Closer Day By Day

Law - Deuteronomy 16-19

In today’s passage, Moses reminded the people on quite a variety of things.  Maybe for us, it is the reminder to keep the Feast of the Tabernacles that is most timely as our Year End Spiritual Meeting starts on Thursday evening next week. Have you prepared yourself to participate fully this time?  There should be no excuse as next Friday is a public holiday and we should all be able to attend...

Epistle - 2 Peter 1-3

Peter sounded a timely reminder to the Jews and Gentiles scattered abroad away from their homes, to re-establish and nurture their faith in the truth, confront falsehoods and to remember that they will be held accountable for their deeds when the Lord Jesus Christ returns. This reminder recorded in Peter’s 2nd letter is very much applicable today as it was then. Fruitful Growth Let’s...

Gospel - Acts 15-16

Picture of Milky Way at Sagittarius region that I took at Hawaii (shows the marvelous creation of God and that we, man should humble ourselves) Bible Passage:  Acts 15 - 16 Time crunch.. it is time to deliver the blog! We come to Acts Chapter 15 and 16. There are many stories in these chapters and to go through every story would be difficult in a blog. Firstly, we come to the important chapter of...

Prophecy - Zechariah 1-7

Our reading of the Minor Prophets takes us to Zechariah today - the 2nd last book of the Old Testament. I must confess, when I read this book, I have very little idea of what the prophecies meant and I will not be trying to interpret any of them.  Instead I will just give a brief overview before we read.  This book is the longest amongst the minor prophets. It is made up of 2 parts.  The first...

Poetry - Ecclesiastes 7-8

Bible Passage:  Ecclesiastes 7-8 “The good old days.” Don’t we often refer to memories in this manner? They are the precious memories that we keep in our heart. They may be memories of time spent together in fellowships, the initial period after we received the Holy Spirit, or the days when we were motivated by Christ’s love to be zealous for Him. They may be the days of our...

Psalm - Psalm 131-133

Today we are reading 3 psalms, of which 2 are short and 1 is just a little bid longer than the other 2. So far we have come across several very short psalms, but they are pact with praises and adorations to the Lord, which are very good for our meditation. With the wisdom of God being bestowed upon the psalmists, coupled with the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, these psalms, though short, can bring...

History - Ezra 1-5

Bible Passage:  Ezra 1-5 First Year of Cyrus of Persia, First Month We’re finally returning to Jerusalem! After so many years in a foreign land and being subject to Babylon then Medes and Persia, we can finally go back to the land YHWH gave our forefathers. All these years, abba and ima have reminded me time and time again the land we live in now is not our real home. It is sad really, that...

Law - Deuteronomy 13-15

We know that it was in Deuteronomy that the laws of God were once again declared to the Israelites before they were about to enter the land of Canaan after all those years of wandering in the wilderness.  God’s laws and covenant were repeated again in the hope that the people will remember them and pass it on to the future generations. Today’s passage carries with it some reminders for...

Epistle - 1 Peter 4-5

Bible Passage:  1 Peter 4-5 Thank God for friends in Christ! There is no other who is able to share our joys, disappointments, and who can iron out our jumbled thoughts with the same understanding and wisdom as we press on together toward our heavenly home. Doctor is “In” As I grow in the Lord, I gradually come to realise this. We spend a large portion of our time each day at school in...

Gospel - Acts 13-14

Bible Passage:  Acts 13-14 Today we will read the beginning of the first missionary journey of Paul. He was selected together with Barnabas specially by the Holy Spirit to go out to do this work, and along with them was also John Mark. 3 things that I picked up from reading these chapters that I would like to share. Paul cursed the opposer of the Word! We often associate preaching and miracles to...