Closer Day By Day

It is hard to read today’s passage and not have the image you see on the right stick closely to my mind. Bible Passage: Matthew 17 – 19 I am sure even before reading, you will know which portion of the sciptures I want to focus on today. The Ninety and Nine. This hymn never [...]

In today’s passage, we start off first with the ending of Isaiah’s prophecies of judgment. Bible Passage:  Isaiah 34 – 39 Chapter 34 was the proclaimation of the judgment upon the nations and the impending day of the Lord.  However it was not all doom and gloom.  Chapter 35 gives us a hope – salvation, [...]

Job did not think the advice from his friends amounted to much, and said it so directly! Job desired to speak with God rather than “forgers of lies” and “worthless physicians”. What else did he say?  Read on… Bible Passage:  Job 13-14 Job continues to discuss the question of the mortality of man in Chapter [...]

I love reading the Psalms. There are many reasons but one of it is that in the Psalms, we often can find many familiar phrases. Phrases which are found in the lyrics of the hymns we sing. Words that inspired the praises our voices raise. See how many you can spot today… Bible Passage:  Psalm [...]

I was thinking that since this is a blog, and not a Bible Study, I will only pick the stories in Judges that leaves more impression to me. Bible Passage:  Judges 7 – 11 From Chapter 7 to 11, there are a few stories, but I would only mention specifically the stories pertaining to Gideon. [...]

We come to the end of an era today.  After the death of his wife Sarah, Abraham remarried and had 6 more sons (see if you can spot a familiar name there). But the chief concern for Abraham was to make sure that his beloved son Isaac had a wife – not from the land [...]

Today I made a discovery.  It was something I should have done but did not. All along, I knew that the International Assembly of the True Jesus Church website (ia.tjc.org) had some downloadable materials that we could use for our reading and understanding of the Bible.  But I did not really check it out until [...]

We return to the life of Jesus in… Bible Passage:  Matthew 14 – 16 I thought I’d focus on a group of people this time – the followers of Jesus. Just take a moment and imagine you were amongst them during this passage. What would you have seen?  What would you have heard? Jesus fed [...]

Today, we continue to hear the prophecies of Isaiah against Judah. In horror, we read first about the siege of Jerusalem.  The whole city is surrounded.  Fires will burn, blood will be shed.  Though the people profess God, their actions show otherwise and they are doomed. Even worse… the people want to turn to Egypt [...]

Who needs enemies when you have friends like this? What am I talking about?  Read … Bible Passage:  Job 11 – 12 Haven’t you met with someone like this before? You are in pain. You are feeling very bad because you did something wrong and you regret immensely. You broke something because you did not [...]