“Why do You stand afar off, O LORD? Why do You hide in times of trouble?” ~ Psalm 10:1   REFERENCE Psalm 10:1-6 & 16-18 Sometimes, we go through experiences in life that make us feel God is deliberately hiding from us. We question if He is still there and if He is, why is […]

Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you. Proverbs 4:25 (ESV) REFERENCE Proverbs 4:25 (ESV) Yesterday we ended with the thought that being mission-minded is an integral part of living a purposeful and meaningful life on earth. Below are some practical things that can help you develop mission-mindedness. Firstly, identify […]

And David said, “What have I done now? Is there not a cause?” I Samuel 17:29 REFERENCE I Samuel 17:22-29 & 34-37 One undeniable quality of high-fliers in society is a supernatural sense of mission. They live as though they were sent on a mission. They live conscious of that mission and as though time […]

“For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now I will arise,” says the Lord; “I will set him in the safety for which he yearns.”  Psalm 12:5 REFERENCE Psalm 12:1-5 Living in the city means you do not hear a tree fall in the forest. The fact that you do […]

The Lord has made everything for its purpose ~ Proverbs 16:4a (ESV)   REFERENCE Proverbs 16:4a (ESV) God had a purpose for you to fulfill on earth before He allowed you to be conceived by your mother. No matter the circumstances surrounding your birth, you are significant in God’s scheme of things. Purpose is the […]

““But his lord answered and said to him, ‘You wicked and lazy servant, you knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not scattered seed.” Matthew 25:26   REFERENCE Matthew 25:24-30 The bible is full of scathing comments about the lazy man and laziness. Often, many blame their poverty […]

Now in my prosperity I said, “I shall never be moved.” Psalm 30:6   REFERENCE Psalm 30:6-7 When I think of a lullaby, I think of the popular song, “Rock-a-bye Baby.” One account says it pictures a mother trying to rock her baby to sleep and singing to her. A lullaby simply suggests a sweet and melodious […]

“And Micaiah said, “As the Lord lives, whatever the Lord says to me, that I will speak.” – I Kings 22:14   REFERENCE I Kings 22:1-8 & 13-23   This popular Latin maxim, ‘Vox Populi, Vox Dei’, simply means, “The voice of the people is the voice of God”. Better still, it means, ‘the majority carries the vote.’ But is that […]

“One day David asked, “Is there anyone left of Saul’s family? If so, I’d like to show him some kindness in honor of Jonathan.”” II Samuel 9:1 (MSG) REFERENCE II Samuel 9:1-13 (MSG) I Samuel 18:1-4 gives us an insight to how David and Jonathan forged their friendship – a covenant friendship; they entered into […]

And a certain man lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms from those who entered the temple; who, seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, asked for alms. Acts 3:2-3 REFERENCE Acts 3:1-11 Life can […]