Faith

The Bible says that Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, a conviction of things not yet seen…If this be the case of our faith, then we can join the prophet Habakkuk in chapter 3 verses 17 & 18 in saying, ‘Though the fig-tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the […]

Samaritans were a people of Jewish origin and even followed Judaism, but they were of mixed race with other pagan cultures. Because of this reason, Jews detested Samaritans and avoided any contact with them, so much so that they avoided passing through Samaria as they went from Judea to Galilee, preferring a longer route, just […]

Do you want to get well? Jesus asked the invalid who had been by the poolside of Bethesda for 38 years. Through these years, the man had sat there praying, hoping, waiting for the waters to be stirred that he may get in first and receive his healing. But year in, year out, he had […]

Reading: Luke 5:1-6 In this story of Luke, Simon and his companions had been out fishing all night, but by morning, they had nothing to show for their toil. When Jesus came their way in the morning, they were busy cleaning their empty fishing nets, discouraged that they had nothing to take home with them. […]

Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past (Isaiah 43:18, NIV) ‘He who has never been disappointed is he who has never hoped’. There are only two things that wait at the end of hope, either joy or disappointment. Every person, no matter how much faith they have or how good a person they […]

Habbakuk experienced what some, if not most of us go through – prayer that seems to get lost in the wind. The enemy had been terrorizing the nations of the time for far too long, and the prophet was disheartened by the seeming indifference of God. When God finally answered, it was not what the […]