Clothe yourself with Love Col. 3:14

  Sunday 092720 (17th Sunday after Pentecost) Forbes business magazine published an article in 2015 entitled: Are you a Leader or a Follower ? I thought: does it really matter? One can’t exist without the other however, to be a good leader, you have to be a good follower… You can see I am passionate about that stuff… Aristotle said that: " He who cannot be a good follower, cannot be a good leader ." We genuinely love following our own will rather than following someone else’s. It is in our nature. Parents with teenage kids know something about that. That’s why following is hard work and demanding, it is not just doing what you are told. Trouble comes when we fail to follow as instructed, things go haywire! Both leader and follower have to do well for things to function well. If not disputes or misunderstandings develop. There was such dispute between God and Israel. Israel had failed to be a good follower and yet accused God for being unfair. Unfortunately, this happens t

  THU Evening Prayer Reflection 092420 (PS 83; Esther 7:1-10) Shame is not a good feeling to have. However, the more I researched about it, I realized that without it, we couldn’t imagine a sincere repentance. Shame brings out from within us [compuctio which is a feeling of guilt or moral scruple that prevents or follows the doing of something bad.]. First, I noticed it in our Psalm’s reading: Ps 83:16. It surprises us with an unusual petition: “ Cover their faces with shame O Lord; that they may seek your name .” Another translation says: “ utterly disgrace them until they submit to your name O Lord .” The dictionary.com defines ‘shame’ as a painful feeling of humiliation or distress caused by the consciousness of wrong or foolish behavior. It seems like the psalmist was hoping God would orchestrate an occasion for a person to experience this feeling of shame so that they may repent and come back to God. Is there a feeling that Psalms do not describe? There is a proverb in my n

  WED EP Reflection 092320 (PS 119: 97-120; Luke 4:1-13) Know your enemy! Psalm 119: 105 tells us that the Word of God is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path. This is simply reality for all believers. Without the Word of God lighting the way, we would simply be walking in darkness and potentially incurring injury from a fall. This scenario fits a person whose walk is not informed by the Word of God. When a person doesn’t know the enemy, it is easy to fall into his traps! We should know the enemy if we are to defeat him. I am talking about the devil, Satan or the evil one. Luke tells the story of Jesus temptation and tells us that it was at the beginning of Jesus ministry. I was listening to a preacher who explained well these temptations, that’s what I want to share with you. I was surprised to learn that the devil uses a pattern when he tempts his victims. The same temptations he attacked Jesus with, the serpent had also attacked Adam, the first man God created. Gen