God’s Blueprint for Your Home
I'm excited to share that I've written a six-day devotional exploring the standards God has given in His Word to guide us in running our households. It covers how husbands and wives should relate to each other, how parents should raise their children, and the responsibilities that parents and children have towards each other. It...
Belonging to God’s Family
I'm thrilled to announce that our three-day devotional on Belonging to God's Family has been published on the YouVersion Bible app. This devotional is a three-day exploration of what it means to be a Christian, designed for new believers, long-time converts, and those curious about the faith. You can access it by clicking the link...
How to Have a Successful Year
“I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing”. John 15:5 NKJV Link to audio. Two years ago, about this time of year, I paid a visit to a friend I hadn't seen in a while. This friend had...
5 Steps to Overcome Sadness and Depression
Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Saviour and my God. Psalm 42:11 Link to audio. Sadness can simply be explained as the state of not being happy while depression is a state of unhappiness or hopelessness. We often experience these...
Three Reasons to Pray Confidently
Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. Hebrews 4:16 NIV Link to audio. In our first study on the right attitude to have in prayer, we considered the fact that the state of our relationship with others...
Enjoying Life Together
Husbands, likewise, dwell with them with understanding, giving honour to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered. 1 Peter 3:7 NKJV How can a couple enjoy life together? The Bible gives blueprints on how this can be achieved. In...
Easter Meditations – Are you Weary?
“Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on...
Hope Overflowing – In the Face of Covid-19
Hope Overflowing – In the Face of Covid-19 “I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit”.[Romans 15:13: NLT] It is said that hope is the only thing common to all men....
THE 2020 LOCK-DOWN: A Turning point Blessing!
by Emmanuel AfutuThere's a school shut down...But learning continues...There's office shutdown... But work continues... Church doors are closed for now... But the channels to the relationship with your maker should now be open wider... There can be a Lock-down...but never a lock - up!Fumigation all around ... But what about your inner cleansing... By all means #Stayhome... But reach out...
It’s your Choice – Healthy Living (II)
This is the second part of an earlier post on how our simple every day choices can propel us to live healthier lives. In our earlier article, we talked about the benefits of physical exercise and healthy eating. In this article, we are going to explore the benefits of drinking lots of water, solitude, cheerfulness...
Joy
But what happens when we live God’s way? He brings gifts into our lives, much the same way that fruit appears in an orchard—things like affection for others, exuberance about life, serenity. (Galatians 5:22 MSG) We are already into the second month of the year. That may seem incredible to you. Though it is...
Don’t Lose your Hope
Why am I discouraged? Why is my heart so sad? I will put my hope in God! I will praise him again— my Saviour. Psalm 42:5 And now abide these three: faith, hope and love but the greatest of these is love. 1 Cor 13:13 From a Christian perspective what is the difference between hope and faith? Hope is...
The wisdom that brings peace
But the wisdom from above is first of all pure. It is also peace loving, gentle at all times, and willing to yield to others. It is full of mercy and the fruit of good deeds. It shows no favoritism and is always sincere. And those who are peacemakers will plant seeds of peace and...
Cherish!
Gary Thomas in his book 'Cherish' speaks of how we can move our marriages to the next level by 'cherishing' our spouses. According to him, the phrase,'familiarity breeds contempt' should scare everyone because there's no relationship that gets more familiar than marriage. We can however counter this by choosing to cherish our spouses. He...
The next level
Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. Hebrews 6:1-2 KJV...