1 CORINTHIANS 15:50-58 Everything in this world comes to an end, which can be discouraging at times. It is the sensation you get after you finish a book that you do not want to end. Or when you are watching a movie and hope it will last a little longer. But, pleasant or awful, everything eventually comes … [Read more…]
PSALM 8:1-2 Years back, a preacher instructed several children to write down a list of questions they would ask Jesus if He appeared in person the next week. Adults were also asked to do the same. The outcomes were shockingly different. Some of the children asked: “Will we have to sit about in robes and sing … [Read more…]
PSALM 13 Saul pursued David for nine years, as if he were “hunting a partridge in the mountains” (1 Samuel 26:20). Prolonged affliction can be frustrating. We want a quick remedy and a speedy solution. However, certain things are beyond recovery. It is only possible to bear them. Nonetheless, we have the option of complaining to God about … [Read more…]
EXODUS 32:21-35 An overturned cattle truck caused the expressway to be closed for several hours. The animals had gotten away and were now roaming the highway. The wandering cattle reminded me of something I had recently read in Exodus 32 about God’s people who had gone astray. While Moses was receiving the law from God on … [Read more…]
LAMENTATIONS 3:22-23 My favourite wrestler had just lost a match, and his dream of becoming world champion had come to an end – at least for now. It had been a miserable day! However I am hoping he will make a comeback soon. So it appeared on Jesus’ crucifixion day. All hope seemed to have vanished. That … [Read more…]
LUKE 9:24 Saint Teresa of Calcutta was a Roman Catholic nun and missionary who lived from 1910 to 1997. Many people admire her selfless service to Christ and those in need. Through the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, India, she spent 50 years ministering to the poor, sick, orphaned, and dying. For Mother Teresa, by effacing herself, … [Read more…]
ACTS 1:1-9 A motor collision was witnessed by a teenager. It was a terrible event. She spent the next few months as the only witness to the incident telling a series of lawyers and insurance adjustors what she had seen. She was not expected to explain the physics of the collision or the details of … [Read more…]
JOHN 6:25-35, 48 Bread is no longer a required part of the diet in societies with a diverse range of food options, thus some people choose to live without it for a number of reasons. Bread, on the other hand, was seen as an essential meal in the first century. A diet devoid of bread was unthinkable. … [Read more…]
PROVERBS 4:20-27 When it comes to buying healthy and nutritious food, my wife is a careful shopper. She is continuously on the lookout for natural foods that promote good health. I have often felt that her buying habits are similar to what God looks for in our lives: it is what is on the inside that matters, … [Read more…]
PSALM 40:1; PSALM 27:14 With so many immediate means of communication available today, our lack of patience with receiving a response from others can be amusing at times. Someone I know sent his wife a text message and then called her few minutes later because he could not really wait for her to respond! Sometimes we may … [Read more…]
RECENT COMMENTS: