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Hey everyone! We pick up from where we left🙃...on Gate keepers. Who is watching over the gate of your family? God is always looking for man to make up the hedge and stand in the gap before Him.We reflect on Abraham being the gate keeper over his nephew ,Lot when God decided to totally destroy Sodom and Gomorrah. God will often invite us to partner with Him to watch over the gates at times even to avert judgment like a divine exemption for those that that are connected to us. ( Ezekiel 22:30,Genesis 22 ;15-17, Genesis 18&19, Amos 3:7, Mathew 13:25)

Happy October ! Isn't this one of the beautiful months of the year🙂! Something special about the blooming of the Jacaranda tree...Just popping in to say we will be back soon. God bless and watch over you!

Hey everyone! Welcome back.We begin a short series on divine protection. We reflect on our authority at the place of prayer in watching over the gates of our families.We consider why Moses was asked to instruct the Israelites to mark the door posts and frames of their houses with the blood of the lambs that they were asked to slaughter .(Exodus 11,12, Ephesians 1:13,Isaiah 22:22,2 Cor 10:4)

A blessed Easter to you! We reflect briefly on the death of Jesus and His rising from the grave a day like today. Stay blessed!

Why does God value us remembering significant events or when He has won victories for us? Why did God ask Israelites to carry stones from River Jordan after He had cut off the waters and the Israelites had crossed over into the promised land? (Joshua 3,4,5 ,Genesis 17:7)

Hey everyone! We continue our reflection on a second discipline that we can adopt, having begun a personal relationship with Jesus. How do we nurture it? We consider prayer and learn how to pray from the Lord's prayer. There are all kinds of prayers including praying in the Spirit. We look at what Jesus taught the disciples when they asked him how they should pray. ( Luke 11:1-3 ,Matthew 6:9-13,1 John 1:9,1 Thess 5:17, Ephesians 5:17)

After making the decision to let in Jesus into our hearts, what next? We continue to reflect on spiritual disciplines to help us in our growth in salvation. We reflect on the study of God's word as one of these disciplines . ( Joshua 1:8,Deutronomy 6:6-9,1 Peter 2:2,2 Timothy 3:16-17, Pslams 119:105,11,Mathew 4:4,Romans 12:2, John 17:17)

We continue our meditation and today get to understand what a Rebirth in Christ means. The foundation of our being born again.Is good works not enough to earn me a ticket? We reflect on salvation by faith and how we get a new identity.We will also consider what it will take for us to walk the walk after making that decision. ( John 3:4,Romans 6:6,Ephesians 2:8-9,Romans 19:9-10, John 1:12, Ephesians 1:5,Philipians 1:6,Romans 8:38-39, 2 Timothy 1:12)

Just a note that today's sharing is from an old episode that we had back in December of 2021. Be blessed!

Could we be carrying a ticket for everything we need having been fully paid for and yet not know it? Jesus paid a hefty price for your life and mine .That price is inclusive of a guarantee to us for an abundant life in Him but not many of us experience this abundance. We reflect on what this truly means for us.

Welcome back! We begin a series titled "The finished work of the cross". We reflect on the power of communion through eating His flesh and drinking His blood.How Jesus invites us to commemorate and to remember that which He did for us on the cross. ( Luke 22:18, John 6:44,Hebrews 9:22,Galatians 3:13-14,Luke 7:11)

Hey everyone! A Happy new year and New month! Just popping in to say we hope to be back soon,God willing. May Psalms 1:1-3 be the anchor for our year and indeed for everyone who drops by to listen in as we glean from the word of God together.

Hey everyone! We are already in the festive season! If God hadn't been on our side this year🙃?...... We briefly reflect on the power of thanksgiving even as we wind up 2025 just like the one leper who returned to thank Jesus and he was made whole. (Luke 17:11-19 ,John 6:1-14)

We study today how God's grace qualifies us for our entry into God's kingdom.We reflect on the parable of the workers in the vineyard.How the ones that were hired last became the first to be paid and got wages in equal measure as those that were hired early in the morning.We will draw a parallel to thief on the cross who got into paradise at the last minute- undeserving but qualified by God. (Mathew 20:1-16 & Luke 23:39-40 , Mathew 13:33)

Happy New year everyone! Today we are just checking in to say hello and share some updates. While at it,we pray God blesses your new year in a precious way and makes it the best you have ever had!