John 4:6 Jesus, tired as He was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about noon. Jesus was travelling north from Judea to Galilee and took a transit to have a rest break at Sychar, the Samaritan town. It was very unusual for Jews to have dealings with the Samaritans. During the...
Author: Caroline Joseph (Caroline Joseph)
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27 Nov 2020 – Transits – Part 6
Luke 24:13 Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem. On the victorious day on which Jesus was resurrected from the dead, two disciples Cleopas and his friend were on a journey to Emmaus. It is possible that these disciples were from the village...
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26 Nov 2020 – Transits – Part 5
Luke 10: 30 A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. In the journey of life there will be people who will hop on and hop off at different stages. There will be...
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25 Nov 2020 – Transits – Part 4
Numbers 32:5b Don’t take us to the other side of the Jordan River. Two tribes Reuben and Gad decided to settled with the second best. They made their short transit stage their permanent stay and did not cross over the Jordan River into Canaan that God had promised their forefathers. After wandering for 40 years...
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24 Nov 2020 – Transits – Part 3
Genesis 28:11 When he reached a certain place, he stopped for the night because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones there, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep. Transits are stops between two travel points where we are forced to rest on uncomfortable plastic chairs and neck pillows!...
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23 Nov 2020 – Transits – Part 2
Joshua 5:6 For the Israelites had wandered in the wilderness forty years, until all the nation’s men of war who had come out of Egypt had died, since they did not obey the LORD. Transits are temporary stops between different seasons of life. During air travel, at transits we refresh and recuperate for the next...
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22 Nov 2020 – Transits – Part 1
Ecclesiastes 3:1 For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven The journey of life has different transit points. Some are pleasant transits which we presume are permanent stays while others are debilitating transits that puncture the tyres, jamming our progress. We must remember not to make ‘life’s stages’, ‘stays’....
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21 Nov 2020 – Tug of War – Part 7
John 16:33 “Take heart! I have overcome the world.” There are three different battles that we constantly struggle with – the desires of our flesh, worldly pride, prominence and possessions and demonic attacks. We cannot blame the devil when we fall into the lust of the flesh or puffed up with arrogance of position or...
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20 Nov 2020 – Tug of War – Part 6
Daniel 10:13 But the prince of the Persian kingdom resisted me twenty-one days. Our war is not with people but with principalities, powers and territorial princes. Daniel was fasting and praying for 21 days, however there was a battle over his prayer in the spiritual realm. Most times our unanswered prayers are stuck in transit,...
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19 Nov 2020 – Tug of War – Part 5
Deuteronomy 18:10 Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft, or casts spells, or who is a medium or who consults the dead. Anyone who does these things is detestable to the LORD. Practice of sorcery, superstition...