40. God wants mature children

Seeing that it is Father’s day on Sunday, I decided to write something about God’s Fatherheart today, concerning His desire for us as His children. I will continue with Moses’ story next week. Now all of us have a general idea of Fatherhood. Some have memories of good fathers, some have memories of bad fathers […]

8. Help where you can

So let’s continue with the story of Moses’ life. After he killed the Egyptian he fled into the land of Midian. It must have been a horrible experience for him. He was used to luxury, the best of the best and here he was in the wilderness plain of Midian. He was alone. He could […]

7. God is faithful and true

Moses killed an Egyptian who mistreated the Hebrew people and with that one act revealed his choice between his Egyptian upbringing and his Hebrew roots. He chose to be part of his people’s suffering. Pharaoh soon found out about this and wanted Moses killed. He realized now that Moses’ allegiance lied with his own people […]

5. God works everything to our good

We are still continuing with the series on Moses’ life. We have seen how his mother hid him from the Egyptian warriors and how she put him in a basket on the Nile by faith. His sister followed the basket, and when she saw that one of Pharaoh’s daughters found him, she offered that his […]

4. Step out in faith (2)

Last week we spoke about the amazing courage Moses’ mother had to first hide him away and then to follow the leading of the Lord and to place him in a little basket on the mighty river Nile. It took a lot of courage to do it given the circumstances and to let go of […]

3. Step out in faith

Last week we spoke about the terrible time surrounding Moses’ birth. Pharaoh ordered that all the newborn Hebrew boys should be drowned in the Nile. Now Moses’ parents saw what a beautiful boy he was. And they hid him from the Egyptian warriors for three months. How they did it I don’t know, because any […]

2. Is God in control?

Last week we started a new series about Moses. I spoke about his bad beginning in life. He was one of thousands of Hebrew boys, born to slaves in Egypt, an absolute nobody in the eyes of the Egyptian rulers. But even worse than that, after his birth, he was destined to die. The Pharaoh […]

1. Moses’ start in life

I actually wanted to start another series today, but the Lord told me otherwise. He said I must do a series on Moses. Now at the start of all these devotions I did some writing on Moses, but now the Lord wants me to do a detail walkthrough about his life. And I hope it […]

39. The faith of a little boy

One day Jesus was teaching a huge crowd. They were following Him wherever He went especially because they saw His miracles as He healed the sick. Now it was getting late and the disciples suggested that Jesus send the people away in order to get food in the local villages, because there was nothing to […]

38. Do not compromise like Pilate did

I read the part in the Bible again of how Jesus stood trial before Pilate the Roman Governor and I realized again how many chances he had to release Jesus and not give in to the pressure put on him. Historical records indicate that the Jews had already threatened to lodge a complaint against Pilate […]

37. Always run to the Word

When I studied the book of Amos, the prophet, there was one thing that stood out for me. But before I tell you, I would just quickly tell you who Amos was. He was a shepherd from the town of Tekoa in Judah (the southern kingdom). But God had other plans for him. He gave […]

36. Working too hard?

I was reading through the Psalms this morning and something struck me very hard. It was Psalm 127:2: “It is useless for you to work so hard from early morning until late at night, anxiously working for food to eat; for God gives rest to His loved ones.” This verse was in contrast to what […]

35. We are all God’s children

I read a very interesting thing the other day and it made me so grateful once again that Jesus came to save us. You all know about the events surrounding Jesus’ crucifixion. But one detail caught my eye today. I never thought about it before now. When Pilate presented Jesus to the crowd, he also […]

34. Trust God

The more I read the Bible, the more I realize that we can truly trust God. He alone knows the future and He alone knows what is best for us. I would like to share one of those ‘stories’ in the Bible where Jeremiah had to trust God explicitly. As I am sure you all […]

7. Noah’s prophecy(2)

Last week I talked about the prophecy Noah made over his three sons. You will remember that I said that he cursed Canaan, the son of Ham and said that he will become the lowest of servants to the descendants of Shem and Japheth. And this did indeed happen. I don’t think I even need […]

6. Noah’s prophecy (1)

I learned about the amazing prophecy that Noah made this week from the teachings of Roger Price and I thought that you will find it as interesting as I did. And seeing that I am discussing Noah, this might be a good time to share it with you. I am sure you all know the […]

5. Why Noah was safe in the ark (4)

Why was Noah safe in the ark? We have looked at three reasons in answer to our question: God shut him in. God designed the ark in such a way to withstand all the pressure and The whole ark was covered with pitch. No water could come in. Today we will look at the last […]

4. Why Noah was safe in the ark (3)

Why was Noah safe in the ark? We have been pondering this question over the past two weeks and have come up with the following two answers: Because God shut him in and Because God designed the ark to withstand all the pressure. Today we will look at the third reason why Noah was safe. […]

3. Why Noah was safe in the ark (2)

We are continuing with the theme of drawing parallels between Christ’s atonement for us and Noah’s ark. We have asked the question last week: Why was Noah safe in the ark? We discussed the first reason why he was safe and it was because God shut him in. Today we will continue with the second […]

2. Why Noah was safe in the ark (1)

We spoke last week of the similarity between the tar used by Noah to cover the ark and the word ‘atonement’ used to symbolize the effects which flowed from the death of Christ. Both of them mean ‘to cover’. Noah covered the ark and Jesus’ blood covered us. Now let me continue to draw the […]