Closer Day By Day

Just came back from a long day in church but certainly enjoyed the Katong Home Fellowship just now as we journeyed through Exodus 1 – 27, picking out significant verses (for us) and choosing a related hymn to sing about it. Indeed there are so many lessons we can learn from our reading of the [...]

When we started reading the book of Esther, I mentioned that God’s hand was evident in the book although His name was not mentioned at all. Today, as we read the other half of the book, let us consider the ways through which God worked to save His people and punish the wicked. Bible Passage:  [...]

We’ve finally come to the last history book! There’s something very strange about this book though, let’s read and see if you can figure out what it is. Bible Passage:  Esther 1-5 Have you realised what is strange about it? Not because of the fact that the main character is a female (though that is [...]

Bible Passage:  Nehemiah 10-13 aquillofGod: Hello everyone and welcome back to Extraordinary People. For our last segment, we are very pleased to have Mr Nehemiah with us again for the third and final part of his interview. Hello, Mr Nehemiah! Nehemiah: Hello!:) AQOG: Now that we have finished talking about your work of rebuilding the [...]

aquillofGod: Hello everyone! Welcome back to Extraordinary People. Once again, we are very pleased to have Mr Nehemiah on-air with us today for the second part of his interview. Hello, Mr Nehemiah! Nehemiah: Hello aquillofGod! And hello everybody! AQOG: It’s really good to see you again! We shall be discussing some of the other problems [...]

Bible Passage:  Nehemiah 1-4 aquillofGod: Hello everyone! Welcome to today’s segment of Extraordinary People. We are very pleased to have Mr Nehemiah on-air with us today for an exclusive interview. Hello, Mr Nehemiah! Nehemiah: Hello aquillofGod! And hello everybody! AQOG: It’s really good to see you! Before we start with the interview proper however, would [...]

Bible Passage:  Ezra 6-10 Scribe and Priest Ashamed! In a stunning turn of events, Ezra, the priest and scribe recently returned from Babylon, was seen tearing his garments and robes yesterday. “He tore his garments and robes, plucked out some of the hair of his head and beard then sat down in great bewilderment.” cited [...]

Bible Passage:  Ezra 1-5 First Year of Cyrus of Persia, First Month We’re finally returning to Jerusalem! After so many years in a foreign land and being subject to Babylon then Medes and Persia, we can finally go back to the land YHWH gave our forefathers. All these years, abba and ima have reminded me [...]

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 [...]

The main king we are reading about today is Hezekiah.  While we have read about him already in our readings of Isaiah and Kings, I feel that his life serves as a great example and warning in our life of faith.  What do I mean? Let’s read first and find out together… Bible Passage:  2 [...]