Why should you be intoxicated, my son, with a forbidden woman and embrace the bosom of an adulteress? (Proverbs 5:20) The thing about the word ‘forbidden’ is that it can almost appear to be a challenge to the inner person. Like the child that’s told the chocolate is forbidden, when we’re told we cannot have […]
Read More MTP05 – Avoiding the ForbiddenKeep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life. Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you. (Proverbs 4:23, 24) The two sentiments are linked. We will have a tendency to speak what comes from the heart. However much we tend to cover it with […]
Read More MTP04 – Words From The HeartMy child, don’t turn away or become bitter when the LORD corrects you. Pro 3:12 The LORD corrects everyone he loves, just as parents correct their favorite child. (Proverbs 3:11, 12) There is a connection between discipleship and discipline. That connection is simple. To follow requires you to be kept in line. It is only our […]
Read More MTP03 – God Keeps You In LineYes, if you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding, if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures, then you will understand the fear of the LORD and find the knowledge of God. (Proverbs 2:3-5) Again connecting Proverbs with the Kingdom, in His Sermon on the Mount, Jesus […]
Read More MTP02 – Treasure Above All TreasuresWhat a month this February was. Historically these months are notorious for how quick they pass, so much so that I hardly count them as a month in themselves but just a pit-stop between winter and spring. This February, however, has felt like the longest February I have ever lived through. Changes in family arrangements […]
Read More Thank God for February and Introducing March Thru ProverbsFor receiving instruction in prudent behavior, doing what is right and just and fair (Proverbs 1:3) After looking through the gospel of Matthew there were certain themes that could be seen right through it. Themes that reflected the core of the Kingdom. These themes were not new in any way shape or form, these are eternal. […]
Read More MTP01 – Underlying Principles Of Lifeand, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Matthew 28:20 From the agony of Gethsemane to the brutality of Calvary, came the victory of resurrection and as we come to the end of the journey through Matthew we come across the last words uttered by the Risen Saviour. I […]
Read More Lo I Am With You – JesusJesus Christ, Superstar. Typing those words, let alone saying them, immediately conjures up the song of the musical on which it’s based. Some have issues with its portrayal of the Messiah and some of those issues could very well be valid. For the time being, however, I’m asking you to consider this musical rendition of Jesus’ time […]
Read More Jesus @ GethsemaneWho then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his master has set over his household, to give them their food at the proper time? Blessed is that servant whom his master will find so doing when he comes. (Matthew 24:45, 46) According to some the end of the world is scheduled to take place […]
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