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...
10,000 Reasons
Click here to listen to an audio of this article. Bless the Lord, O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name! Bless the Lord, O my soul, And forget not all His benefits. Psalms 103:1-2 NKJV When Matt Redman composed the song "10,000 reasons (Bless the Lord o my soul)", it was...
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...
The truth about bullying
The audio version of this post can be found by clicking here I was once a school dropout before starting all over again. My elementary, secondary and tertiary education were all in prestigious schools in Accra, Ghana. If I mention the names of the school you will likely say, this guy had an easy educational life....
Resolving Offences among Christians
The audio for this post can be found by clicking here. “Moreover if your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he hears you, you have gained your brother. But if he will not hear, take with you one or two more, that ‘by the mouth of...
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...
God laughed
In Joshua chapters 21 & 22, the leaders of Israel cast lots to determine who got which parcel of land. I just smiled. As I meditated upon this, the wheels of time seemed to roll back slowly. It was a cool, beautiful Saturday evening. I was in my final year in Senior High School and...
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...