Today’s thought “It depends on faith” (January 28) The Apostle Paul when he was called Saul had been full of zeal for keeping the law and saw the followers of Christ as appearing to have no respect for keeping the law so he persecuted them – until he was dramatically converted. After his conversion and… Read More Today’s thought “It depends on faith” (January 28)
Today Matthew’s record of the life of our Lord reveals how events were building up to a climax. Jesus was becoming more challenging in his contact with the Pharisees and Sadducees; he bluntly tells the Sadducees they “are wrong, because you know neither the scriptures nor the power of God” (22:29) in refusing to believe… Read More Today’s thought “Which is the great commandment …?” (January 20)
Today’s thought “They were indignant” (January 19) Today’s Matthew 21 is full of drama and thought-challenging incidents. The opposition to Jesus caused by his popularity had reached fever pitch. The religious leaders were afraid to take any action against him because his popularity had become so intense. We read of his triumphal entry into Jerusalem,… Read More Today’s thought “They were indignant” (January 19)
We must be one with Christ; we must be in him, not only in our standing, but also in our daily walk and talk. … Read More Thought for today (January 17): Walking not after the flesh, but after the spirit
When man wants to see Who created him and admits his own faults in his willingness to come closer to his Creator, he can release his problems, giving them to the Most High, and as an upright can come to sing passionately glory-filled songs to Him, because by Him everything is in its right place.… Read More 2nd thought for today “Praise Jehovah God Who Creates and Saves” (January 16)
Wickedness and selfishness caused humans trying to play themselves for god and wanting to have dominion over others. Such attitude of being in the flesh made the majority to lose the majesty of God.… Read More 1st thought for today “The world may be wicked” (January 16)
We cannot to anything against the heredity of sin, but we have the condemnation (for wrongdoing) in our own hands.… Read More Death spread to all men, because all sinned
When we come to tell our story of failure to God and are willing to admit our wrongdoing, God shall be wiling to listen and to forgive our sins.… Read More Today’s thought “Transgression to be forgiven” (January 15)
How many times we have to face difficulties or have to endure troubled times? In the reading of the book of Psalms for today, we find David praying to his Most High God in Whom he is willing to put all his trust. David admits that he is in trouble and that he recognises the… Read More Today’s thought “Faith in Troubled Times” (January 14)
Our Persian brethren received tragic news the past few days. On Wednesday 2020 January 8, tensions between the US and Iran “contributed” to the downing of flight PS 752 on its way from Tehran to Kiev. The semi-official state outlet Fars News Agency reported that after being informed of the error in the country’s air… Read More Concerning talking about prophecy when tragedy is at the doorstep
The previous years we here in Belgium did not have it quite easy. In 2012 we got even silenced for some time. It looked like the time of a battle of the greatest and strongest, against such small communities like ours, had started. With the hope to have a bigger community and able to be… Read More Today’s thought “Plea for Vindication or for Protection against Oppressors” (January 07)
Throughout the times there have always been disputes about how everything came into being and if there are gods or who has the right to call himself or herself the first god. For David, who grieves over the pervasiveness of sin and its sad effects, it is clear that it are fools who say that… Read More Today’s thought “Folly and Wickedness of Men” (January 06)
Today we have the ‘simple’ lessons Jesus taught – they are lessons of life or death; of eternal existence, or oblivion, in an eternal sense – these are the only two alternatives before each of us. Matthew 7 opens out to us the simple but profound teaching of Jesus on the pathways of life that… Read More Today’s thought “The floods came, and the winds blew …” (January 5)
When you look around you and look back at the previous year, do you recognize how much you were guided by the Lord God Most High and how He was always there to be with you also in those bad moments of the year? Did you take enough moments to give thanks to the Lord… Read More Today’s thought “Thanksgiving for God’s Justice” (January 04)
In today’s Bible Reading of Psalm 6 we can find David pleading with His and our God, the Elohim Hashem Jehovah. Prayer for mercy in time of trouble. David, expressing his pain and turmoil both internally (v.2) and externally (v.7), asks the Adonai to not rebuke him in His anger and not to discipline him… Read More Today’s thought “Having enemies ashamed and greatly dismayed” (January 03)
The first Daily Bible Readings of the year tells us about the beginning of everything and how man received the earth. In Genesis 1 we read on the first day of the year how the Unseen Eternal Spirit Being out of nowhere, time, space, and all the living whirl forth, as Elohim or God spoke… Read More Today’s thought “Allowed to have dominion over the universe” (January 02)
Happy New Year everybody. We are very much pleased to find you here as a regular reader, willing to listen to our ideas and willing to follow our activities. (For you some silent fireworks – the noise is horrible for our beloved animals.) In the year 2019 we had to do it without an external… Read More Thought on the first day of the new civil year 2020
In yesterday’s chapter of Job we saw that even wild beasts are cut off from all care of man and cared for by God at their season of greatest need. Their instinct comes direct from God and guides them to help themselves during the time of the birth of their young; the very time when… Read More Today’s thought “What shall we answer God?” (December 30)
In our daily readings we are reading the words of God to Job, which commences in Job chapter 38, and extend towards the end of the book. The opening words are a challenge. “1 Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, 2 Who is this that darkeneth counsel By words without knowledge?… Read More Today’s thought “Who did it all” (December 29)
Job is caught in the storm of life. (Job 37) Societies have invented gods whom they think control it all. Ancient people hope that by doing or saying the right thing, they can convince the god to send rain when it is needed or stop the damaging hail before their roofs cave in. These pagan… Read More Today’s thought “Nature declaring God” (December 27)
