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Category: Reflections on Scriptures

  • There Was A Man

    _ John 1:6-8, 19-28 (NIV) There was a man… This beginning statement of the narrative tells us that whoever this man was, he’s no longer here. He’s gone. He’s dead. The same statement can actually be the beginning of the story of any person who once walked upon this earth.…

  • Eat, Drink, and Be Merry

    Read: Ecclesiastes 2:1-11 11 Yet when I surveyed all that my hands had done and what I had toiled to achieve, everything was meaningless, a chasing after the wind; nothing was gained under the sun. Everything that this guy (“son of David, king in Jerusalem,” 1:1) said in this passage–indeed in all of Ecclesiastes–should be…

  • Getting On the Path of Wisdom

    Read: 1 Kings 3:1-9 7 “Now, LORD my God, you have made your servant king in place of my father David. But I am only a little child and do not know how to carry out my duties. 8 Your servant is here among the people you have chosen, a great people, too numerous…

  • The greatest is love

    Read: 1 Corthians 13 13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. The greatest is love. We know that. Well, sort of. If we really know and are convinced that love is the greatest of all God’s gifts, then our life should be…

  • Envious of the filthy rich? Don’t be.

    Read: Psalm 37:1-11 1 Do not fret because of those who are evil or be envious of those who do wrong; 2 for like the grass they will soon wither, like green plants they will soon die away. Sometimes we wonder why “those who are evil” prosper instead of  those who are good. We can probably…

  • How to avoid becoming a liar

    Read: 1 John 4:7-21 19 We love because he first loved us. 20 Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen. 21 And he has given us this command:…

  • Does God have favorites?

    Read: Psalm 145:8-21 18 The LORD is near to all who call on him,  to all who call on him in truth.  “The LORD is near to all who call on him….” But  the verse doesn’t stop there. It goes on to add a qualifier: “to all who call on him in truth.”…

  • God loves sinners

    Read: Romans 5:1-11 8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. This is the good news that many religious people either do not get or simply  ignore. Why do I say that? Well, most professing Christians I met think that by doing…

  • We can shine like stars

    Read: Philippians 2:12-18 14 Do everything without grumbling or arguing, 15 so that you may become blameless and pure, “children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.” Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky 16 as you hold firmly to the word of life. As part of the community of…

  • Trust God no matter what?

    Read: Psalm 86  1 Hear me, LORD, and answer me,     for I am poor and needy.  2 Guard my life, for I am faithful to you;     save your servant who trusts in you.  You are my God; 3 have mercy on me, Lord,     for I call to you all day long.  4 Bring joy to your…