Closer Day By Day

Here we are!  Finally at the centrepiece of the Psalms. The epitome of the Psalms.  All 176 verses of it. There is just so much one can share about this Psalm (don’t worry – I will try to keep this short (: ).  But one can indeed spend hours singing praises to God – just [...]

Some of the kings in Old Testament times had very interesting lives … and very instructive lives too! The Lord had peculiar dealings with some of them, and they have become memorials of the Lord’s grace. In today’s passage, we continue reading about the final days of Asa (continued from last week).  We also read [...]

Today we have come to the final 4 chapters of the Book of Numbers. How do you feel after walking with the Israelites for 40 years through the wilderness? Indeed the harsh conditions which the Israelites had gone through were not something that we can easily imagine. But at the same time, God was always [...]

The Bible teaches us to be contented with what we have. Remember that 1 Timothy 6:6 says that godliness with contentment is great gain. Are we contented with our present state? Let us first read Hebrews 8 – 10. Bible Passage:  Hebrews 8-10 While we know that, as Christians, we ought to be contented, today’s [...]

Today we read about Peter saying yet another great sermon and moved 5000 Jews to convert to Christians! (on top of the 3000 in chapter 2!) Bible Passage:  Acts 3-4 Peter and John were going to the temple and they saw this lame man at the Beautiful gate. There he proclaimed a famous saying… “Silver [...]

The account of Jonah is one of the most familiar in the entire Bible.  We all know the story of the errant prophet who was swallowed by a big fish and the lessons and warnings that accompany it. Or so I thought… A sister told me recently that she had just read the book of [...]

From what we have read previously as well as the comments made, we know that sometimes, the Book of Proverbs does not tell us what we should or should not do in a straightforward manner; preferring to state certain facts that we have to interpret on our own. This makes us contemplate what we are [...]

When I read Psalm 117, its simplicity astounded me because it was so short and impacting. The specialty of this psalm, though, lies in something rather curious. For it calls the GENTILES to the praise of God; it calls the PEOPLES of the earth to lauding of God. I was just pondering over when this [...]

After the breakaway of the northern tribes, Rehoboam was faced with a period of consolidation.  Interestingly, despite comprising of only 2 out of the 12 tribes of Israel, Judah remained the stronger kingdom – definitely because God was with them. Not only that, we also see the Levites coming from all over the land to [...]

As we read today’s 4 chapters, we will find they touch on laws regarding offerings and vows; and matters regarding obedience and unity. All these can be closely related to our life of faith in Jesus, except regarding vows, we are cautioned by our Lord Jesus in Matthew 5: 33 – 37 to never swear [...]