topic of "Voyage of discovery" viz . . . The journey of 2 disciples' with Master from Jerusalem to Emmaus, today we come to other lessons 1. Canon exposition: With the confusion of the disciples' coming to the fore,...
Continuing with the series on the orderliness of our Creator, especially in the manner of His listing of the beatitudes, today we "string together" two to five pearl-like beatitudes after already having focused upon the first "pearl": ...
It was a gray and gloomy November day. An icy rain was falling from the overcast sky. The bare trees were mourning their loss of leaves. I felt the day’s cold and darkness working its way into me as well. I zipped up my sweater to fight off the chill in my bones and...
Scripture "As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another." (Pr 27:17) Observation Iron is sharpened for a reason, usually for an implement that does work. Implements such as knives and axes achieve determined tasks, it may be to cut up wood for keeping a fire...
"Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and...
I was sitting opposite a window where the Venetian blind was at its open point. Looking through the window, the edge-on slats of the blind made straight lines down through the view, altering and obstructing what I could see of the garden outside. They seriously...
Scripture "Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous fall." (Ps 55-22) Observation The first thing to do is to throw off our cares, this is an action, rather like throwing off a coat. Sometimes cares creep up on us and other...