Closer Day By Day

Haggai – just 2 short chapters. But it carries with it a mighty punch and brought home to me lessons long forgotten and now tears of regret. Haggai’s prophecies were given 18 years after the Persian king Cyrus had permitted the Jews to return to their homeland from exile in Babylon. Despite the length of [...]

Ecclesiastes is not an easy book to write on. The preacher states what he sees and what he understands so simply and so plainly that there is really nothing more that I can comment about. Bible Passage: Ecclesiastes 5-6 Enjoy the God-given present moment In a nutshell, everything is vanity in this world and we [...]

The love of God never fails, for God is love and He is the same yesterday, today, and forever. God gives us love without condition, so do we also love Him in response? Let us read Psalms 128 to 130 to see what the psalmist had penned down for our devotion to God and for [...]

By today’s reading, we would have completed reading 2 different accounts of the kings of Israel and Judah.  What are your thoughts after reading about the kings the second time? It’s easy to get jaded with familiar stories but I am sure we can find something that strikes a chord with us today again. Bible [...]

One of the key characteristics of Christians is how they are set apart from the world. This separation from the nations around them is also a vital part of the Israelite faith (Num 23:9). As Paul reminds the church in Corinth, [...] “Come out from among them And be separate, says the Lord. Do not [...]

Peter wrote this letter to boost the morale and strengthen the faith of the Christians who were suffering because of the ill-treatment and ridicule of those who did not share the same faith. Let’s read 1 Peter 1-3: Bible Passage:  1 Peter 1-3 Houston, we have a problem… When we are faced with a problem, [...]

An Aqueduct found at Caesarea Caesarea is one of the most interesting places to be in Israel. There are so many Roman and Crusader building remains there. One of that is the aqueduct which is a long ‘pipe’ to transport water during the Roman era. Probably this aqueduct was around during the time of the [...]

Zephaniah is another minor prophet that we seldom refer to. The setting is Jerusalem sometime between the prophet Isaiah and the prophet Jeremiah. Jerusalem knew that her days were numbered.  The Babylonians would be coming soon to bring the city to its knees.  It was a terminal judgement.  Nothing good was on her horizon… it [...]

Although Proverbs and Ecclesiastes are both Wisdom books, you will find that they teach us about life totally different ways.  Proverbs begins with the fact that there is a living God who gives meaning to all of life (Prov 1:7).  In contrast, we see in Ecclesiastes (Eccl for short), it begins with the man under [...]

Today we will be reading another 3 short psalms of ascents. Let us read on and learn from the psalmist some precious teachings that we can apply to our walk with the Lord. Bible Passage: Psalms 125 to 127 As I read these 3 psalms, the words Reassurance, Revival and Reliance came to my mind. [...]