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 […]
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 […]
September 28, 2019 | Psalm 37 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue After experiencing a crushing political defeat and breaking off an engagement to be married in 1841, Abraham Lincoln was in a dark place. He later talked about how he had contemplated suicide, but refrained because he “had done nothing to make any human being remember […]
September 27, 2019 | Psalms 35–36 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue In his masterpiece, Mere Christianity, C. S. Lewis wrote perceptively about pride. He said, “As long as you are proud you cannot know God. A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you are looking down, […]
September 26, 2019 | Psalm 34 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue “Out of the frying pan and into the fire” describes the experience of getting out of one difficult situation only to land in another. In 1 Samuel 21, David was on the run from King Saul. He went to the last place anyone would expect to […]
September 25, 2019 | Psalms 32–33 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue In 2019, Time magazine ran an online poll asking participants, “What are your major sources of happiness?” The top four answers all involved relationships. Having and maintaining healthy relationships with children, friends, and family were considered key components of happiness for most people. Blessed is […]
OUR REFUGE September 24, 2019 | Psalm 31 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue We all need a safe place where we can escape the fears and anxieties of the world. Young children who enter a new and intimidating situation will often hide behind their parent and grab onto their leg. Their parent is their safe place, […]
PRAISE IS LIFE September 23, 2019 | Psalm 30 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue In the early 1970s, Charles Colson rose to political power as Special Counsel to the President of the United States. But all of that came crashing down when he was indicted in the Watergate scandal. After being sent to prison, Colson came […]
HEAR MY CRY September 21, 2019 | Psalms 28 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Silence can be a powerful weapon. During conflict, we might use silence as a way of defense or retreat. This is true not only in human relationships but also in our relationship with God. The Psalms model for us ways to engage […]