Real Talk About Relationships
The words I heard at the beginning of the year were not quite what I expected… Tick, tock, tick, tock. The clock slowly and steadily moved towards midnight. A new year was dawning, Another year of great positivity, hope, and promise. My New Year wish, Was that this year would be different. The … Read more My New Year Wish
Hello!!! Can you hear me? It’s God speaking – and I have a message for you! A pretty obvious question, right? God speaks to everyone! But wait – how do you know it’s God speaking to you? How do you differentiate between that greedy and selfish voice in your head and God’s voice? (Don’t feel … Read more How Does God Speak to You?
Even in the shadows… He is there. The phone rang, for the fifth time that day. The news was not encouraging, And all we could do was listen, And wait. What a season that was, It seemed like there were shadows everywhere. Every night I would ask myself, Where is God, In the shadows? … Read more In the Shadows
Have you ever wrestled with God? Who won? When we were younger, one of the most-watched programs on KBC TV was wrestling! I still remember characters like the Undertaker, Yokozuna, and other men with scary names coming into the ring and pulverizing their opponents. It was not an interesting thing to watch, but for some … Read more The Wrestling Match
Sometimes we forget how much we matter to God… This can’t be happening, I told myself. Another disappointment. Another thing that I so desperately wanted to work out, Had gone wrong. I wanted everything to go right, To go my way. But it didn’t. I started to believe that I didn’t matter to God. … Read more You Matter!
Do I still trust God? Do you? The prophet Jeremiah had a tough life. His job was to go round telling the people that destruction was on its way and that if they did not surrender to the Babylonians, things would go badly for them. He was threatened with death, locked up in prison, and … Read more Trusting God 101
What do you do when nobody wants anything to do with you? Rejection is something that we have all faced at one point. And you know what? It hurts!!! It’s not easy to reach out to someone and they ignore you or want nothing to do with you. Rejection from family is even worse! Sadly, … Read more When Nobody Wants Me…
Why should I hold on when everything seems to be going wrong? Joseph had a really hard time growing up, didn’t he? He was hated by his brothers, thrown into a pit, sold to strangers, and ended up living in a foreign land as a slave and a prisoner! Then, just when his big break … Read more Why should I hold on?
Let us pray… When did you last pray? Why did you pray? Was it because you needed something? Or were you in a fix? What made you call on the Lord? Think long and hard about this, Before you begin to pray. Do you remember to worship the Lord as you pray? Do … Read more Before you begin to pray…
Reading about Jacob’s encounter with God got me thinking… This past week I was studying Genesis 28, where Jacob was sent by his parents to his uncle’s house in Haran to find a wife. For someone who was used to the comfort of home, this was such a long and lonely journey! Imagine having to … Read more My Encounter With God