Scripture Reading: Phil 4:12 I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: everywhere and in all things, I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. Reflections: Paul tells the Philippians that he has learned the...
Scripture Reading: 2Sam 12:14 Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die. Reflections: Blasphemy is when people talk disrespectfully about God. It can be caused by the bad behaviour...
Scripture Reading: Judges 16:29-21 And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the LORD was departed from him. But the Philistines took him,...
Scripture Reading: Num 9:17 And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after that the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents. Reflections: During their 40-year journey through the wilderness, which got them to...
Scripture Reading: Genesis 24:10 And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor Reflections: Eliezer, Abraham’s chief servant, successfully fulfilled his mission...
Scripture Reading: Ezra 10:11 Now, therefore, confess to the LORD God of your fathers, and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people of the land, and the strange wives Reflections: Ezra, the priest and scribe, discovered a great abomination among the people of Israel when he sought to...
Scripture Reading: Prov 13:29 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed Reflections: Being able to make sensible decisions and judgments is a vital characteristic of a wise person. In contrast, foolish individuals lack judgment and act without considering the consequences....
Scripture Reading: 1 Sam 30:6 And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God. Reflections: When they learned that the Amalekite...
Scripture Reading: Gen 14:22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lifted mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth, Reflections: Abram told the King of Sodom that his hands were lifted up only to the LORD, the most high...
Scripture Reading: Hebrews 10:39 But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition, but of them that believe to the saving of the soul. Reflections: The writer of Hebrews submits that ‘we are not of them who draw back unto perdition’. The Greek word translated ‘draw back’ is...