The older brother became angry and refused to go in. So his father went out and pleaded with him – Luke 15:28 I thought I was better than my younger brother. I always saw him as rebellious, proud, flirtatious and never serious. He gravitated to the world. He surrounded himself with friends of character. Women were … Continue reading A Tale of Two Prodigals
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Separated Lives
Esther 3:8 New International Version (NIV) There is a certain people … in all the provinces of your kingdom who keep themselves separate. Their customs are different from those of all other people. For meditation She was the only believer in her village when the missionaries came to her village. Two years before then, Akua went … Continue reading Separated Lives
If Only…
Joshua 7:21 New international Version (NIV) When I saw … I coveted them and took them. For Mediation Nobody saw or knew it. It was his secret; and he died on its poison. He knew it was wrong, but he did it anyway. How else would he have hidden the beautiful Babylonian robe, two hundred … Continue reading If Only…
A Father’s Heart
“O my son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you—O Absalom, my son, my son!” – 2 Samuel 18:33 He was the darling boy of his father. Handsome from the crown of his head to the soles of his feet, Absalom was highly praised and adored by all Israel. … Continue reading A Father’s Heart
In His Grip
Ephesians 2:10 New International Version (NIV) For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do For meditation The mind is a trickster sometimes. It plays us to believe we are lords of our lives and masters of our destiny. Under its illusionary power, we stump … Continue reading In His Grip
The Greatest Gift
John 13:34-35 New International Version (NIV) As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another. For meditation Love is such an overused word these days that it has lost its meaning in many instances, and does not excite any more. The word itself … Continue reading The Greatest Gift
The Chant of Religion
John 18:40 New International Version (NIV) They shouted back, “No, not him! Give us Barabbas!” Now Barabbas had taken part in an uprising. For meditation I thought I could understand this, but I can’t get my mind around it. Here they were, men and women who claimed to be God’s people. Yet, they did not … Continue reading The Chant of Religion
Feeling Left Out
‘All these years I’ve slaved for you and never once refused to do a single thing you told me to … Yet when this son of yours comes back after squandering your money on prostitutes, you celebrate by killing the fattened calf!’ (Lk. 15:29-30) The older son in the Parable of the Prodigal Son was … Continue reading Feeling Left Out
It Doesn’t Have To Be
2 Chronicles 29:1-2 New International Version (NIV) Hezekiah was twenty-five years old when he became king … He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, just as his father David had done. For Meditation I have met many in my life who have registered themselves as permanent victims of their parents’ poor lifestyle. “I grew … Continue reading It Doesn’t Have To Be
Through the Eyes of the Spirit 