Author - Sue Afutu

Wise men still seek Jesus

The audio version of this article can be found by clicking here. Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, saying, “Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in...

Today is the day of salvation

While it is said: “Today if you will hear His voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.” Hebrews 13:15 I was watching a movie the other day and it was a rather compelling one. A young man had fallen in love with a beautiful lady and yearned to be in a relationship with...

Hallmarks of Effective Leadership II

We are all leaders in one way or another. We are either leading ourselves in the pursuit of our goals and dreams or leaders in our homes, workplaces, churches or communities. Leadership requires courage. Every leader must be courageous. Someone has said that courage is not the absence of fear but the mastery of fear; the ability...

Hallmarks of Effective Leadership I

All over the world today, there’s a call for effective leadership. Nations are crying for leaders who would lead them out of the crisis created by COVID 19.There is a direct link between effective leadership and the growth of any organization. A leadership expert, John C. Maxwell, has described this as the law of the...

Are you filling the void?

God did not send His son into the world to condemn the world but that the world might be saved through Him. John 3:17 I once read a chilling account of a 15- year- old who took her own life. In her letter to her parents, written just before she committed suicide, she spoke of how...

Do you excel in goodness?

For he was a good man, full of the Spirit and of faith Acts 11:24 Barnabas was one of the leaders whom God used in establishing the early church in Asia. He was willing to give Paul a chance after Paul's conversion to Christianity at a time when other believers were skeptical. I think the description...

Are you Looking for Profit?

“I am the Lord your God who teaches you to profit and who leads you in the way you should go”. Isaiah 48:17. Almost 2 decades ago after I finished senior high school, I saw an advertisement in the newspapers of an organization that trained people to be freelance writers. I decided to get enrolled in...

Learning to Love – postscript

The question that may be on the minds of many after reading Learning to Love (I - III)  is whether Meg did the right thing by staying in her marriage or whether she should have walked away a long time ago. The Bible has given Christians the grounds for divorce which is adultery. But it...

Learning to Love III

An Interview with Mrs. Margaret Sackey –a marriage counsellor (continued from last week) Her take on love in marriages?  In the first few years of marriage, especially for those who marry in their twenties and thirties, the focus is on physical intimacy, attraction etc. However as you grow older, the focus shifts from just the two...