Isaiah 43:22 – “Yet you did not call upon me, O Jacob; but you have been weary of me, O Israel!” Do you remember the time you were so in love with God? You couldn’t stop thinking about how awesome He was. You kept recounting the wondrous things He had done in your life. Praise and […]
Isaiah 43:2 – “When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you.” Fire and water are both essential elements for life on earth. And yet, they can […]
2 Chronicles 7:14 – “If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.” Humility seems to have become a forgotten trait in recent years. The world […]
Psalm 18:28 – “For it is you who light my lamp; the Lord my God lightens my darkness.” Imagine you’re at home late in the evening, and there’s no electricity. You light up a candle, but after a few minutes a gust of wind comes through the open window and puts out the flame. When the candle […]
Genesis 41:15-16 – “Pharaoh said to Joseph, ‘I had a dream, and no one can interpret it. But I have heard it said of you that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.’ ‘I cannot do it,’ Joseph replied to Pharaoh, ‘but God will give Pharaoh the answer he desires.’” The story of […]
Genesis 26:12 – “Isaac planted crops in that land and the same year reaped a hundredfold, because the LORD blessed him.” The 26th chapter of Genesis starts off with the words, “Now there was a famine in the land”… But by verse 12, we see that Isaac has reaped a hundredfold what he had sown. […]
Isaiah 1:18 – “‘Come now, let us settle the matter,’ says the LORD. ‘Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.’” How would you feel if every act you had ever done, every word you had ever spoken, every […]
John 8:32 – ” And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” Recently, the school holidays were on. Families got time to be together. Children looked happy while the parents, although a bit tired, were quite happy as they gazed at their children at play or idylling about the house. […]
Romans 6:23-“For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Have you seen this poster that’s been doing its rounds on the internet lately? Sin It takes you where you don’t want to go It keeps you longer than you want to stay It […]
Matthew 10:40 – “He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me.” Often we may do good things that go unnoticed by society or even by our near and dear ones. On the other hand, we may put up with some nastily-behaved adults, irritating neighbours, annoying colleagues, or […]
