GIVE THANKS

1 CHRONICLES 16:7-36 We should never grow tired of giving words of thanks to God. David knew the importance of thanking God. After he became king over Israel and provided a place to house the ark of the covenant (where God’s presence dwelt), he appointed some of the Levites to thank, and to praise the Lord … [Read more…]

ARE WE THERE YET?

DEUTERONOMY 8:2 Are we there yet?  I agree with some persons who feel this question is a universal question. Generations of children have asked it. As they grow to become adults, they have to answer the same question when their children ask. I wonder how many times Moses heard that question from the Israelites, and the Israelites … [Read more…]

RESOLVING CONFLICTS

ACTS 15:37-41 Harry S. Truman, the 33rd president of the United States actually had no middle name. His parents could not decide on which of his grandfather’s name he was to bear. They gave him the middle initial S to honour and please both grandfathers, Anderson Shipp Truman and Solomon Young. Since the S did not … [Read more…]

JOSHUA WAS RIGHT!

PHILIPPIANS 1:10 Life is not made by the dreams that we dream but by the choices that we make. Our lives today are the sum total of all the choices we have made up to this point. The apostle Paul asked that we “approve things that are excellent” (Philippian 1:10). In any given situation, we have a whole … [Read more…]

FRUITS MEET FOR REPENTANCE

MATTHEW 3:8-10 A patient who went through a heart-bypass surgery had this to say: “I cut down on portions and I do not eat fried food any more. I eat a lot of fruit and fresh food. I do not even buy things like biscuits. I think that is the secret; if they are not in … [Read more…]

BUILDING ON HAYWARD FAULT ZONE

1 PETER 1:23-25 The Hayward Fault Zone is a geologic fault zone capable of generating destructive earthquakes. This fault is situated mainly along the western base of the hills on the east side of San Francisco Bay. The city of Hayward, California, built its first permanent city hall building in 1931. The structure with its square Corinthian … [Read more…]

DEFRAGMENTATION

PSALM 55:22 If your computer is running slower than usual, it might be due for a defragmentation. Defragmenting your computer helps organize the data in your hard drive and can improve its performance tremendously, especially in terms of speed. Frequent use of certain programs and documents causes pieces of information to become scattered, requiring the computer to … [Read more…]

NATURE ABHORS A VACUUM

EPHESIANS 3:19 In physics, horror vacui, or plenism commonly stated as “nature abhors a vacuum”, is a postulate attributed to Aristotle. He based his conclusion on the observation that nature requires every space to be filled with something, even if that something is colourless, odorless air. The same principle is at work in our spiritual lives. As … [Read more…]

OPEN BOOKS

2 CORINTHIANS 3:3 I love writing books. It is my desire that many people should write too. But it is better to be a book than to write one. I want us to meditate on the words of apostle Paul: “Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not … [Read more…]

OUR HEADLIGHTS

PSALM 119:105 God does not usually show us where He is taking us. He just asks us to trust Him. It is like driving a car at night. Our headlights never shine all the way to our destination; they illuminate only about 160 to 350 feet ahead (on low or high beam). But that does not … [Read more…]