“And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the highway side begging.”(Mark 10: 46) That is the Focal Scripture of Streams of Joy Devotional today. Our Focal Scripture makes mention of how Bartimaeus sat by the highway side. Ordinarily, a highway is a zone of speedy movements; but whilst others moved, Bartimaeus was not on the move. In a place where men were on the move,

“And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the highway side begging.” (Mark 10: 46) That is the Focal Scripture of Streams of Joy Devotional today. According to our Focal Scripture, the person who was described as blind Bartimaeus, was the son of Timaeus. The name ‘Timaeus’ is interpreted to mean ‘honour’. So, put differently, he was called blind Bartimaeus, the son of

“And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the highway side begging.” (Mark 10: 46) That is the Focal Scripture of Streams of Joy Devotional today. Our Focal Scripture announces the person of blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus. The word ‘Timaeus’ means honour. So, to put it differently, this man was blind Bartimaeus, the son of ‘Honour’. He was blind, yet he was still

“And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the highway side begging.” (Mark 10: 46) That is the Focal Scripture of Streams of Joy Devotional today. Our Focal Scripture sheds light on the timeline of the miracle of Blind Bartimaeus. Jesus was on His way out of Jericho, when He came in contact with Bartimaeus and healed him. His time in Jericho was up; He was done with wh

“And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.” (Exodus 1: 21) That is the Focal Scripture of Streams of Joy Devotional today. Our Focal Scripture speaks to the reason why the Hebrew midwives refused to kill the male children of the Hebrew women. The midwives feared the Lord, and this fear of God was the reason why they chose to deal fairly and kindly with the Hebrew women whose children they were to help bring forth. They feared God, and it