MASTERPIECES

EPHESIANS 2:10 What would you say is the greatest of God’s masterpieces? Is it the earth, colourful mountains, the valleys, sun and stars? These are just a few, because there is so much more. So, out of all His masterpieces throughout all time and creation, what do you suppose He is most proud of? What … [Read more…]

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LONELINESS

PSALM 68:4-6 One TV talk show host claims that loneliness is the greatest problem in our society – not poverty, not homelessness, not drugs, not crime, but just plain loneliness, that achy feeling of not being connected closely to someone. Loneliness is what we feel when we are isolated from others. Loneliness often has less to … [Read more…]

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OBEDIENCE BRINGS GOD’S BLESSINGS

LUKE 5:5 Jesus had used the boat of Peter to preach to the crowd and He asked him to throw his net for a catch. For any experienced fisherman, it was not the right time to fish, and you can be sure that the activities around the river would have chased the fish from that … [Read more…]

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HONOURABLES

ROMANS 12:10B Paul’s second command in Romans 12:10 urges us to compete, in a sense. We are told to outdo one another in showing honour to each other. If each of us acted on this, every person in the body of Christ would always feel deeply appreciated by others. We would be motivated to continue … [Read more…]

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ENDLESS LOVE

PSALM 63:3-5 Real love is something we cannot measure. The love God has for us is beyond numbers and cannot be tallied. When God promised to bless Abraham with countless children, He used the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore as a metaphor. These are things people simply cannot count. Paul … [Read more…]

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NEVER DEFEATED

ROMANS 8:37-39 As a young man, Abraham Lincoln went to war a captain and returned a private. Afterwards, he failed as a businessman, then as a lawyer in Springfield. He turned to politics and was defeated in his first try for the legislature, again defeated in his first attempt to be nominated for congress, defeated … [Read more…]

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THE MAKING OF A BUTTERFLY

ACTS 14:22B; HEBREWS 12:1 We usually admire butterflies because of their beautiful colours. But they metamorphose from hated and dreaded caterpillars. They make a chrysalis in which they stay and transform over time into butterflies. Most butterflies stay inside of their chrysalis for between five to twenty one days. Like the caterpillar making his metamorphosis into … [Read more…]

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WANTED – LOVE AND DISCIPLINE

LUKE 10:40-42. Love is an intense feeling of affection with no limits or conditions for a person, place, action, thing, etc. Discipline is a training of oneself or others to obey rules or a code of behaviour. Many people thought that the outbreak of the corona virus pandemic would help Christians spend time to study the scripture … [Read more…]

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HIS VOICE

1 SAMUEL 3:10 How can we hear God better and what does it mean to hear His voice? God speaks to us through many ways: His world, His Word, His people, etc. Our faith is what opens our eyes to see Him and our ears to hear Him. Amazingly, because of His great love for us, … [Read more…]

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HIDE-AND-SEEK

GENESIS 3:8-9. It is in our nature to run. Since the fall of man, we have been running away from God. Adam and Eve, after eating of the fruit God told them not to eat, began the first hide-and-seek game. And God, not like a policeman looking for a criminal, but a Father searching for His … [Read more…]

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