PROVERBS 22:6; GENESIS 18:19 Parenting is one of many ways people make lasting contributions to this world. One way we can carry out our duties as parents is the intentional training of our children. We must spend time teaching our children about the Lord and how to live in this world. We should not assume that … [Read more…]
MATTHEW 13:44 In February 2013, a couple was walking their dog on their private property located in California when they discovered a rusty can partially excavated by recent rains. They took the can home and opened it, discovering a collection of gold coins over a hundred years old. They returned to the spot and located … [Read more…]
EXODUS 33:22 The hymn, Rock of Ages was written by Reverend Augustus Montague Toplady in 1763. Toplady’s father died when he was a child. He accepted Christ at the age of sixteen. He was ordained as an Anglican clergyman at the age of twenty-two. In 1762, while traveling through the English countryside a fierce storm sent … [Read more…]
PSALM 92:14 Abraham was a hundred years old and Sarah was ninety when they had their son, Isaac. The birth of Isaac was and still is a testimony that God can make one fruitful even in old age. There is no seasonal limitation in fruitfulness when God is involved. In the later verses of Psalm 92, … [Read more…]
2 CORINTHIANS 4:16 There was a fire outbreak at the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on 15 April 2019. By the time the fire was extinguished, the building’s spire had collapsed, most of its roof had been destroyed and its upper walls were seriously damaged. Many works of art and religious relics were moved to … [Read more…]
DEUTERONOMY 8:3 A child was given a new T-shirt for his birthday. He put it on and proudly wore it all day. The next morning he was still wearing the same T-shirt, and his dad asked him, “Son, does that shirt make you happy?” He replied, “Not as much as yesterday.” That is the problem with … [Read more…]
DEUTERONOMY 15:11 There is no doubt that poverty’s reach is both widespread and devastating today. Poor and vulnerable people bear the brunt of disasters and every economic challenge. Even when measures are taken to help the poor, most times the ‘greedy rich’ enrich themselves first at the detriment of the poor. Apart from what we may … [Read more…]
1 CORINTHIANS 9:24 Corinth was home to the Isthmian games – a competition second only to the ancient Olympics. The Isthmian Games took place every two years, during the spring, separated by an alternation of the Olympic and the Pythian Games. Athletes throughout Greece converged at the Isthmian Games. The most prominent building at Isthmia was … [Read more…]
PSALM 20:7 Fear ruled John’s life for fifteen years. Afraid of being caught by the police for his offences and going to jail, he hid at his cousin’s farmhouse, going nowhere and visiting no one, even missing his brother’s funeral. On attaining fifty-one, he learned that no charges had ever been filed against him by … [Read more…]
NEHEMIAH 2:20A Susan B. Anthony (1820–1906), was an American social reformer and women’s rights activist who played a crucial role in the fight for the right of women to vote in elections. Though she faced constant criticism and later an arrest, trial, and guilty verdict for voting illegally, she vowed to never give up the … [Read more…]
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