Daily Devotion

True forgiveness is birthed in the bowels of mercy and compassion. These are intricately intertwined with the nature of God. He forgives us our sins out of his mercy and compassion which are renewed every morning. Mercy in the ordinary sense is compas ...

Exposition: Forgiveness is the very nature of God. It is something we all need and wish to receive but, in most cases, are not willing to give. Forgiveness is to stop blaming or being angry with someone for something that person has done, or refuse to ...

We have taken a look at love and infatuation in this week’s devotion. We have learnt that marital love elicits some emotional responses but it is not limited to just an emotion. There are very important attributes of love as seen in God’s love for mankin ...

Exposition: Adam and Eve’s marital love started off very beautifully. Adam admired God’s choice of a helper for him and openly praised his wife. Shortly afterwards we read about a big mistake on the part of the woman that led her to disobey God and ca ...

Exposition: The love journey of Isaac and Rebecca started on an exciting note. They had never met or talked to each other before. They did not even get the opportunity of knowing the nature, likes, dislikes, interests etc. of the individual they were ...

Exposition: Various attributes of love have been stated in the above reading. Love is patient and kind, it is not selfish and it is not happy with evil etc. Among the many characteristics of love, as described in the scriptures, infatuation violates a ...

Exposition: The scripture reading tells of an unfortunate situation brought about because Shechem chose to follow his obsession and rape Dinah; a woman he claimed to love. Was it really love, if yes, what kind of love was that? As stated in our earlie ...

Exposition: Today’s reading is a continuation of yesterday’s passage and shows how Amnon with the help of his cousin and friend Jonadab hatched a diabolic plan to satisfy his obsession. He had the desire to satisfy his sexual desire and lust, and he d ...

Exposition: Infatuation or being smitten as defined by Wikipedia is “the state of being carried away by an unreasoned passion, usually towards another person for whom one has developed strong romantic or platonic feelings”. This definition brings out ...

Our focus on the week has been on the young person and the local church. We have learnt that the young person forms part of God’s agenda to possess the nations. We started the week by looking at the home of Eli the Priest. We said Eli was disappointed by ...