Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.” Gen. 1:13 A dam and Eve were created sinless but had the moral responsibility of obeying God to remain sinless. God gave only one warning to […]
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The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” Ps. 14:1a Chambers dictionary defines a fool as someone without wisdom, judgment, or sense. An excellent example of a fool using our verse for today is someone who denies the existence of God despite the glaring evidence before him or […]
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You have heard that it has been said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ But I tell you, do not fight with the man who wants to fight. Whoever hits you on the right side of the face, turn so he can hit the other side […]
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He (Peter) said to them: “You are well aware that it is against our law for a Jew to associate with or visit a Gentile. But God has shown me that I should not call anyone impure or unclean.” Acts 10:28 Tradition is a “long-established belief or custom” impacting how […]
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Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.” Rom. 12:12 Chambers defines hope as a desire – an expectation that something good will happen. Hope for anything on this side of heaven is conditioned by many factors. Everyone alive had had hopes dashed, even when we were assured. […]
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You, Lord, hear the desire of the afflicted; you encourage them, and you listen to their cry.” Ps. 10:17 To encourage means to inspire or give hope. Every one of us needs encouragement round the clock, especially in the times that we live in today. God, our Father, takes the […]
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A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.” John 13:34 The command to love seems like an oxymoron. Even the Bible in 1 Corinthians 13, translated in the Living Bible and The Message, says that love “does not […]
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Jesus … said, “Go home to your own people and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.” Mark 5:19 The story of the demonic-possessed man in Mark 5 could be the story of each of us. God, in His […]
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by Rev. Sunday Bwanhot Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his faithful servants. Ps. 116:15 M any people die every day, but we cannot help noticing a trend that God seems to take away the best from families. Have you ever wished God had taken […]
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by Rev. Sunday Bwanhot If you love me, keep my commands (John 14:15). But Samuel replied: Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the Lord? To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams (1Sam. 15:22). […]
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by Rev. Sunday Bwanhot For this reason, a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’ … Therefore, what God has joined together, let no one separate. Mat. 19:5-6 I hate divorce, says the Lord God of Israel […]
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by Rev. Sunday Bwanhot Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you. Isa. 49:15 Jesus responded out of compassion to our plight as sinners by dying in our place. His […]
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by Rev. Sunday Bwanhot We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man will be betrayed … They will condemn him to death… mocked and flogged and crucified. Mat. 20:18-19a Jesus Christ walked boldly into Jerusalem and suffered all He predicted would happen to Him without shrinking back. […]
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by Rev. Sunday Bwanhot Blessed is the man who does not fall away on account of me Mat. 11:6 The most tragic thing that can happen to a creature is to assume the role, second guest or misinterprete the Creator’s intent. John, like all his contemporaries, misunderstood God’s promised deliverance […]
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by Rev. Sunday Bwanhot What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go to look for the one that wandered away? Mat. 18:12 There is no doubt from this parable that […]
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by Rev. Sunday Bwanhot He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee. Luke 24:6 People generally act on what they hear and believe to be true. Jesus told His disciples several times that He would die and rise […]
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