Jesus knew a thing or two about fasting when He came to address the matter in His teaching. Earlier in Matthew’s outline of the gospel, Jesus had spent 40 days in the wilderness fasting. The episode showed a lot about Jesus’ commitment. His commitment was wholeheartedly for His Father. When you fast, do not look […]
Read More Fasting In The Secret Life Of SaintsIf there’s one thing that matters of the heart should highlight is it’s not about what’s going on outside, it’s what’s going on inside. Teaching His disciples, Jesus was establishing how their identity was now to be found in God and that identity would mark them out as different to make a difference. This was […]
Read More Journey Through The Secret Life of Saints“You’re just like your Dad.” Years ago I wasn’t so keen on getting that comment. That’s primarily because my Dad is a lot older than me (I know, right, father older than son, whatever next). But I say that to say that I wasn’t always up for being labelled like a man I considered to […]
Read More M.O.T.H. – You Are His Children When …Of the things that Jesus teaches, one of the hardest to swallow is what he says about enemies and retaliation. This is what Jesus says about retaliation. “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ But I say to you, Do not resist the one who is evil. […]
Read More M.O.T.H. – You Didn’t See This ComingLife is precious. This is a sentiment that few people would genuinely argue with. Even with the various activities that suggest otherwise. According to scripture, the first thing that went wrong with the perfection of creation was a murder. For in the day the seduction of sin took place, life was taken. Then what was […]
Read More M.O.T.H. – Reject Rage and Rejoice in ReconciliationBlessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. (Matthew 5:3-4) A lot has been written about self development. The question of identity is a good basis to go about building something with whatever you’ve got. There’s a lot of stuff that people have to […]
Read More Look At The State Of YouYou are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet. (Matthew 5:13) Who are you? Seriously, do you know who you are? Evidently for Jesus it was important that […]
Read More What Is Salt Without It’s Saltiness?You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good […]
Read More A City Set On A Hill – A Lamp On A StandAs a boy my interests were in reading and football. In that order. It helped then, that one of my favourite things to read about was football. Of course I watched it as well. I wanted to be like two players – John Barnes and Peter Beardsley. They played the game in an exciting way […]
Read More Someone Better Down The RoadRecently I had the privilege of sitting with some very wise and sound brothers. It is a true story that I do well when I sit with some very wise and sound brothers. Among other things, they pointed me to a particular scripture. I don’t really quote such large tracts of scripture, but this one […]
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