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Bloodline

May 8th, 2010 Jojo Agot
Royal crown

The Bible doesn’t tell much about Daniel’s family line. All we know about his lineage is that he was a member of Israel’s royal family and nobility. When their government fell on the hands of the invading Babylonian empire, he and his other friends were taken captive.

Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, made a good show of his conquest. By subjugating the Israelite nobles into servant-hood, he proclaimed and sealed their abasement in the eyes of the whole wide world. Daniel was one of the elite few who were groomed to become a servant to the emperor. Not exactly an exciting prospect for someone who came from a noble stock. (more…)

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Because No One Hired Us

April 26th, 2010 Jojo Agot
Kosher Wineries Bring In The Harvest

It happened again. While Pastor Ferdie was up in the pulpit preaching his Sunday sermon, I sat there in the audience listening to him but hearing an entirely different message. His topic was about the parable of the workers in the vineyard in Matthew 20.

The message was supposed to be about God’s generosity, faithfulness and His plan to make us all part of the Kingdom but something about the hiring of the vineyard workers grabbed my attention. You see, in the parable, it was God himself who did the recruiting of new workers. He went out a few times that day to get people to work and on the eleventh hour, He met some people who were still not in the vineyard. (more…)

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Heartlessness

April 19th, 2010 Jojo Agot
Premier League: Bolton Wanderers 1 v 0 Burnley

The Bible says something about people who are merely good at saying “God bless you!” to others. They are those who say all the right words and pray all the right prayers but when they are confronted with a person so messed up and in need of a deep spiritual overhaul, their true colors come out. (more…)

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The Things That Choke Us

March 6th, 2010 Jojo Agot

Still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the word; but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful. Mark 4: 18-19

Young woman biting lip, close-up

I just got this insightful devotional from Charles Swindoll’s Day by Day Series in my inbox today. It’s about the parable of the sower in Mark 4 and how the hearers of the word were classified into four kinds of people. The first two groups were those who heard the truth but basically weren’t affected by it. The third and fourth groups were very interesting. Both heard the gospel, both were changed, but the third group’s conversion was short lived. These people reverted back to their old way of life.

What went wrong? (more…)

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