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...
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...
God’s Back-up for Your Parenting Journey
Today i want to share with you on the mercy of God. The mercy of God, what's that and how different is that from grace? To be honest, the mercy of God is something I have not seriously mediated on till this morning. Grace is the favour of God that gives you something you don't...
The postmodernist lingo
Who has believed our report and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? ( Isaiah 53: 1.) Postmodernists believe that there is no absolute truth. Really? Imagine having a conversation with someone and before you proceed they raise a placard that says " I want you to know that there is no absolute...
God’s Not Dead – Three Facts
But if you refuse to serve the Lord , then choose today whom you will serve. Would you prefer the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates? Or will it be the gods of the Amorites in whose land you now live? But as for me and my family, we will serve the Lord .”...
It’s Your Choice – Healthy Living (I)
“Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in good health, just as your soul prospers” 3 John 2 NKJV ‘Healing is God’s, health is yours’. That is a statement made by someone. There are numerous places in the Bible where God promises to heal us of our sicknesses. In addition to...
Feminism and the Bible
A couple of years ago, some students of mine asked me this question just before my class. "Madam, are you a feminist?" I honestly did not know what answer to give them. That question led me to do a bit of reading on the topic, the result of which is this article. Feminism has been defined...
Growing together
Ephesians 4: 15, 16 Instead, we will speak the truth in love, growing in every way more and more like Christ, who is the head of His body, the church. He makes the whole body fit together perfectly, as each part does its own special work, it helps the other parts grow, so that the...