“For if a man cannot manage his own household, how can he take care of God’s church?“ (I Tim 3:5) In many respects Elli is famously known as a failed father. Anointed as a priest and blessed with sons he was in a privileged position to mentor them in the
“Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts..” (Acts 2:46). The saying that no man is an island very much applies to all believers in Christ. For when Paul wrote, “And let us
“The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the plans of his heart to all generations” (Psalms 33:11). Everyone needs counsel. Yet, can you imagine something as strange as going to someone for advice and his piece of wisdom is – sleep with your father’s concubines to overpower him! This is
Jesus replied, “What is impossible with man is possible with God” (Luke 18:27). There are countless scenes in the course of Jesus’s life on earth where he encountered situations that appeared impossible and quite hopeless yet he turned them around. For example, when the centurion came up to Jesus and
“And every day, in the temple and from house to house, they kept right on teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ” (Acts 5:42). All over the world judicial systems thrive on witnesses. In order for evidence presented before court it must be corroborated otherwise it is just hearsay. This
“Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing” (I Thessalonians 5:11). The saying it is lonely being at the top can be an understatement. Perhaps for a glimpse one could look at Moses’s troubles while leading a restless nation through the
“Bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive” (Col 3:13) A funny thing happened and has never stopped since. There was once a man called Joseph who walked out of a
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future” (Jeremiah 29:11). There is a saying that behind every successful man there is a woman. Well, let’s say someone behind. This
“A sluggard’s appetite is never filled, but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied” (Proverbs 13:4). Back in school once one committed an offence among the most severe punishments was to send you down the kitchen to work. Or you could be asked to go
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!” ( 2 Cor 5:17). Saul was one self contended man going about his life mission. Born to a family deep in Hebrew traditions and educated by the best teachers of his
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