Daniel 2: 28-30 So this young man Daniel, full of integrity continues to be an example to us today of godly character. In today’s reading, he had prayed to God to reveal the details of Nebuchadnezzar’s dream, thus sparing his life and the lives of all the other wise men, advisors and astrologers in the
Read MoreJoshua 1:8‘Keep this book of the law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful’. (NIV)The other day some marketer slipped a flier for subway sandwiches under our door. For some reason, I kept the
Read MoreHebrews 12: 1‘Therefore seeing then that we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us,. .’ (NIV)During the last four years of the reign of Bloody Mary in
Read MorePsalm 90: 12‘Teach us to number our days that we may gain a heart of wisdom. . .”Time spent cannot be gotten back. I heard someone say once that while some people spend time, others invest time. Both are very different. An investment promises a yield, an ideally better reward than what was invested. An
Read More2 Samuel Chapter 15- Chapter 18Absalom was incredibly handsome, all who saw him always agreed. Asides his good looks, he took particular pride in his long, thick and beautiful hair.We are told that he had to cut his hair at least once a year else it would get too long and heavy for comfort. He
Read MoreEphesians 2: 11-22‘So then, you Gentiles are not foreigners or strangers any longer; you are now fellow-citizens with God’s people and members of the family of God’. (V.19, Good News Bible)I remember the wonderful Bible stories we were told while growing up. It was always some account of God doing the extra ordinary just to
Read MoreHappy New Year. Today’s post is an excerpt from the New Year sermon delivered by Pastor Cameron Arensen of the Evangelical Community Church based on Jesus’ sermon on the mount (Mathew chapters 5 through 7). Here it is:Jesus’ words in this sermon are intended to bring us to the cross for salvation and thus to
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