surgeCHECK- December 2021

Bible Reading: 1 Peter 5 There’s a Yoruba saying- or is it a taunt- that I think carries so much weight. It talks about how you can call a cow your brother, because you want to eat meat.  It’s such a true depiction of how shallow and manipulatively we can actually live. Alot of the Book of 1 Peter which we’ve been studying has contained pointers to the fact that as Christians, we are called to a life beyond the…

Bible Reading: 1 Peter 4 Some years ago, I was driving in a bit of traffic. I typically hate traffic, and I’m always trying to think of my ways around it or out of it. I noticed some of the cars in front of me making turns, seemingly to pass some other way. I made the turn too and followed. Sadly it didn’t end well for me. Apparently, the couple of cars that I followed were simply passing some back…

Bible Reading– 1 Peter 3 I remember looking around the gym floor one day, and seeing grown ups like myself, grunting from the pain of carrying out the aggressive instructions of a young horse-like built man. I mean, we pay him money to inflict pain on us! It’s weird because if you think about it, these instructions could as well be a teacher punishing a primary school student for fighting in class, or a community mob descending on thief they’ve…

Bible Reading– 1 Peter 2 Have you ever aligned the wheels of your car?  It’s something I never liked doing. I just felt it wasn’t really that necessary and so would typically avoid it or postpone doing it, thinking I was saving some money. I remember years ago, that a few people had called my attention to the fact that my tyres needed ‘alignment’, but I would just put it off. In my mind, at least it didn’t stop the…

Bible Reading : 1 Peter 1 Happy new month and welcome to our five day study on the book of 1 Peter! Have you ever had a wrong perspective- thought wrongly of something or a situation or person because of where you were looking from?  Our perspective totally alters and affects our judgment.   Poor perspective will make you only see the lion and not see the cage it’s in- so you end up fleeing in fear. Poor perspective will…