When temptations and trials come our way, they present an opportunity to rediscover ourselves in a new way. Depending on how we handle them, they can become a source of confidence and strength for the journey ahead – battle scars that we wear proudly as a reminder that we are….
Once again, we’re thinking about suffering. It feels like I have written multiple times on this subject since the inception of this blog, from various angles or touchpoints, and yet I’m just not done thinking or talking about it. Trust me the irony of the phrase “Enjoy Suffering” is not lost on me. It’s an oxymoron of the highest caliber. Suffering often doesn’t bring enjoyment to the flesh, instead, it is filled with uncertainty, distress, and despair. But on closer look, perhaps the phrase “suffering and smiling” is not so far-fetched according to scripture.
There’s no introduction or opening paragraph because I certainly did not plan to write about this. It’s 19th April 2022 as I type this up and all I can think is, Holy Spirit where are you leading me, why are you making me write this? You see, it’s 4 years later but I still think…
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#ThinkingTuesday – Change your thinking; Change your life. In our inaugural post of the year, we examined the first four of 12 instructions given to us this year. We’ve decided to implement these instructions by on one of them each month. For February, the instruction from our original passage, I…
Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up…..
God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” – Genesis 1:28 [ESV]
A.k.a. The Hope of Eternal Life Affirmation. The Salvation affirmation was created to remind every Christian of the hope of eternal life given to us as an inheritance by God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
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#MeditationMonday – Out of the abundance of a man’s heart, his mouth speaks. Hello Dear and Beloved One, hope your week begins well. This is out last week of posts for the year 2015 and we really hope you enjoy them all. May the mercies of Christ…
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For David, after he had served the purpose of God in his own generation, fell asleep and was buried among his fathers and experienced decay [in the grave] — Acts 13:36 [AMP] The purpose affirmation is a simple set of declarations for those who are determined…
Salvation is found in no-one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved. Praise him, because his name is holy.
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