The Greatest Commandment (10): Cherishing Faithfulness

It’s one thing to witness love and faithfulness growing up. It’s a completely different thing to engage in it and yet isn’t that what life has been pointing to all along? Exploring faithfulness often brings up the question of cheating. I remember a friend sharing something profound with me about cheating vs faithfulness. The phrase […]

It’s Admirable

Imagine that you and I are seated in the front room. We’re in those couches are armchairs designed to help you relax. Whatever refreshments we want are on the coffee table in the middle of the room, but we can just sit back and feel comfortable whilst some steady and smooth music plays in the […]

December Thanks #21: Faithfulness

I am very thankful for a faithful God. He evidently knows more than I do in so many different areas of life. This year has been so full of examples of Him expressing faithfulness where others lacked it. Consistency is something that friends and I admire a great deal and we aspire to a standard […]

Fruit of the Spirit: Faithfulness (The Fruit Series 26)

Shoes are an interesting part of my family life. My Dad trusted his shoes. He ensured that whatever shoes he wore would last him a long time. Part of that was about his maintenance, but a big part of that was about the choice of shoes he wore. He could rely on them to take […]

The Kings 09 – Remember the Covenant: A Reply to Prayer

People will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the Lord their God, who brought their ancestors out of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—that is why the Lord brought all this disaster on them.’ (1 Kings 9:9 NIV) It is good to know that prayers, as conversation with God, can get a […]

A Look at Luke 19 – Engaging In The Business

Calling ten of his servants, he gave them ten minas, and said to them, ‘Engage in business until I come.’ (Luke 19:13 ESV) Since he was 12 years old, Jesus was aware that he should be about his Father’s business. Chapter 19 of Luke is typical of how Jesus went about it. When he went to […]

16MTP 20 – Integrity

Many a man proclaims his own steadfast love, but a faithful man who can find? The righteous who walks in his integrity— blessed are his children after him! (Proverbs 20:6, 7 ESV) It is my enormous privilege to associate with some men who have great integrity. They may never gain national and international recognition and […]

Exodus Extracts 32 – What Made Moses Angry

And as soon as he came near the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, Moses’ anger burned hot, and he threw the tablets out of his hands and broke them at the foot of the mountain. (Exodus 32:19) Way back in chapter 24, before Moses went up the mountain the people having heard […]

Exodus Extracts 23 – These Are The Rules Part 3

Pay attention to all that I have said to you, and make no mention of the names of other gods, nor let it be heard on your lips. (Exodus 23:13 ESV) As God wraps up His initial conversation about the way things will be for the people that have come out of slavery, it’s fascinating […]

Genesis: 50 – The End Of The Beginning

Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die. But God will surely come to your aid and take you up out of this land to the land he promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.” And Joseph made the Israelites swear an oath and said, “God will surely come to your […]