Author: The Rev Canon Dr Ishanesu Sextus Gusha
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Daily Devotion
Text Isaiah 55:8-9 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,”declares the Lord.“As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. Reflection More often people read this verse outside its context and the derive the meaning of the incomphrensibility of God. But…
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Daily Devotion
Isaiah 2:3 Many peoples will come and say, “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the temple of the God of Jacob. He will teach us his ways, so that we may walk in his paths.” The law will go out from Zion, the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. Reflection Chapters 1-5 serve as an introduction…
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Daily Devotion
Psalm 1:1 Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wickedor stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers,but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night. Reflection The Hebrew word translated as ‘blessed’ is esher which means; the idea of happiness or contentment.…
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Daily Devotion
1 John 3:18 Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth. Reflection In today’s text, John talks above love in practical terms. The word ‘love’ is one of the most abused word in many communities. Even a group of criminals profess to love each other in their evil…
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Daily Quote
1 John 3:1 See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Reflection The theme of love plays a pivotal role in the Johannine letters including the…
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Daily Devotion
Deuteronomy 31:6 6 Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.” Reflection These were the last words of Moses to Joshua as his life was coming to an end. We know how Moses laboured with the children of Israel from Egypt into…