by Frank Retief | Jul 28, 2013 | Thought for the day
Bible Verse: Luke 7:50 “Jesus said to the woman: “your faith has saved you. Go in peace”. This woman who is introduced to us in such a dramatic fashion in Luke 7:36-38 is described as having something that not everybody possesses. She has a faith that saves. Remember...
by Frank Retief | Jul 27, 2013 | Thought for the day
Bible Verse: Luke 7:49 “The other guests began to say among themselves. “Who is this who even forgives sins.” This was, of course, a correct question to ask. Jesus had just pronounced words of forgiveness to a woman of the streets. He had done so in public, in the...
by Frank Retief | Jul 26, 2013 | Thought for the day
Bible Verse: Luke 7:40 “Jesus answered him, “Simon, I have something to tell you” Jesus told Simon a parable about two debtors who both had their debts forgiven. One was a small amount, the other large. Who would be the most grateful? Obviously the one with the large...
by Frank Retief | Jul 25, 2013 | Thought for the day
Bible Verse: Luke 7:37, 38 “When a woman who had lived a sinful life in that town learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee’s house, she brought an alabaster box of perfume and as she stood behind him at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears....
by Frank Retief | Jul 24, 2013 | Thought for the day
Bible Verse: Luke 7:39 “When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself. If this man were a prophet he would know what kind of woman she is – that she is a sinner”. The story of the immoral woman who gate-crashed a dinner party given by a...
by Frank Retief | Jul 23, 2013 | Thought for the day
Mark 16:6 “’Don’t be alarmed’. He said: You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him.” Sometimes people say that if they could only see a miracle they would believe. Some go further and say...
