January 2023

“Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.” – Proverbs 9:17-18 History has it on her records that humans mostly learn nothing from her. Otherwise, how else do we explain the insatiable appetite […]

“…: seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD’s anger” – Zephaniah 2:3 Everything to gain and nothing to lose in doing this. A better world, a better continent, a better nation, a better state, city, town, and right down to your personal abode. Holistically, a

“…, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.” – Matthew 18:3 Heaven! A place imagined to be so sweet from written accounts, many can’t afford to wait but reinvent theirs here on earth. Little wonder we are quick to

“See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.” – 1 Thessalonians 5:15 There is no point playing the hypocrite here by trying to force this down anyone’s throat. This, indeed, is a difficult saying; who can comply? And if

“But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.” – Amos 5:24 God speaks, then watches for our response. We get it all wrong when we, by our reaction, try to overturn in our favour His verdict, instruction, decree, law, or any of such form in which His spoken word may

“Come unto to me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” – Matthew 11:28 Need some rest? I mean some really good rest? This way, please. Kindly move over and be decisive about it. The One from Whom this invitation of relief is extended understands perfectly your daily

“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life” – John 3:16 You don’t believe in Jesus but find the symbol of the cross a nice piece of jewellery to adorn your neck. You don’t trust Him but you

“For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God” – 1 Corinthians 1:18 A scale of thought is set. At one end, foolishness, and at the other, the power of God. The name tag on this scale – the gospel

“Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;” – 2 Corinthians 4:9 Who are you? With borrowed words from Lecrae’s Identity (gospel rap), I challenge you with these answers. – The shoes you wear? – The clothes you buy? – The house you live in? – The car you drive? – The work of

“But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly” – Matthew 6:6 What is prayer without answers? And what is this labour without reward? Clearly, the expectation of any