Closer Day By Day

Today we have come to the final 3 chapters of Paul’s letters to the Corinthians. Hope we all have a clearer picture of why and how Paul wrote these 2 epistles to the Corinthians, but more importantly to apply those things that we have learned. Now let us continue to read and find out what [...]

Last week we read about the two extraordinary births.  Today, we witness the extraordinary start of their ministry. When the time came, John the Baptist and Jesus did not waste a moment. John knew his job was to prepare the way of the Lord and preached a baptism of repentance.  Jesus quoted from Isaiah (Isaiah [...]

The stubborn refusal of the people of Judah to heed the warnings of Prophet Jeremiah proved to be their downfall. Instead of listening to the constant warnings of the prophet, they chose to imprison him and Jerusalem finally falls. Many of the people were taken captive to Babylon, including king Zedekiah – but many more [...]

The more I read the book of Job, the more I realized how ignorant man is.  And yet, we choose to boast of what little knowledge and wisdom we have.  Progress and worldly knowledge has blinded us to the omnipotence, omniscience and omnipresence of God.  Let’s see what else God has to say to Job [...]

Three Psalms of David.  All set to the same tune “Do Not Destroy”.  What is a Michtam?  And what is “Psalms of Imprecation”? Let’s read the Bible Passage first. Bible Passage:  Psalm 57-59 When we read the Psalms, sometimes it is good to take a note of the small preface that is made before the [...]

2 Samuel 12 11 “This is what the LORD says: ‘Out of your own household I am going to bring calamity upon you. Before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to one who is close to you, and he will lie with your wives in broad daylight. 12 You did [...]

Our God is a God that thinks of EVERYTHING! That’s the thought that came to my mind as I read today’s passage in Exodus. The Israelites were now in the wilderness for some time already. The euphoria of escaping from the land of slavery is now a distant memory. Despite the miracles and grace God [...]

In today’s passages, Paul continues to admonish about generosity in sharing and an appeal to be truthful to our belonging to Christ. Bible Passage:  2 Corinthians 9-10 Do we actually know the importance of sharing and be generous in our sharing? Have we ever thought that in sharing, the ones benefiting will not only be [...]

Two extraordinary births! -That is how Luke chose to start his narrative of the good news to the Gentiles. This is the 3rd Gospel book we are reading.  One ‘sin’ that I have committed many times in the past is that familiarity with certain passages of the Bible has caused me to skim through the [...]

A brother and I were talking about the books of the Prophets the other day and he remarked that you can always find a message of hope and grace in the midst of all the warnings and admonishments given by the prophets.  Sometimes these appear most unexpectedly but it just tells us what a Compassionate [...]