Psalm 3:5 New Living Translation (NLT) I lay down and slept, yet I woke up in safety, for the Lord was watching over me For meditation Yesterday was a very busy day for me. It started the week before when our visiting Pastor from Ghana arrived. Our schedule was heavy, and many other things screamed for my … Continue reading When Night Turns to Day
Word of the Day
Unconditional Joy!
Habakkuk 3:17-18 New International Version (NIV) Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will be … Continue reading Unconditional Joy!
Gracious Ability to Enjoy
Ecclesiastes 5:19 New International Version (NIV) Moreover, when God gives someone wealth and possessions, and the ability to enjoy them, to accept their lot and be happy in their toil—this is a gift of God. For meditation Yesterday was a day of celebration and feasting in the United States. It was a day the nation has set aside … Continue reading Gracious Ability to Enjoy
Treasure in the Heart
Matthew 6:21 New International Version (NIV) For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also For Meditation It is interesting how Christians are so engrossed in the treasure hunt of this world. The ruthlessness of the hunt does not trouble many at all. It has become a fun game they play. The winner … Continue reading Treasure in the Heart
The Stress Test
Matthew 7:27 New International Version (NIV) The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.” For meditation The first time I visited, I was pleasantly surprised. The approach in itself was breathtaking. Everything around this huge one hundred hectare land was … Continue reading The Stress Test
The Absurdity of the Log-eyed Helper
Matthew 7:4 New International Version (NIV) How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? For Meditation It never ceases to amaze me why, in Ghana, people pay to buy lottery numbers from those so called … Continue reading The Absurdity of the Log-eyed Helper
Know Your God and His Desires
2 Corinthians 5:21 New International Version (NIV) God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. For Meditation The old lady was overwhelmed. The generosity of her son was too much to take in public, so she stepped aside and wept. It was … Continue reading Know Your God and His Desires
Did You Hear Anything?
I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, and his incomparably great power for us who believe – Ephesians 1:18-19 Hearing is a very important and vital component … Continue reading Did You Hear Anything?
Intercepted By God
Intercepted by God Matthew 1:20 New International Version (NIV) But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. For … Continue reading Intercepted By God