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Colossians 1:17 “He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.” Do you remember Ursa, the Kryptonite villainess in Superman 2? She wreaked havoc on planet earth in pursuit of Superman’s destruction. Sarah Douglas, who played the role, spoke in an interview of an incident during the filming. In one scene, she…

Proverbs 16:3,9 “Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed. In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps.” Three sturdy trees were on a mountain top dreaming about what they wanted to be. The first said it wanted to contain treasure. The second said it…

Gen 12:1 “Leave your country, your people, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you.” A brilliant spiritually-searching physicist, John Kavanaugh, spent an extended season at Mother Teresa’s ‘House of the Dying’ in his quest for answers to direction in life. As was her habit, she asked him on their…

Watch the video here! Philippians 2:6,7 “(Jesus) did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing.” On one occasion, Mother Teresa of Calcutta was asked: “How do you measure the success of your work?” She looked puzzled for a moment and then replied: “I don’t remember that the Lord ever…

Proverbs 4:23 “Above all else heart, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.” In biblical language, the heart is the centre of the human spirit, from which spring motivations, thoughts, emotions, courage and action. If we don’t guard our heart, we’re going to be in trouble. When Leonardo da Vinci was painting…

Philippians 3:8 “I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord.” Just about everyone wants to be successful, but what is success? Rock band Queen’s Freddie Mercury, who died of AIDS, said: “Success has bought me world idolisation and millions of pounds but has prevented me from having…

Romans 8:37 “We are more than conquerors.” An African proverb says that ‘if you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together’. Confession time: I’m all about speed. I love going fast. And sometimes it’s fine, but sometimes it really backfires. I’m always walking ten yards ahead of my…

Conduit or Cul-de-Sac? Luke 12:48 “From the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.” We are blessed to be a blessing. John Piper writes on the subject of money: “The point is: a $70,000 salary does not have to be accompanied by a $70,000 lifestyle. God is calling us to…

Luke 2:52 “And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and men.” I recently got rebuked for my blog post on reaching 40-years-old entitled: ‘Reflections of an Old Fart’. “Immature!” they cried, and I had to hold my hands up. A few months ago, I accidentally broke wind on the treadmill…

Romans 5:5 “God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.” A young lady I know in Burundi watched her mother and father hacked to death right in front of her. From that day on, and for the next seven years, she simply stopped growing. Then,…