TURN AND LOOK January 6, 2020 | Isaiah 45:22–25 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue On a bitterly cold Sunday morning in 1850, a young man slipped into the back row of a tiny Methodist church. Since the head minister was delayed due to the storm, an uneducated deacon delivered a message. His text? “Look unto Me, […]
January 5, 2020 | Colossians 3:15–17 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Before becoming the fourth president of Moody Bible Institute, William Henry “Will” Houghton pastored several churches in Pennsylvania, Georgia, and New York. Biographer Wilbur Smith said of him, “Two primary passions possessed the soul of Will Houghton: evangelism and the study of the Word of […]
The head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State, Pope Francis, used his weekly address to address at the St Peter’s Square to criticize the “culture of waste” food. He said: “This culture of waste has made us insensitive even to the waste and disposal of food, which is even more […]
The largest debating and public speaking in the world, World Universities Debating Championship (WUDC) just ended. Apreku Agyepong won; which makes him the second Ghanaian to win in this category of the championship since it was started in 1981 after Jeremiah Sekyi, a level 400 pharmacy student all of the University of Ghana. Maureen Kyere, […]
JANUARY 4, 2020 “CULTIVATE THE PRESENCE OF GOD” SCRIPTURE READINGS: Exodus 33:12-17, Joshua 1:1-8 EXPOSITION: God’s presence is a very precious thing. No Christian can afford to lose it. David noticed that there is fullness of joy in the presence of God and pleasures for evermore (Psalm 16:11). Moses also noticed that the presence of […]
Intentional reflections|| Mentiasie Main Text: Luke17:11-19 and Psalm 103:1&2 In our dispensation with so many life issues which can be pressing and sometimes make us feel defeated, we tend to forget the goodness of God. Little do we understand that God is still faithful in our mess. We somehow have tagged some miracles and blessings […]
Thursday, JANUARY 2, 2020 SCRIPTURE READINGS: Isaiah 43:18-19, Philippians 3:13- 16 EXPOSITION: God in His wisdom has divided time into days, weeks, months, years and seasons so that we can have the opportunity to evaluate our lives and have a fresh start. As a new year begins today, it is worth evaluating how you fared […]
January 1, 2020 | Hebrews 11:1–13 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Do you have a favorite Bible verse or Scripture passage? This month, we will read portions of Scripture that defined the lives of Christ followers. Some names, such as Billy Graham, Charles Spurgeon, or Dwight Lyman Moody, might be familiar to you. Others, like Haddon […]
This write up was prompted as a result of a video of guy seen to have said to have overdosed on “TRAMADOL”. Let’s get straight into it what is TRAMADOL? Tramadol (brand name: Ultram) is an opioid analgesic (painkiller). It is prescribed to treat moderate to moderately severe pain and is considered a safer alternative […]
September 29, 2019 | Psalms 38–39 DEVOTIONS. This Month’s Issue Would it be better to win a silver medal or a bronze? In 1995, psychologists from Cornell University studied the reaction of Olympic silver and bronze medalists. They found that bronze medalists were significantly happier with their achievement than silver medalists. The reason is that […]