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#SV – Cross the Thin Line

Ikenna Paschal Okpaleke

Wisdom has built her house,she has set up her seven columns;she has dressed her meat, mixed her wine,yes, she has spread her table.She has sent out her maidens; she callsfrom the heights out over the city:“Let whoever is simple turn in here;To the one who lacks understanding, she says,Come, eat of my food,and drink of the wine I have mixed!Forsake foolishness that you may live;advance in the way of understanding.” – Proverbs 9:1-6 Continue reading #SV – Cross the Thin Line

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#SV – A Tough Journey

Ikenna Paschal Okpaleke

Elijah went a day’s journey into the desert,until he came to a broom tree and sat beneath it. He prayed for death saying:“This is enough, O LORD! Take my life, for I am no better than my fathers.” He lay down and fell asleep under the broom tree,but then an angel touched him and ordered him to get up and eat. Elijah looked and there at his head was a hearth cakeand a jug of water. After he ate and drank, he lay down again,but the angel of the LORD came back a second time,touched him, and ordered,“Get up and eat, else the journey will … Continue reading #SV – A Tough Journey

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#SV – They Protested

Ikenna Paschal Okpaleke

The whole Israelite community grumbled against Moses and Aaron.The Israelites said to them,“Would that we had died at the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt,as we sat by our fleshpots and ate our fill of bread!But you had to lead us into this desertto make the whole community die of famine!” Then the LORD said to Moses,“I will now rain down bread from heaven for you.Each day the people are to go out and gather their daily portion;thus will I test them,to see whether they follow my instructions or not. “I have heard the grumbling of the Israelites.Tell them: … Continue reading #SV – They Protested

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#SV – Gather the Fragments!

Ikenna Paschal Okpaleke

The “leftovers” from the miracle of the feeding of the multitude (Jn.6:1-15) was already prophesized in the Old Testament by Elisha when a similar miracle happened (2 Kgs.4:42-44). Why is it important to gather the fragments? Jesus already provides the answer: “so that nothing will be wasted” (Jn.6:12). Part of the reasons for the sad inequality in our world today is because the leftovers are often wasted. Every year, an average of 1.3 billion tons of good food are wasted, representing one-third of all food produced, and about $940 Billion. Now, there is a natural tendency among the rich to … Continue reading #SV – Gather the Fragments!

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#SV – A God That Cares

Ikenna Paschal Okpaleke

The attention that God gives to us His creatures cannot be equated with any kind of care that we can get from fellow humans, not even from those who have been given the rare privilege to care for the souls of many. Those of us in that category must have been angry with Jesus, who after inviting his disciples to a well-deserved rest, still could not resist caring for the vast crowd that double-crossed them: “his heart was moved with pity for them, for they were like sheep without a shepherd; and he began to teach them many things.” (Mk.6:30-34) … Continue reading #SV – A God That Cares

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#SV – What They Preached…

Ikenna Paschal Okpaleke

The story of the sending of the Twelve (Mk.6:7-13) is very instructive on the nature and content of the ministry of evangelization. Most times, the emphasis is on the instruction about how the apostle should dress for the journey, but what is even more important is the content of the message they should take to the people. This passage tells us that “they went off and preached repentance” (v.12). Repentance! Even the casting out of demons and healings that they witnessed flowed from repentance – the acceptance of the message of salvation, and the abandonment of the old ways of … Continue reading #SV – What They Preached…