Closer Day By Day

If you are also on the church’s mailing list for regular christian message, you would have receive one email yesterday titled “Three things we lack” – we owe God glory, we lack love towards our brethren, and we still owe the debt of preaching the gospel. Coincidently (or maybe not ), today we read Paul’s [...]

Bible Passage: John 13-15 The author of this book whom many have deduced to be the Apostle John himself, tells us a little more about his relationship with Jesus. He was ‘the disciple whom Jesus loved‘ (John 13:23). How blessed it is for us today if we can say the same of ourselves! Does God [...]

Upon finding out more about the book of Joel, a well-known Bible verse comes to mind. Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one! (Deut 6:4) This is because the name Joel means ‘Yah is God’. Although the name may seem simple and straightforward, it is deeply religious and more importantly, carries [...]

We have read the book of Proverbs for quite a number of months now.  Four kinds of characters are often seen in this book.  Do you know who are they? The Simple, the Fool, the Scoffer and the Wise. We are going to focus our attention on one of them today but before that, let’s [...]

The passages in Psalm today offer a contrast between God and man.  Many a times we sing about the greatness of God.  But there are times when we need to also sing in reflection of ourselves. Bible Passage:  Psalm 105-107 Today, we start off with the faithfulness of our mighty God in Psalm 105.  God [...]

We briefly mentioned some weeks ago that 1 Chronicles should be seen as a parallel documentation of 1st and 2nd Samuel. This speaks for itself when we read of similar incidents concerning one of the pivotal characters of both books – David. What was David like as a warrior, leader, and king? What was David [...]

Now the people of God had set off and started their journey. The next place that the people came to was the Wilderness of Paran. Let’s read on to see what happened at this place. Bible Passage: Numbers 13 to 14 Since today’s Bible reading is on The Law, I shall comment on chapter 15 [...]

“How confident are we before the Lord when He comes again?” Have we asked ourselves this question? Some of the junior youths were asked this question during their bible seminar last year. It did not really surprise me when (if I remember correctly) none of the students could raise their hand with confidence. Perhaps we [...]

May the Lord show His mercy upon you; May the light of His presence be your guide : May He guard you and uphold you; May His Spirit be ever by your side. When you sleep, may His angels watch over you; When you wake, may He fill you with His grace : May you [...]

To a linguist, the book of Hosea is a virtual utopia where the nuances of language are skilfully manipulated to paint a colourful and vivid albeit occasionally terrifying picture. Like most pictures, it is meant to convey a message and we know that it is important because it is God’s message to us. Today, let [...]