Sunday Mornings

Jeremiah 1:6 (MSG) But I said, “Hold it, Master GOD ! Look at me. I don’t know anything. I’m only a boy! ". Hold it! an introductory interjection, making way for his excuse in a way of grief and complaint, endeavouring with all reverence to clear himself of undertaking such a work rashly, it being properly the sigh of one that hath too great a weight upon his shoulders. I don't know anything ; not dumb, as Zacharias, Luke 1:20 ,22 , nor stammering, as Moses, Exodus 4:10 ,14 ; he modestly excuses himself, from a consideration of the weight of the work, and the tenderness of his age, as in the next expression. I am only a boy; either, 1. In years, and so not ripe or apt for the declaring of great things, and that to princes and nobles. Or, 2. In experience, being altogether unskilful in such affairs, not having been used to prophesy, and therefore in neither respect likely to be much regarded. The Youth is the most productive time of one's life. What you do d...

Luke 15:11-32 Today we will be concluding this series by God’s grace. So far if you were ever so quick to say “this is not me, I am not like that young reckless boy-the younger son in this parable” then you may want to reconsider if you are also not the elder brother. The story of the lost son has two halves. It is about two sons. We started the series by emphasizing that a father had two sons. Jesus being a non-careless person would not have said that if he didn’t want to say anything to us about the two sons. This episode will be about the second half of the story. What is it that God wants to point to us in the life of the elder brother? Now his older son was in the field. And as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing: I want to believe that the welcome home party met the older son by surprise. This in itself is a big contrast as regards his position in the family. As the eldest son, such a major decision is meant to have his consent or at least he ...