Faith, Family and Food
Numbers 27:1b “The names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milkah and Tirzah.” These young women’s names are forever in scripture, remembered for their courage, their manner and the change they initiated. Zelophehad’s daughters did not have any brothers, their father had died in the wilderness. The people were about to enter... Continue Reading →
Numbers chapter 20 picks up thirty-seven years after the events in chapter 19, and the new generation of God's chosen people have started falling into old patterns of sin. This chapter begins with the death of Miriam and ends with the death of Aaron. It also includes Moses’s attempt for the people to pass through... Continue Reading →
At the end of chapter 13 we saw that out of the 12 spies who went to explore the promised land, only two, Caleb and Joshua came back with confidence that God would carry out His promise to give them the land. The rest of the ten, doubted and spread fear among the people. A... Continue Reading →
In Numbers 13, the Lord commands Moses to send out from each tribe a leader to go and explore the land of Canaan that the Lord was giving to the Israelites. Num 13:1-2 “The Lord said to Moses, send some men to explore the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites. From each ancestral tribe send one of its... Continue Reading →
Photo by Pixabay Peace in the world, peace around and peace within. A life of peace is a desire that is universal and the pursuit of it is often misconstrued to be found in things other than God. What is Peace? Peace is often defined in terms of what it is not, the absence or... Continue Reading →
Photo by Errin Casano Have you ever attributed your trust to something and believed it with a firmness and conviction that even when faced with opposing evidence of the same, you faltered in seeing the truth or believing it? As people we can be inclined to trust in ourselves, in systems placed in society for... Continue Reading →
Photo by Tara Winstead Chapter 40 in Jeremiah begins with the aftermath of the fall of Jerusalem to the Babylonians led by King Nebuchadnezzar. Jeremiah found himself bound in chains among the captives from Jerusalem and Judah who were being carried into exile to Babylon (verse 1). The start of this chapter begins with “The... Continue Reading →
Mathew 11:3 “Are you the one who was to come, or should we expect someone else?” This question was asked by John the Baptist. He was in prison at the time because he confronted Herod Antipas about his sinful relationship with his brother’s wife and was imprisoned as a result (Mathew 14). Jesus had been... Continue Reading →
Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to your life? Mathew 6:27 A rhetorical question that we all know the answer to, and yet we can so easily succumb to worrying. This week my city went into a 5-day lockdown, and as soon as it was announced, people flocked to the store... Continue Reading →
God’s ways are higher , He has a divine purpose for His timing and He will turn all that the enemy means for evil, for our good Isaiah 55:8-9 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways declares the Lord. As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are... Continue Reading →
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