by Frank Retief | May 28, 2014 | Thought for the day
Luke 12 v 15. “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” Notice that this section opens with a family dispute about an inheritance. I wonder how many times you have heard of...
by Frank Retief | May 27, 2014 | Thought for the day
Luke 12 verses 11 & 12. “ When you are brought before synagogues, rulers and authorities, do not worry about how you will defend yourselves or what you will say, for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that time what you should say.” Many people are troubled...
by Frank Retief | May 26, 2014 | Thought for the day
Luke 12 v 8. “I tell you, whoever acknowledges me before men, the Son of Man will also acknowledge him before the angels of God. “ We would not be human if we did not feel the hurt of rejection. But if we are to be true to Christ, then such rejection will at...
by Frank Retief | May 25, 2014 | Thought for the day
Luke 12 v 7. “Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.” There is another element that helps us in the matter of fear and timidity in standing up for the Gospel – and that is the way God values...
by Frank Retief | May 24, 2014 | Thought for the day
Luke 12 v 3. “What you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the ear in the inner room will be proclaimed from the roofs.” The opposition to Jesus described in the last verse of the previous chapter must have been a...
by Frank Retief | May 23, 2014 | Thought for the day
Luke 11 v 52. “Woe to you experts in the law, because you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering.” It was the task of the teachers of the law to expound the law so that ordinary...
