13th September 2025

Loving Others

If we love one another, God abides in us,

and His love has been perfected in us. 

1 John 4:12

Today's Bible Reading: 1 John 4:7-16.

Why did Jesus command us to love others? The reason is that God loves them, in spite of their faults—and He wants us to have the same kind of love for others that He has. Think about this for a moment. The Bible says God loves the whole world, and yet for the most part the world is not very lovable. In fact, the world is filled with people who do not want anything to do with God, and are living in sin and rebellion against Him. And yet God still loves them.

How do we know this? We know it because God sent His Son into the world to give His life for us and call us back to Himself. If God did not love the world, He would not have bothered to send Christ into the world. But He did — out of His love for us. As the best-known verse in the Bible says, “For God so loved the world that he gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes on Him should not perish but have everlasting life” (John 3:16).

Have you responded to God’s love by giving your life to Christ? If not or if you are not sure, then turn to Him in repentance and faith, and receive Him into your life today. Then ask God to help you begin seeing others through His eyes, and to love them even as He loves them.

Prayer:  Help me, Father God, to demonstrate Your love, not only to those that are lovable, but also to those who lash out at me through pain or anger, disappointment or loss. In Jesus name, I pray. Amen.

12th September 2025

Leap of Faith

"Before Abraham was, I AM.”

John 8:58

Today's Bible Reading: John 8:48-58.

An American newspaper, “The Saturday Evening Post” once published a landmark interview with the great physicist and mathematician Albert Einstein. His response to questions of Jesus Christ as a historical figure are breathtaking. He stated, “I am enthralled by the luminous figure of the Nazarene … No one can read the gospels without feeling the actual presence of Jesus. His personality pulsates in every word. No myth is filled with such life.”

No one knows whether Einstein ever received Christ as Saviour, but near the end of his life he said, “If you ask me to prove what I believe, I can’t … The mind can proceed only so far upon what it knows and can prove. There comes a point where the mind takes a leap … and comes out upon a higher plane of knowledge, but can never prove how it got there. All great discoveries have involved such a leap.”

But we cannot rely on the testimony of others over the testimony of Christ Himself who said, “Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM” (John 8:58). This leap of faith is given when we speak the name of Jesus in sincere truth, realising that we are bound to a dark eternity without His forgiveness, grace, and mercy.

Regardless of the knowledge gathered, no one can know Jesus Christ without taking the certain leap of faith that salvation comes only from Him. In Hebrews 11:1, the Bible says: “Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”

Prayer:  Divine Lord God, I thank You that You are the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and my God too, and that because of the Lord Jesus and His work on the cross for me. Amen.

11th September 2025

Humbly Listening

[Josiah] did not heed the words of Necho

from the mouth of God.

     2 Chronicles 35:22

Today's Bible Reading: 2 Chronicles 35:20–27.

King Josiah was a faithful leader who loved God deeply. But even the godliest among us can make fatal mistakes when we refuse to listen.

When Pharaoh Necho of Egypt passed through Judah on a mission from God, Josiah rushed to confront him. Necho warned him, saying, “God commanded me... Refrain from meddling with God, who is with me” (2 Chronicles 35:21). This wasn’t just political talk — Necho was truly on a mission from God.

But Josiah didn’t listen. The Bible says he “did not heed the words of Necho from the mouth of God” (v 22). The result? Josiah went into battle, was struck down, and died in the Valley of Megiddo. The whole nation mourned.

Here’s the lesson: Josiah wasn’t rebellious — just too sure of himself to pause and discern God’s voice in an unexpected place. Let’s be honest: how often do we charge ahead, confident in our plans, ignoring the signs or advice God might be sending through others?

Let’s not make the same mistake. True wisdom comes from humble listening — even when it’s hard or surprising.

Prayer:  Ever wise and loving God, help me hear You — especially when I think I already know what to do. In Jesus name. Amen.