Reading: Matthew 21:23-27 They had Peter and John brought before them and began to question them: “By what power or what name did you do this?” – Acts 4:7 (NIV) It is sometimes too easy to forget that as children of God, we have power from on high, and we have authority to use that…
Reading: Matthew 20:20-28 One thing that pains me so much is when I see people in church who have monopolised some tasks in church they become so comfortable in it, that they don’t want to share their tasks with others. Neither do they want to take on other tasks–perhaps because they don’t like it. And…
Reading: Matthew 19:21-30 Pardon me, but sometimes, I just can’t help laughing about how Jesus’ disciples behaved. Do you react the same, or is it just me? So here comes the rich young man who claimed to have kept all the commandments, and yet, a camel will find it easier to go through the eye…
Reading: Matthew 14:25-33 “Lord, if it’s you,” Peter replied, “tell me to come to you on the water” (v.28). We pray for something, search His Word, ask for signs, get confirmation, and go ahead. And for some reason, in the thick of it all, we suddenly doubt His calling. Why? Again, let us turn our…
Reading: Matthew 8:18-22 “… Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head” (v.20). Reading this as a child, I thought it was unfair to express a desire to follow Jesus, and then be discouraged! But now it comes clear to me that…
