Dear Readers and Listeners, Friends in Jesus Christ, Our watchword for today is taken from the book Malachi, “A son honours his father. If then I am a father, where is the honour due to me?” says the Lord, Malachi 1:6 (NRSVB). The prophet Malachi is saddened seeing what is occurring in the temple worship…
Dear Readers and Listeners, Friends in Jesus Christ, Our watch word for today is taken from Jeremiah 23: 3, “Then I myself will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the lands where I have driven them, and I will bring them back to their fold, and they shall be fruitful and multiply,”…
Dear Readers and Listeners, Friends in Jesus Christ, Our watch word for today is taken from Isaiah 56: 8, “Thus says the Lord God, I will gather yet others besides those already gathered,” (Amplified Bible). Gathering a harvest is hard, seasonal work. Once the crop is ripened, it needs to be picked, preserved, packed and…
First Sunday after Epiphany Dear Readers, Friends in Jesus Christ, The watch word for the week is taken from the psalms, “Ascribe to the Lord the glory of his name; worship the Lord in holy splendour, Psalm 29:2 (NRSVB). Today, on this first Sunday after Epiphany, we follow the path of Jesus’ revelations to humans…
Dear Readers, Friends in Jesus Christ, Our watch word for today is taken from Jeremiah 12: 1, “Uncompromisingly righteous and just are You, O Lord, when I complain against and contend with You. Let me plead and reason the case with You: Why do the ways of the wicked prosper?” (Amplified Bible). The prophet Jeremiah…
Dear Readers, Friends in Jesus Christ, Our watch word for today is taken from Psalm 62:6, “He only is my Rock and my Salvation; He is my Defence and my Fortress, I shall not be moved,” (Amplified Bible). This Psalm of David has been a favourite psalm of many. Martin Luther wrote the words of…
Dear Readers, Friends in Jesus Christ, Our watch word for today is taken from Psalm 119: 94, “I am Yours, therefore save me; I have sought Your precepts and required them [as an urgent need],” (Amplified Bible). Psalm 119 is an example of an acrostic poem using the twenty-two letters of the Hebrew alphabet in…
Dear Readers, Friends in Christ Jesus, Today is the celebration of Epiphany in the Western Christian Church also called the Feast of the Three Kings, or Magi. The watchword for Epiphany is, “Arise and shine; for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you,” Isaiah 60: 1, (NRSVB). As…
Dear Readers, Friends in Jesus Christ Our watch word for today is taken from Psalm 23:6, “Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me, all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord my whole life,” (NRSVB). King David, the writer of this psalm, was a shepherd before he…
Dear Readers, Friends in Jesus Christ Our watch word for today is taken from Deuteronomy 5: 29, “Oh, that they had such a [mind and] heart in them always [reverently] to fear Me and keep all My commandments, that it might go well with them and with their children forever,” (Amp Bible). The background to…
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