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Monday, May 12, 2025

Born to believe (2)

‘Bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.’ Ephesians 6:4 NIV

Parenting doesn’t end when your child becomes a teenager. Teens are just more mobile, spend less time with you, and are more independent. Now they value and emulate peers who are as immature as they are. Even when you have laid moral and spiritual foundations in their early years, something will happen that leaves you asking, ‘What happened? Where did I go wrong?’ Adolescence happened! It’s the teenager’s brain; it’s wired that way. Their frontal lobes—the part of the brain linked to moral development, emotional...More



Sunday, May 11, 2025

Born to believe (1)

‘Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.’ Proverbs 22:6 KJV

Training a child is both challenging and rewarding. By shaping their underlying belief system, you help their developing brain establish permanent neural pathways that will guide their moral and spiritual growth. Neuroscientists Andrew Newberg and Mark Robert Waldman, authors of Born to Believe, tell us the most crucial years are from age seven to ten. That’s when a child has the greatest propensity to understand the concept of a God they can’t see, feel, or hear. What an ideal...More



Saturday, May 10, 2025

How God sees you

‘There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus.’ Romans 8:1 KJV

Once we understand that God’s love for us is based on what Christ did for us rather than what we do ourselves, the struggle is over. Now we can stop ‘performing’, and we can serve God because we know He loves us and that we don’t need to try to make Him love us. We no longer fear rejection by Him because of our mistakes. When we do something wrong, now all we do is repent, receive God’s forgiveness, and then refuse the condemnation that sin brings. Realising we are loved and accepted even though we’re...More



Friday, May 9, 2025

Setting prayer traps

‘Take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.’ 2 Corinthians 10:5 NIV

When we read the verse, ‘… take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ’ (2 Corinthians 10:5 NIV) we tend to think it’s about capturing sinful thoughts and getting them out of our minds—and it is. But it’s also about capturing creative thoughts and keeping them in our minds. This Scripture also means stewarding every word, every thought, every impression, and every revelation inspired by God’s Spirit.

A pastor writes: ‘The Aramaic word for prayer means ‘to set a trap’. We often think of...More



Thursday, May 8, 2025

How long will you live?

‘The days of our lives are seventy years;’ Psalm 90:10 NKJV

Do you ever wonder how long you will live? The Bible says, ‘The days of our lives are seventy years; and if by reason of strength they are eighty years, yet their boast is only labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away’ (Psalm 90:10 NKJV). Why do some of us live longer than others? Paul answers, ‘For we know in part and we prophesy in part’ (1 Corinthians 13:9 NKJV). But here are three things you can be sure of:

1) You can lengthen your life by obeying God and shorten it by disobeying Him. Fighting illness and...More



Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Use your imagination

‘Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine.’ Ephesians 3:20 NIV

Lack of faith is not a failure of logic; it’s a failure of imagination. Lack of faith is the inability or unwillingness to entertain thoughts of a God ‘… who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us’ (Ephesians 3:20 NIV). Did you get that? God wants to empower your imagination!

A pastor writes: ‘If we are going to have an eternal impact on our culture, we can’t just criticise it or copy it. We’ve got to create it. If we are...More



Tuesday, May 6, 2025

Learn to delegate

‘It is not desirable for us to neglect the Word of God in order to serve tables.’ Acts 6:2 NASB20

The New Testament church grew so fast that the apostles became overwhelmed with the challenge of administering it. When the Hellenistic Jews complained against the native Hebrews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily serving of food, this is how the twelve disciples solved the problem: ‘So the twelve summoned the congregation of the disciples and said, "It is not desirable for us to neglect the Word of God in order to serve tables. Instead, brothers and sisters, select from among you seven men...More



Monday, May 5, 2025

Put away the measuring stick!

‘Again Jesus said, “Simon son of John, do you love me?”’ John 21:16 NIV

Pastor Reimar Schultze says: ‘The more conscientious we are, the more we … go to bed with some sense that we missed the elusive 100 per cent again … Many precious saints fall for this trap … robbing themselves of the joy of the Lord and the peace … that passes all understanding … We all are familiar with the testimonies of some of the greatest men of God. Many of them, like us … found themselves in the gutters of self-incrimination.’ Moses felt completely unworthy and unable to free Israel from Egypt. Yet how often has...More



Sunday, May 4, 2025

Know when to let go

‘To everything there is a season, … A time to keep and a time to throw away.’ Ecclesiastes 3:1, 6

Persistence, determination, commitment, and recognising the ‘right time to throw away’ are all commendable qualities, whether it’s setting aside time to pray and read every day, eating dinner with your family, finding a better job, or losing weight, etc. But it’s equally important to recognise the ‘right time to throw away’ self-generated urgency and things that are stopping you from living ‘life in all its fullness’ (see John 10:10). The Bible tells us to ‘lay aside every weight’ (see...More



Saturday, May 3, 2025

Don’t break, bounce back (2)

‘For a righteous person falls seven times and rises again,’ Proverbs 24:16 NASB20

Here are two more keys to bouncing back:

1) Instead of complaining about what you can’t change, change what you can. When you can’t change your situation, you can change your attitude towards it. How do you do that? By reprogramming your mind with God’s Word. The Bible says, ‘For whoever has been born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith. Who is the one who overcomes the world, but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?’ (1 John 5:4-5 NASB20)....More



Friday, May 2, 2025

Don’t break, bounce back (1)

‘Since my youth they have often attacked me, but they have not prevailed against me.’ Psalm 129:2 CSB
When resilient people hit bottom, they don’t break, they bounce back. The apostle Paul was such a person: ‘We are afflicted in every way but not crushed; we are perplexed but not in despair; we are persecuted but not abandoned; we are struck down but not destroyed.’ (2 Corinthians 4:8-9 CSB). So, how can you bounce back instead of breaking? By doing two things:

1) When you can’t control your circumstances, take control of your life. When a back injury paralysed Angela Madsen from the waist down,...More



Thursday, May 1, 2025

Consult God on your daily to-do list

‘A person's steps are established by the LORD, and he takes pleasure in his way.’ Psalm 37:23 CSB

To come up with a daily to-do list that keeps your peace and joy intact, consult God. When you take on too much, you set yourself up for failure, and stress. If you’re wise, you won’t schedule more than one or two major tasks in a day. Life doesn’t run smoothly, no matter how badly you want it to. So, build in time for interruptions, traffic jams, lost keys, slow-moving people, etc. And be careful about multi-tasking. Studies have connected high-stress multi-tasking to short-term memory loss. Experts have...More



Wednesday, April 30, 2025

When others ‘don’t get it’

‘But people who aren’t spiritual can’t receive these truths from God’s Spirit. It all sounds foolish to them.’ 1 Corinthians 2:14 NLT

When you share your faith with someone and they don’t seem to ‘get it’, don’t be disappointed, don’t be upset, and don’t be impatient. In Scripture, God’s Word is referred to as ‘seed’ (see Luke 8:11), so that makes you a sower. Yes, we would all like to sow and then reap as quickly as possible. But sowing and reaping each have their own season. When the finger of God began to write King Belshazzar’s fate on the walls of his palace and none of his wise...More



Tuesday, April 29, 2025

Shake it off, and move forward

‘Shake off the dust under your feet.’ Mark 6:11 NKJV

Let’s be honest, each of us wants others to love, respect, and accept us. But when people are unready or unwilling to change or haven’t experienced the joy and fulfilment in Christ that you have, you will often experience rejection. Indeed, when you follow Jesus, rejection is guaranteed. What should you do? Here is what Jesus told His disciples to do: ‘… “In whatever place you enter a house, stay there till you depart from that place. And whoever will not receive you nor hear you, when you depart from there, shake off the dust under your feet as a...More



Monday, April 28, 2025

Is God shaking you up?

‘The Lord … set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones … and … they were very dry.’ Ezekiel 37:1-2 KJV

God told Ezekiel to declare His Word to a valley full of bones, and they became a mighty army. These bones were dead, dry, and in disarray. That may describe where you are today. Your hopes are dead, your soul is dry, your life in disarray. What’s the answer?

1) You need God to shake things up in your life. ‘… there was a noise, and suddenly a rattling; and the bones came together, bone to bone’ (Ezekiel 37:7 NKJV). If it feels like things are being shaken up in...More



Sunday, April 27, 2025

Refuse to wear the label

‘His mother called his name Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.”’ 1 Chronicles 4:9 NKJV

The name Jabez means ‘pain and trouble’. Perhaps that’s why no other parent in Scripture gave their child that name. But it’s a label he refused to wear and a name he refused to be defined by. A label usually tells you what is in a bottle; its contents and even its value. And when you accept the labels people try to put on you, you start to believe that’s who you really are and that you will never become anything more than that. The Bible says, ‘For as he thinks in his heart, so is he. …’...More



Saturday, April 26, 2025

Keep praying and believing

‘For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise.’ Hebrews 10:36 NKJV

How long should you keep praying and believing God for the answer? This Scripture addresses your question: ‘Therefore do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward. For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise’ (Hebrews 10:35-36 NKJV). Many of God’s promises have timelines, and you need long-distance faith to receive them. Note the word ‘endurance’, and picture yourself as a marathon runner determined to...More



Friday, April 25, 2025

Find prayer partners

‘Then they came to Him, bringing a paralytic who was carried by four men.’ Mark 2:3 NKJV

You say, ‘I don’t have faith to be healed.’ Then find some prayer partners with faith. ‘Then they came to Him, bringing a paralytic who was carried by four men. And when they could not come near Him because of the crowd, they uncovered the roof where He was. So when they had broken through, they let down the bed on which the paralytic was lying. When Jesus saw their faith … He said to the paralytic, “I say to you, arise, take up your bed, and go to your house.” Immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went...More



Thursday, April 24, 2025

Growth is about enlargement

‘You enlarged my path,’ Psalm 18:36 NKJV

Read these enlargement Scriptures: ‘You enlarged my path under me, so my feet did not slip’ (Psalm 18:36 NKJV). ‘And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, “Oh, that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, …”’ (1 Chronicles 4:10 NKJV). ‘Enlarge the place of your tent … lengthen your cords, and strengthen your stakes’ (Isaiah 54:2 NKJV). God wants to enlarge you spiritually, emotionally, relationally, and in every area of your life. But to experience enlargement, you must learn from people larger than you.

American author Dr...More



Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Today expect God’s favour

‘For You, O Lord, will bless the righteous; with favour You will surround him as with a shield.’ Psalm 5:12 NKJV

The Bible says that God will surround the righteous with favour. If you are trusting in the finished work of Christ, God sees you as ‘righteous’ (see Romans 3:22). So, you qualify; you can pray, ‘Lord, I need your favour in this job interview,’ or ‘in selling this house’, or ‘in making this deal’, or ‘in going on this date’, etc. Be prepared for your old programming to kick in, where you think about the word ‘righteous’; you begin to wonder if your thoughts, words, and deeds...More



Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Governed by Christ’s love for us

‘For the love of Christ compels us,’ 2 Corinthians 5:14 CSB

The most powerful incentive to overcoming sin is not our love for Christ, but His love for us. Even with the best of intentions, our love for Him is subject to fluctuations. Jesus said to the church in Ephesus, ‘'But I have this against you, that you have left your first love”’ (Revelation 2:4 NASB20). He said to the church in Laodicea that their love had become ‘lukewarm’ (see Revelation 3:16). Many of us grew up in churches where we were told that the reason we yield to certain carnal traits is because we don’t love the Lord enough. So,...More



Monday, April 21, 2025

God knows what’s ‘good’ for us (2)

‘All things work together for good to those who love God … who are the called according to His purpose.’ Romans 8:28 NKJV

Canadian Christian musician Carolyn Arends writes: ‘Our expectations are not just unrealistic, they’re anti-Gospel … Many of us … distort His promise of abundant life into something that resembles the illusion advertisers sell us every day. How do we resist our sense of entitlement and the distorted expectations that are so deeply ingrained?

1) Check the Definitions. When I read that God “works all things together for good”, (see Romans 8:28) I think of the...More



Sunday, April 20, 2025

God knows what’s ‘good’ for us (1)

‘For it was the Father’s good pleasure … to reconcile all things to Himself … through the blood of His cross.’ Colossians 1:19-20 NASB20

Our definition of ‘good’ is different from God’s. ‘For it was the Father's good pleasure for all the fullness to dwell in Him, and through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross.’ (Colossians 1:19-20 NASB20)

Canadian Christian musician Carolyn Arends writes: ‘During a jubilant Easter service, our pastor said something that stopped me in my mental tracks:...More



Saturday, April 19, 2025

Do you believe this?

‘“I am the resurrection and the life. Anyone who believes in Me will live, even after dying.”’ John 11:25 NLT

American pastor Chuck Swindoll tells about a couple whose marriage had been a fifty-year battle. When the husband died, the wife contacted a stonemason to arrange a gravestone. She told him, ‘I don’t want to be fancy or spend a lot of money. Just engrave the words: TO MY HUSBAND in a suitable place on the stone.’ She went to visit his grave and, to her horror, read these words: ‘TO MY HUSBAND … IN A SUITABLE PLACE.’ Swindoll writes: ‘A humorous story helps mask the pain and confusion...More



Friday, April 18, 2025

Double jeopardy

‘Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.’ Romans 5:1 NKJV

In the legal system, there is something known as ‘the law of double jeopardy’. It means that, except in some very specific circumstances, you can’t be tried twice for the same crime. Now, let’s apply this principle to your salvation. Jesus has already been tried and punished for your sins—all of them! So don’t let Satan, the accuser, convince you that God will also punish you for them and send you to hell.

Christ’s last words on the cross, ‘It is finished,’ (see John...More



Thursday, April 17, 2025

Embracing uncertainty and following God

‘"For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways," declares the LORD.’ Isaiah 55:8 NASB20

A part of us feels as if something is spiritually wrong with us when we experience uncertainty. But that is precisely what Jesus promised us when we are born of the Spirit and start following Him. ‘The wind blows wherever it wants. Just as you can hear the wind but can’t tell where it comes from or where it is going, so you can’t explain how people are born of the Spirit’ (John 3:8 NLT). When it comes to being led by God’s Spirit, the operative phrase is ‘You can’t explain how.’ Even when...More



Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Change your routine

‘I will lead them in paths they have not known.’ Isaiah 42:16 NKJV

As attested by the law of requisite variety, the continued existence of any system requires the ability to cultivate variety in its internal structures. In physical exercise, for example, routines eventually become useless. If you exercise the same way each time you work out, your muscles begin adapting and stop developing. You have to change your routine. You have to disorient them. This is true spiritually.

One author writes: ‘When I’m in a spiritual slump, nine times out of ten, something sacred has become routine. I’m sure...More



Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Fear is the enemy of growth

‘Tell the children of Israel to go forward.’ Exodus 14:15 NKJV



If you want to grow, you need to get over any fear you may have of making mistakes. American author and professor Warren Bennis stated, ‘A mistake is simply another way of doing things.’ So, expect to make mistakes along the way, and embrace them as a sign that you are going in the right direction.



With the Red Sea in front of them and Pharaoh’s chariots behind them, the children of Israel panicked. ‘And the Lord said to Moses, “Why do you cry to Me? Tell the children of Israel to go forward”’ (Exodus 14:15...More



Monday, April 14, 2025

Keep trusting God

‘Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him.’ Job 13:15 NKJV

The story of Job reads like this: Chapter 1, he is one of the wealthiest men in his generation. Chapter 2, he loses everything, including his health, his wealth, and his children. Chapter 42, he is back on top again. Wouldn’t you like to know what happened from chapters 3 through 41? If so, you should read the book of Job and find out how he had it all, lost it all, got it all back, and ended up with twice as much as he lost.

Did Job have unanswered questions? Lots of them. Did he experience grief? Yes, to a depth that is hard to imagine....More



Sunday, April 13, 2025

Use your gifts in ministry to others

‘For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.’ Romans 11:29 NKJV

When God gives us a spiritual gift, He doesn’t take it back. ‘For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable’ (Romans 11:29 NKJV). And if God does not, we must not! Paul writes: ‘Brothers and sisters, if someone is overtaken in any wrongdoing, you who are spiritual, restore such a person with a gentle spirit, watching out for yourselves so that you also won't be tempted. Carry one another's burdens; in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. For if anyone considers himself to be something when he is nothing, he...More



Saturday, April 12, 2025

Expect to ‘wrestle’

‘For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood,’ Ephesians 6:12 NKJV

The new birth brings a new battle between your regenerate spirit and your unregenerate body, which still craves old desires and clings to old proclivities. Paul describes this graphically as a wrestling match. ‘For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armour of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand’...More



Friday, April 11, 2025

You are called to be salt and light

‘You are the salt of the earth … You are the light of the world.’ Matthew 5:13-14 NKJV

Jesus gave us two everyday metaphors so that we could clearly understand how He wants us to serve and represent Him each day. Let’s look at each of them.

1) Salt. The only thing that can threaten salt is sitting in a shaker so long that it gets damp, loses its flavour, and can’t be sprinkled. Jesus said, ‘“You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavour, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men’ (Matthew 5:13 NKJV). The...More



Thursday, April 10, 2025

‘Throw it down’

‘Then the Lord asked him, “What is that in your hand?”’ Exodus 4:2 NLT

The Bible says: ‘Then the Lord asked him, “What is that in your hand?” “A shepherd’s staff,” Moses replied. “Throw it down on the ground,” the Lord told him. So Moses threw down the staff, and it turned into a snake! Moses jumped back. Then the Lord told him, “Reach out and grab its tail.” So Moses reached out and grabbed it, and it turned back into a shepherd’s staff in his hand’ (Exodus 4:2-4 NLT). Then God instructed Moses to go back to Egypt and tell Pharaoh to set the children of Israel free. ‘And take...More



Wednesday, April 9, 2025

Pass it on to others

‘And the things that you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.’ 2 Timothy 2:2 NKJV

What’s your goal in life? Survival, success, or succession? Some of us suffer from ‘duck syndrome’. We appear calm on the surface, but underneath we’re paddling furiously. We think, ‘I’m glad people around me don’t know how much I don’t know,’ and we keep them at a distance hoping they never find out. That’s not how God wants you to live, as the source of your own strength and wisdom.

David wrote, ‘… The Lord is the strength...More



Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Let’s respect our differences

‘Let us aim for harmony in the church and try to build each other up.’ Romans 14:19 NLT

Paul wouldn’t yield an inch when it came to standing on the central truths of Scripture. But when it came to traditions, personal opinions, and personal preferences, he said, ‘… Let each be fully convinced in his own mind’ (Romans 14:5 NKJV). Under the law of Moses, being circumcised was considered equal to having a covenant between you and God. So when Gentile believers joined the New Testament church, Jewish believers insisted they too must be circumcised. Not as babies, mind you, but as adults! Were these Jewish...More



Monday, April 7, 2025

How to conquer the fear of failing

‘Though they stumble, they will never fall, for the Lord holds them by the hand.’ Psalm 37:24 NLT

Every opportunity in life comes with two things: the possibility of succeeding, and the possibility of failing. When you reach the end of your life, your greatest regrets won’t be over your failures, but the opportunities you failed to seize because you were afraid of failing. So here are some principles to help you conquer the fear of failing:

1) Be willing to try and fail at something. And when it happens, tell people. Why? Because that’s how you discover failure isn’t fatal. 2) Find a project...More



Sunday, April 6, 2025

The grandfather’s mistake became the grandson’s miracle

‘There was a company of Ishmaelites, coming from Gilead … on their way to … Egypt.’ Genesis 37:25 NKJV

If Abraham and Sarah had been willing to wait a little longer, Isaac would have been born and the promise of God fulfilled. But they became impatient and, as a result, Ishmael was born. One of the names given to God in Scripture is ‘Redeemer’, because He can redeem our mistakes and turn them into learning experiences; He can turn the mess you make into the miracle you need.

It took three generations, but God turned the mess Abraham made into the miracle of deliverance Joseph needed....More



Saturday, April 5, 2025

The best is yet to come

‘Boaz begot Obed by Ruth,’ Matthew 1:5 NKJV

Humanly speaking, the chances of a Gentile like Ruth marrying a wealthy Jew like Boaz were less than zero, because the law of Moses forbade it. ‘An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter the assembly of the Lord; even to the tenth generation none of his descendants shall enter the assembly of the Lord forever’ (Deuteronomy 23:3 NKJV). If ever a door looked shut, locked, and bolted, it was this one. But when people and circumstances rule, God overrules. The Bible says, ‘… He who is Holy, He who is true, “He who has the key of David, He who opens and no one...More



Friday, April 4, 2025

What the Bible teaches us about money (5)

‘Now about the collection for the Lord’s people,’ 1 Corinthians 16:1 NIV

When a recession hit Jerusalem, Paul asked the believers at Corinth to give offerings to meet this need: ‘Now about the collection for the Lord’s people: do what I told the Galatian churches to do. On the first day of every week, each one of you should set aside a sum of money in keeping with your income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will have to be made. Then, when I arrive, I will give letters of introduction to the men you approve and send them with your gift to Jerusalem’ (1 Corinthians 16:1-3 NIV). A...More



Thursday, April 3, 2025

What the Bible teaches us about money (4)

‘Every man shall give as he is able,’ Deuteronomy 16:17 NKJV

When it comes to giving, here are two important truths the Bible teaches us about money:

1) God does not expect us all to give the same amount. ‘Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the Lord your God which He has given you’ (Deuteronomy 16:17 NKJV). Paul writes, ‘For if the willingness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what one does not have’ (2 Corinthians 8:12 NIV). 2) God will ask you to make sacrifices to fulfil His Kingdom purposes in the...More



Monday, March 31, 2025

What the Bible teaches us about money (1)

‘“The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine,” says the Lord of hosts.’ Haggai 2:8 NKJV

God owns everything. If you doubt that, read these Scriptures: ‘“The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine,” says the Lord of hosts’ (Haggai 2:8 NKJV). ‘The earth is the Lord’s, and all its fullness, the world and those who dwell therein’ (Psalm 24:1 NKJV). ‘Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father …’ (James 1:17 NKJV). ‘Both riches and honour come from You, and You reign over all. In Your hand is power and might; in Your hand it is to make great and to give...More



Sunday, March 30, 2025

Are you raising children alone?

‘Weeping may last through the night, but joy comes with the morning.’ Psalm 30:5 NLT

One marriage expert says a single mother sent him a story that helped explain the loneliness and stress faced by those raising children alone. She said she was looking out her window one drizzly day and saw a mother robin and her brood of chicks perched in a nest. As the rain poured down, the mother bird covered her chirping little chicks beneath her extended wings. Then the hail began to fall. Instead of tucking her head safely in the nest, the mother robin raised her head upward and took the blows to protect her young. All...More



Saturday, March 29, 2025

Seeking God

‘You will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.’ Jeremiah 29:13 NKJV

God instructs us to seek Him, but not as though He is hiding from us. When we seek God, we make a decision that’s necessary for bringing us into the spiritual realm. Some levels of blessing are never received unless they are diligently sought. It’s your seeking after God that moves Him to respond. ‘But without faith it is impossible to please Him: for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him’ (Hebrews 11:6 NKJV).

There are no manuals...More



Friday, March 28, 2025

Pause and reflect

In God we boast all day long, and praise Your name forever. Selah.’ Psalm 44:8 NKJV

After sharing great truths and insights with us, the psalmist often uses the word ‘Selah’. It is thought to mean ‘pause and reflect’. For years people have said that experience is the best teacher. But the truth is, evaluated experience is the best teacher! Stopping to reflect is one of the most important activities you can do in order to grow. It provides a superior value than motivation or encouragement because it lets you make sure you’re going down the right road. After all, if you’re on the wrong track, you...More



Thursday, March 27, 2025

How to forgive

‘And be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.’ Ephesians 4:32 NKJV

In 1982, John Hinckley Jr attempted to take the life of President Ronald Reagan by shooting him with a handgun. Reagan’s daughter, Patti, later recounted what she learned from her father when he was in hospital: ‘My father said he knew his physical healing was directly dependent on his ability to forgive John Hinckley … It showed me that forgiveness is the key to everything … He gave me an example of Christ-like thinking.’

Sometimes the wounds that others inflict on...More



Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Be guided by wisdom, not impulse

‘Enthusiasm without knowledge is no good; haste makes mistakes.’ Proverbs 19:2 NLT

If you are impulsive, you tend to lack discipline. You can be thoughtless, or insensitive to others, or driven by appetite. You may have a hard time with delayed gratification. You have a low frustration tolerance. You get bored easily. You can fly off the handle. If this describes you, here are six principles you should try to incorporate into your life:

1) Ask counsel from wise friends before plunging forward with an idea. ‘The heart of the prudent acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks...More



Tuesday, March 25, 2025

How God sees you

‘As He is, so are we in this world.’ 1 John 4:17 NKJV

When you put your trust in Christ as your Saviour, God sees you ‘in Christ’. The words ‘in Christ’ appear no less than seventy-eight times in the New Testament. When God looks at you, He doesn’t see you with all your flaws and imperfections; He sees you in Christ. And since Christ has atoned for all your sins, you are ‘accepted in the beloved’ (see Ephesians 1:6 KJV). Having a blessed future is not contingent upon how much you strive to be perfect or how hard you work at changing yourself. It is contingent upon the person of Jesus Christ, and...More



Monday, March 24, 2025

Change your thoughts, and change your life

‘You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in You, all whose thoughts are fixed on You!’ Isaiah 26:3 NLT



Your thoughts create your feelings, and your feelings dictate your approach to life. So by changing the way you think, you can change how you feel and how you approach life. Unlike the world, which teaches you to empty your mind to achieve peace, God’s way is to fill your mind with fresh, powerful, redeeming thoughts. ‘You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in You, all whose thoughts are fixed on You!’ (Isaiah 26:3 NLT)



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Sunday, March 23, 2025

Worship—giving yourself to God

‘For the worshippers, once purified, would have had no more consciousness of sins.’ Hebrews 10:2 NKJV

To become a worshipper in the fullest sense requires two things.

First, an understanding that God’s love towards you is not predicated on your love towards Him. The moment you accept Christ as your Saviour, God accepts you and clothes you in the righteousness of Christ; therefore, you are always worthy to approach Him. Second, understanding that God’s love for you is not merely a theological concept, but something that is embraced with your heart and responded to through your emotions. In the...More



Saturday, March 22, 2025

Signs follow faith

‘The Lord working with them, and confirming the Word with signs following.’ Mark 16:20 KJV

The book of Mark concludes this way: ‘And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the Word with signs following. Amen,’ (Mark 16:20 KJV) Understanding the will of God is not a precise science, and the most spiritually mature among us can get it wrong. But this much you can count on: God will use a combination of the Spirit and Scripture to guide you. As you open His Word and open your heart, God will speak to you. Then you have to act on it.

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Friday, March 21, 2025

How to build your self-esteem

‘I have loved you with an everlasting love;’ Jeremiah 31:3 NKJV

After four hundred years of living as slaves in Egypt, the Israelites struggled with low self-esteem. So, God said to them, ‘… “Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you. Again I will build you, and you shall be rebuilt,” …’ (Jeremiah 31:3-4 NKJV). Notice the words ‘built’ and ‘rebuilt’. How can you build, or rebuild, your self-esteem? In three ways.

First, by believing in God’s unearned, undeserved, unchanging, unfailing love for you at all times. Second, by...More



Thursday, March 20, 2025

Parenting—the Bible way

‘Bring them up with the discipline and instruction that comes from the Lord.’ Ephesians 6:4 NLT

Planting a seed is only the first of a season’s worth of steps. There is watering, fertilising, weeding, and protecting the struggling plant from pests, diseases, storms, and adverse weather. Many flowers and vegetables require stakes, cages, and other supports to help them stand tall and bear their fruit. The gardener who does nothing but sow a seed shouldn’t be surprised if his or her plants never reach maturity. Almost all living things in God’s creation reproduce by sowing a seed: human beings, plants,...More



Wednesday, March 19, 2025

How to get what you want

‘But seek first His Kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.’ Matthew 6:33 NIV

The first step to getting what you want in life is knowing what you want. Jesus said, in essence, ‘The key to getting what you want out of life is to focus on what I want for your life.’ Note the words ‘seek first’. This word ‘seek’ means ‘to strive for diligently’ or ‘to desire strongly’. The action is continuous. It says, ‘Keep on striving for, keep on seeking, keep on desiring daily.’ When Jesus says, ‘Seek first His Kingdom and His righteousness,’ it means you...More



Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Know your purpose, know your partners

‘As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.’ John 20:21 NIV

In order to identify God’s will for your life, you must be clear about two things:

1) Your purpose. Facing the cross, Jesus said, ‘… for this cause came I into the world, …’ (John 18:37 KJV). Your passion is that area of your life that fires you up. It might be world hunger, or neglected pensioners, or education. You see little kids growing up in underfunded areas, and they’re never going to have a chance to thrive, and it just kills you. Or unwed mums, or the Gospel being proclaimed unclearly. Instead of finding your passion...More



Monday, March 17, 2025

Have you talked to God about it?

‘So the Lord spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend.’ Exodus 33:11 NKJV

Moses had a special place where he met with God. It was called ‘the tabernacle of meeting’ (see Exodus 33:7 NKJV). What did they talk about? ‘Then Moses said to the Lord, “See, You say to me, ‘Bring up this people.’ But You have not let me know whom You will send with me … Now therefore, I pray, if I have found grace in Your sight, show me now Your way, that I may know You and that I may find grace in Your sight. ” … And He said, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest”’ (Exodus...More



Sunday, March 16, 2025

The link between disobedience and stress

‘Walk in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well with you.’ Jeremiah 7:23 NKJV

A leading Christian psychologist says there is a direct correlation between the stress we experience and disobeying God’s Word. Could that be true? Could there be a link between the stress you are feeling and the level of your obedience to God? Yes. Think about it. As a redeemed child of God, when you knowingly disobey Him, your conscience bothers you and you feel conflicted and condemned. By knowingly violating His Word, you get uncomfortable in your own skin. Plus, when you need to pray and ask God for...More



Saturday, March 15, 2025

The importance of God’s Word

‘He read in their hearing all the words of the Book of the Covenant which had been found in the house of the LORD.’ 2 Chronicles 34:30 NKJV

When Josiah became king in Jerusalem, he assigned workers to repair the temple. There they discovered a copy of God’s law in the ruins. No one had seen it in years! Josiah quickly reasoned that Judah’s idolatry was directly tied to the absence of the reading of God’s Word. So, he gathered all the people of Judah together, personally read to them the law of God, and led them in a rededication to live according to the principles of God’s Word.

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Friday, March 14, 2025

Pray about it, then take action

‘So they began this good work.’ Nehemiah 2:18 NIV

There is a time to pray, and there is a time to take action. Sometimes that means filling out the job application, or getting your finances in order, or setting up the appointment, or having the conversation, or making the move. American pastor Peter Marshall said: ‘I wonder what would happen if we all agreed to read one of the Gospels until we came to a place that told us to do something, then went out to do it, and only after we had done it, began reading again? There are aspects of the Gospel that are puzzling and difficult to understand. But our problems...More



Thursday, March 13, 2025

See yourself as valuable (2)

‘You are precious to me. You are honoured, and I love you.’ Isaiah 43:4 NLT

If you want to be a 10 but your self-esteem is a 5, you will never achieve at the level of a 10. You will achieve a 5 or lower. Why? Because you cannot surpass the image you have of yourself. Low self-esteem puts a cap on your potential. So where does our low self-esteem come from? Other people. When the most important people in your life repeatedly tell you that they expect you to go nowhere and achieve nothing of worth, that’s what you eventually start believing about yourself. And it’s like downloading a virus into your...More



Wednesday, March 12, 2025

See yourself as valuable (1)

‘I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.’ Philippians 4:13 NASB20

When God made the first man, He saw that his creation was very good. That means every person that has ever been born, including you, has seeds of success within them. All you need to do is water them and feed them, and they will grow. So why do many people fail to reach their God-given potential in life? One of the key reasons is low self-esteem; they don’t believe in themselves. They possess hundreds of possibilities, but they never nurture them because they have persuaded themselves that they’re incapable of learning and...More



Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Just sow the seed

‘We are only God’s servants through whom you believed the Good News.’ 1 Corinthians 3:5 NLT

One day when Charles Colson, founder of Prison Fellowship, was scheduled to preach to three hundred inmates at San Quentin prison, a lockdown was called and most of the prisoners were confined to their cells. To the few who were allowed to attend, Colson decided to go ahead and give the complete message he had prepared. Later when he expressed disappointment that the three hundred were unable to attend, he was told, ‘We videotaped your message and will be showing it numerous times to all twenty-two hundred...More



Monday, March 10, 2025

Group guidance

‘The Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”’ Acts 13:2 NIV

A group of believers met together and dedicated significant time to pray, fast, and worship. The Bible says, ‘While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them”’ (Acts 13:2 NIV). How did they know the Spirit told them this? The passage doesn’t say. It may have been a dramatic moment. Or it may be that later, looking back, they recognised that the Spirit had guided them. But what is...More



Sunday, March 9, 2025

Don’t avoid—engage

‘As You sent Me into the world, I have sent them into the world.’ John 17:18 NIV

Jesus prayed: ‘I have given them Your Word … My prayer is not that You take them out of the world but that You protect them from the evil one. They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. Sanctify them by the truth; Your Word is truth. As You sent Me into the world, I have sent them into the world’ (John 17:14-18 NIV). Where did Jesus dispatch His disciples? Into the world. He didn’t say, ‘Try to avoid the world. Just hang out with Christian people in the church and keep your distance from people who use bad...More



Saturday, March 8, 2025

Problems? Draw closer to God

‘Draw near to God and He will draw near to you.’ James 4:8 NKJV

We say we trust God but often fear that He won’t come through for us when we need Him most. So, we falsely assume that if we keep thinking about the problem and worrying about it enough, somehow we can take care of it on our own—just in case God doesn’t show up and do something according to our timetable. This brings us closer to our problems, but not to the One who can solve them. But when we choose to believe that God is in control of our lives and is going to handle whatever situation we are in, we move closer to Him and our problems...More



Friday, March 7, 2025

Jesus is the answer

‘I was found by people who were not looking for me. I showed myself to those who were not asking for me.’ Romans 10:20 NLT

The Bible says, ‘… I was found by people who were not looking for me. I showed myself to those who were not asking for me.’ (Romans 10:20 NLT) You might ask, ‘What does this Scripture mean?’ Even though you’re looking for answers in the wrong places, asking the wrong questions, and heading in the wrong direction, Jesus will intercept you, redirect you, and meet your deepest needs. When the woman at the well met Jesus, she was looking for the answer in relationships. She had...More



Thursday, March 6, 2025

Your past qualifies you as a worshipper

‘Her sins—and they are many—have been forgiven, so she has shown Me much love.’ Luke 7:47 NLT

The Bible says: ‘One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to have dinner with him, … When a certain immoral woman from that city heard He was eating there, she brought a beautiful alabaster jar filled with expensive perfume. Then she knelt behind Him at His feet, weeping. Her tears fell on His feet, and she wiped them off with her hair. Then she kept kissing His feet and putting perfume on them. When the Pharisee who had invited Him saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, He would know what kind...More



Wednesday, March 5, 2025

You are not beyond God’s reach

‘But He needed to go through Samaria.’ John 4:4 NKJV

The Bible says that Jesus ‘… left Judea and departed again to Galilee. But He needed to go through Samaria’ (John 4:3-4 NKJV). In case you may not be aware of it, Samaria was not on the way to Galilee. Actually, it was miles out of the way. Yet, the Bible says Jesus ‘needed to go’. Think about it: it was a long journey, and He was on foot. It was hot. As a Jew, He wouldn’t be welcomed there because of a long-standing animosity between Jews and Samaritans. As for the woman at the well that He went to meet, women in that culture were forbidden to...More



Tuesday, March 4, 2025

God cares about you

‘Give all your worries and cares to God, for He cares about you.’ 1 Peter 5:7 NLT

Charles Weigle was an itinerant American evangelist who enjoyed travelling and preaching, despite the rigours of the road. His wife, however, grew disillusioned with her frequently absent husband. One day Charles returned home to find this note: ‘Charlie, I’ve been a fool. I’ve done without a lot of things … from here on out, I’m getting all I can out of what the world owes me. I know you will continue to be a fool for Jesus, but for me, it’s goodbye!’ He was stunned, and depression swept over him like a tidal wave....More



Monday, March 3, 2025

You are commanded to love

‘A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another;’ John 13:34 NKJV

Love is not an emotion, because you cannot command someone to feel a certain way. Loving someone is a choice that manifests itself in your attitudes and actions towards that person. Jesus said, ‘“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another”’ (John 13:34-35 NKJV). Jesus called this a new commandment. What’s new about it? These words: ‘… as I have loved you,...More



Sunday, March 2, 2025

The importance of fellowship

‘All the believers devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, and to fellowship,’ Acts 2:42 NLT

Euclid was a Greek mathematician who lived about three hundred years after Christ. He is best known for his thirteen-volume series of books called Elements. Two of his axioms of geometry have been revised to produce the modern saying: ‘The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.’ Another way of saying this would be ‘something happens in a group that doesn’t happen alone’. That ‘something’ is called ‘synergy’. It comes from the Greek word sunergia, meaning cooperation and working together....More



Saturday, March 1, 2025

Compassion

‘When He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them,’ Matthew 9:36 NKJV

When you’re self-absorbed and focused on your own interests, it’s easy to overlook people in need and show no concern. But when you commit your life to Christ and decide to follow in His footsteps, that changes. ‘But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd. Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest truly is plentiful, but the labourers are few. Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out labourers into His...More



Friday, February 28, 2025

You’re in the school of faith

‘The righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith.’ Romans 1:17 NKJV

The story has been told of a mother who said to her son, ‘It’s time to get up and go to school.’ He replied, ‘I’m not going to school today!’ His mother said, ‘Why not?’ He replied, ‘Because the children hate me, and the teachers criticise me. Why should I have to go to school and put up with that?’ His mother replied, ‘Because you’re the headteacher!’ Seriously, the Christian life is a school. Paul describes each grade as going ‘from faith to faith’.

In the school of faith, the Holy Spirit is...More



Thursday, February 27, 2025

Be biblical; be bold!

‘The people who know their God shall be strong, and carry out great exploits.’ Daniel 11:32 NKJV

The Bible says, ‘… the people who know their God shall be strong, and carry out great exploits’ (Daniel 11:32 NKJV). This Scripture is not a licence to be arrogant and insensitive to the feelings of others, or to have an overinflated opinion of yourself. It means that when you understand God’s Word, God’s ways, and God’s will, you will be confident in who you are and in what God has called you to do.

When was the last time you attempted to do something for the first time? You say, ‘I am...More



Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Discover what’s special about you

‘In His grace, God has given us different gifts for doing certain things well.’ Romans 12:6 NLT

A fascinating study was done on divergent thinking—which is thinking outside the box. The results? Ninety-eight per cent of children between three and five years old scored in the genius category for divergent thinking. Between eight and ten, that number dropped to 32 per cent. By the time they became teenagers, it dropped down to 10 per cent. And of those over twenty-five, only 2 per cent scored in the genius category for divergent thinking.

That means the older you get, the greater your tendency will...More



Tuesday, February 25, 2025

Your prayers will be answered

‘”Your prayers and your acts of charity have ascended as a memorial offering before God.”’ Acts 10:4 CSB

God told Cornelius that his prayers had gone up as a memorial before him. Memorials are usually built for people who are dead and gone. What a great promise this is. Even after you have gone to heaven, the prayers you pray on behalf of your loved ones become a memorial before God, getting His attention and moving Him to action. So, don’t stop praying.

Saint Augustine is considered to be one of the most influential figures in the history of Christianity, but he didn’t start out well. Young...More



Monday, February 24, 2025

Live by obedience, not emotion

‘The woman saw that the tree was good for food … pleasant to the eyes, and … desirable.’ Genesis 3:6 NKJV

Emotions have a tone that we call ‘feeling’. And the tone of feeling is very strong. Most of us realise how we feel. We make decisions driven by feeling. Relationships are established or damaged because of feeling. Seeing what felt good, enjoyable, and to be desired is what led Eve to disobedience. The Bible does not say she was hungry; otherwise, she would have eaten of every other tree in the garden of Eden. Emotional drama in the first woman, opened the door to emotional drama in all of us. So,...More



Sunday, February 23, 2025

Keep going, and you will succeed

‘So let’s not get tired of doing what is good.’ Galatians 6:9 NLT

In life, you’re going to have all kinds of problems. So, what should you do? Persevere! No matter what’s going on in your life, the victory is in refusing to quit. Keep in mind that in the heat of your struggles, the Holy Spirit is often doing His greatest work within you. Paul writes, ‘… but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; and perseverance, character; and character, hope’ (Romans 5:3-4 NKJV).

God is not moved by circumstances, and you must not be either. He will lead you...More



Saturday, February 22, 2025

Want what God wants

‘The king said to me, “What is it you want?”’ Nehemiah 2:4 NIV

The rebuilding of Jerusalem’s walls began with two questions the king asked Nehemiah. The first question was ‘What is bothering you?’ (see Nehemiah 2:2). The second question was ‘What is it you want?’ (Nehemiah 2:4 NIV). Nehemiah replied, ‘… send me to the city in Judah where my ancestors are buried so that I can rebuild it’ (Nehemiah 2:5 NIV). Nehemiah knew exactly what he wanted, because a passion for it had been conceived in his spirit. He had been thinking and praying about it for quite a few months when the king asked him...More



Friday, February 21, 2025

What’s keeping you from winning?

‘Let us lay aside every weight … and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.’ Hebrews 12:1 NKJV

In ancient Greece, athletes practised with weights strapped to their bodies. But on the day of the race, they took them off in order to win. What’s keeping you from running and winning?

1) Comparing yourself to others? The only person you should compare yourself to is you. Your objective is to become better today than you were yesterday. You do that by concentrating on what you can do today to improve and develop. If you do that often enough, and if you compare the way you were...More



Thursday, February 20, 2025

Practise being tender-hearted

‘Be kind to one another, tender-hearted,’ Ephesians 4:32 NKJV

In his best-selling book 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, author Stephen Covey describes an experience he had on a subway in New York. A man and his children boarded the train, and the children were so loud and rambunctious, they disrupted the entire car. The man sat down beside Covey, seemingly oblivious to the situation. Covey finally said, ‘Sir, your children are really disturbing a lot of people. I wonder if you couldn’t control them a little more?’ The man looked startled. Then he said, ‘Oh, you’re right. I guess I should do...More



Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Everybody has a thorn (1)

‘A thorn in the flesh was given to me,’ 2 Corinthians 12:7 NKJV

Paul writes: ‘...a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I be exalted above measure. Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me. And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me … For when I am weak, then I am strong’ (2 Corinthians 12:7-10 NKJV). Paul had such great faith that when he prayed, the sick were...More



Monday, February 17, 2025

God can keep you together

‘Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.’ Matthew 19:6 NKJV

This may come as a surprise to you, but the main purpose of marriage is not to produce children. Couples who cannot give birth are as married as couples who can. Jesus said, ‘… “For this reason, a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh”’ (Matthew 19:5 NKJV). When God looks at a parent and child, He sees two. When God looks at a brother and sister, He sees two. But when God looks at a husband and wife, He sees one. ‘Joined together’ means ‘to be glued...More



Sunday, February 16, 2025

Faith equals righteousness with God

‘Abraham “believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.”’ Galatians 3:6 NKJV

Some might think of Abraham as having a halo around his head. Hardly. Not once, but twice he throws his wife under the bus. As they travelled through Egypt, Abram says to Sarai, ‘You’re a beautiful woman; I’m afraid the Egyptians will want to kill me so someone can have you for a wife, so let’s tell them you’re my sister’ (see Genesis 12:11-13). Pharaoh does take Sarai into his harem and gives Abram, her ‘brother’, a bunch of sheep, cattle, donkeys, servants, and camels. Rather than feeling guilty...More



Saturday, February 15, 2025

A peaceful state of mind

‘And let the peace of God rule in your hearts,’ Colossians 3:15 NKJV

God wants you to have a peaceful state of mind. His word says: ‘And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful.’ (Colossians 3:15 NKJV). No position or possession is worthwhile if you don’t have peace; money, status, popularity—it’s all meaningless if you lack peace. You simply cannot put a price on the value of peace. Many of us spend our lives trying to climb the ladder of success, but every time we go up one more rung, we lose more of our peace and joy, not to mention time...More



Friday, February 14, 2025

Intimacy, dependency, obedience (3)

‘For I seek not to please myself but Him who sent me.’ John 5:30 NIV

Obedience is the third thing that defines Jesus’ relationship with His Father. Jesus said, ‘“By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear … for I seek not to please myself but Him who sent me.’ (John 5:30 NIV). Note the words ‘as I hear’. When you know you have heard from God, you have confidence to handle whatever life throws at you, and to take on any assignment He gives you.

Christ’s first miracle was turning water into wine at a wedding in Cana. In it you will find a statement that’s crucial to...More



Thursday, February 13, 2025

Intimacy, dependency, obedience (2)

‘The Son can do nothing by Himself; He can do only what He sees his Father doing,’ John 5:19 NIV

Dependency is the second thing that defines Jesus’ relationship with His Father. Corrie ten Boom used to say, ‘I am just the glove, Jesus is the hand that fills it and works through it.’ That’s a picture of Christ’s relationship with His heavenly Father, and it’s a blueprint for the kind of relationship you can have with God. In the Bible you will notice two all-important things about Jesus:

1) He never seemed to suffer from the fear of failing, like we so often do. Why? Because He prayed...More



Wednesday, February 12, 2025

Intimacy, dependency, obedience (1)

‘For the Father loves the Son and shows him all he does.’ John 5:20 NIV

These three things define the relationship Jesus had with His Father, and they are a blueprint for the kind of relationship you need to build with God: intimacy, dependency, obedience.

First: let’s look at intimacy. Jesus said, ‘For the Father loves the Son and shows him all he does. …’ (John 5:20 NIV). You only reveal yourself, including your innermost thoughts and secrets, to someone with whom you are intimate. And when you become intimate with God, He will share with you things that others are not privy to. David’s...More



Tuesday, February 11, 2025

Blessing is progressive

‘Gather all Israel to me on Mount Carmel,’ 1 Kings 18:19 NKJV

The greatest chapter in the story of Elijah’s life took place on Mount Carmel. That’s when he called down fire from heaven, defeated the prophets of Baal, and turned the hearts of the Israelites back to God. The word ‘Carmel’ means ‘fruitful ground’. But before Elijah could get to Mount Carmel, he had to go through two places:

First: God led him to the brook called Cherith. The word ‘Cherith’ means ‘to make covenant with’. It was here that Elijah discovered that God is a covenant-making and covenant-keeping God who can...More



Monday, February 10, 2025

The difference between Abraham and Peter

‘But when he saw the strong wind and the waves, he was terrified and began to sink.’ Matthew 14:30 NLT

When Peter stepped out of the boat at the command of Jesus, he was doing something he had never done before; something miraculous—walking on water. As long as he remained in faith, he was successful, but when fear gripped his heart, he began to sink. The Bible says, ‘But when he saw the strong wind and the waves, he was terrified and began to sink. “Save me, Lord!” he shouted. Jesus immediately reached out and grabbed him. “You have so little faith,” Jesus said. “Why did you doubt me?”’...More



Sunday, February 9, 2025

Are YOU feeling unqualified?

‘“The God of heaven Himself will prosper us; therefore we His servants will arise and build,”’ Nehemiah 2:20 NKJV

With its walls torn down, Jerusalem was defenceless against her enemies. So, Nehemiah assembled a team to rebuild the walls. He had no training for this job. He wasn’t an architect or a builder. Jerusalem was far away, and he had never been there. Any way you look at it, he was unqualified for the job. That’s a common denominator with many of the people God has used in a remarkable way.

Noah was a farmer, called to build a boat in the desert. David was a shepherd, called to...More



Saturday, February 8, 2025

Improve your self-talk

‘I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth.’ Psalm 34:1 NKJV

Whether you know it or not, you have an ongoing conversation with yourself. How does it sound? Do you encourage yourself? Or do you condemn yourself? If you are positive, then you strengthen your positive self-image. If you are negative, you weaken your self-worth. If you’re serious about improving your life, then you must improve the way you think of yourself. And to do that, you must change the way you talk to yourself. And the older you grow, the more responsible you are for the way you think, talk, and...More



Friday, February 7, 2025

Breaking out of the failure syndrome

‘Despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us.’ Romans 8:37 NLT

When you have been abused, rejected, or abandoned, it’s easy to become shame based and end up with a very poor self-image. The devil knows this, so he will attack your personal confidence whenever he can find an opening. He wants you to believe that you are a failure, because without confidence you will never step out and try to do the things you truly want to do. He does not want you to fulfil God’s plan for your life. If he can make you believe that you are incapable, then you won’t even try to...More



Thursday, February 6, 2025

Prayer (2)

‘Men always ought to pray and not lose heart.’ Luke 18:1 NKJV

People who did not grow up in Christian homes and are told to pray to seek Jesus usually have no idea what to say or how to say it.

Even after they are saved, they still struggle with how to pray. While God hears our words regardless of how they are said, Jesus taught about how to pray because the disciples asked Him to. They may not have desired to write dissertations on it, but they wanted to know how to pray. It’s the only time in the Bible where one person clearly teaches another person how to pray, and all because of a request from...More



Wednesday, February 5, 2025

Prayer (1)

‘Lord, teach us to pray,’ Luke 11:1 NKJV

Demonstrating an uncommon level of honesty, a well-known pastor says: ‘Prayer is the biggest struggle I have … It’s difficult to maintain a consistent prayer life, and especially difficult to sustain the conviction that it does any good at times.’ Prayer doesn’t come naturally for the majority of us. We know it’s supposed to be a dialogue, but often it feels like a monologue. There is nothing worse than trying to talk with someone who won’t talk back. We don’t like to admit it, but often what we are really wondering about prayer is, ‘How can I pray so...More



Tuesday, February 4, 2025

You choose: Your calling or your comfort

‘When they came to Harran, they settled there.’ Genesis 11:31 NIV

The Bible says, ‘Terah took his son Abram … and together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. But when they came to Harran, they settled there’ (Genesis 11:31 NIV). A Christian author writes: ‘Terah accompanied Abram for part of the journey to Canaan, but then he stopped … Terah and his family begin their story in Ur, the great centre of wealth and education and the land of idols. Then they begin on this road, which passes through the city of Harran and then down into Canaan … For Terah, the father of Abram, the...More



Monday, February 3, 2025

Faithfulness

‘Well done, good and faithful servant;’ Matthew 25:23 NKJV

Jesus begins the parable of the talents with these words: ‘“For the kingdom of heaven is like …’ (Matthew 25:14 NKJV). And one of the strongest points He makes is the importance of being faithful. Whether God gives you five talents, two talents, or one talent, the thing that matters to Him is your faithfulness. ‘His lord said to him, “Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord”’ (Matthew 25:21 NKJV).

You will notice that He...More



Sunday, February 2, 2025

Don’t give place to pride

‘Our sufficiency is from God.’ 2 Corinthians 3:5 NKJV

Before his 1971 fight with Joe Frazier, American boxer Muhammad Ali said: ‘There’s not a man alive who can whup me. [He jabbed at the air with his blinding left.] I’m too smart. [He tapped his head with his glove.] I’m too pretty. [He showed the cameras his profile, like a bust on a pedestal.] I am the greatest! I am the king! I should be a postage stamp—that’s the only way I’ll ever get licked!’

Guess what happened in that fight? To the amazement of all, especially himself, Ali lost to Frazier. When confidence in your own ability...More



Saturday, February 1, 2025

Are you searching for meaning?

‘I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind.’
Ecclesiastes 1:14 NIV

Are you thinking that if you had more money or greater success, you would be happy? Tennis star Boris Becker said: ‘I had won Wimbledon twice before, once as the youngest player. I was rich. I had all the material possessions I needed … It’s the old song of movie stars and pop stars who commit suicide. They have everything, and yet they are so unhappy. I had no inner peace.’

Solomon made the same discovery. ‘I have seen all the things that are done...More



Friday, January 31, 2025

Friendship

‘A friend is always loyal, and a brother is born to help in time of need.’ Proverbs 17:17 NLT

Jonathan was the rightful heir to the throne of his father, Saul, but David had been called by God to succeed Saul as Israel’s next king. From day one, they were on a collision course. They had everything to lose by becoming friends, because ultimately only one of them could reign. So how did they handle it? Were they competitive, or suspicious, or jealous of one another? No, because neither was interested in promoting himself. The Bible says, ‘And Jonathan made a solemn pact with David, because he loved him as he...More



Thursday, January 30, 2025

Keep praying for your children

‘Direct your children onto the right path, and when they are older, they will not leave it.’ Proverbs 22:6 NLT

The Prodigal Son eventually came back home and was restored to his place in the family. When he lost everything and ended up feeding pigs, the Bible says, ‘He came to himself’ (see Luke 15:17). It’s hard to watch someone you love suffer but sometimes they need to hit the bottom in order to turn around. The Prodigal’s breaking point became his turning point. ‘I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you”’ (Luke 15:18 NKJV)....More



Wednesday, January 29, 2025

Getting beyond it

‘Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh. … the second he called Ephraim.’ Genesis 41:51-52 NKJV

When you experience tragedy or loss, unless you get help, you can shut down emotionally and remain stuck. And when you focus on the pain of the past, you risk forfeiting the blessing God has for you in the future. If anyone had reason to give in to despair and quit, it was Joseph. Those who should have loved him resented and betrayed him. He was slandered, lied about, and falsely imprisoned. How did he survive it? Four times in Genesis 39, the Bible says, ‘The Lord was with Joseph.’

Having...More



Tuesday, January 28, 2025

Only Jesus can satisfy your soul

‘Whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst.’ John 4:14 NKJV

The woman Jesus met at the well had been married five times. She had tried multiple relationships in an attempt to fill the void within her. But it didn’t work for her, and it won’t work for you. Neither will climbing the corporate ladder, or acquiring more and more stuff, or achieving fame. Note what Jesus told this woman: ‘… “Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again’ (John 4:13 NKJV). When you’re in the desert without water, there comes a point at which you start seeing mirages and believing things that...More



Monday, January 27, 2025

Understanding righteousness

‘But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed…’ Romans 3:21 NKJV

You will go to heaven because you trusted in Christ’s righteousness, not your own. You say, ‘But isn’t doing the right things important?’ Absolutely. Your reward in heaven will be predicated upon what you do for God here on earth. But your salvation depends on trusting in Christ’s performance, not your own. Satan knows this, and he will try to drive you back to performance-based Christian living. And when you fail, as you assuredly will, he will condemn you and tell you that you don’t measure up and, therefore,...More



Sunday, January 26, 2025

When God shows up

‘Our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace…’ Daniel 3:17 NKJV

When Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego refused to bow before Nebuchadnezzar’s ninety-foot golden god, he threatened them with a fiery furnace. Here is what they told him: ‘… our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us from your hand, O king. But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we do not serve your gods, …’ (Daniel 3:17-18 NKJV). When does God show up? When you say, ‘God is able to deliver me, but if not, I’m going to serve Him...More



Saturday, January 25, 2025

Glean, store up, and share

‘Gather all the food of those good years that are coming, and store up grain.’ Genesis 41:35 NKJV

Notice what Joseph told Pharaoh: ‘… to collect one-fifth of the produce of the land of Egypt in the seven plentiful years. And let them gather all the food of those good years that are coming, and store up grain … Then that food shall be as a reserve for the land for the seven years of famine which shall be in the land of Egypt, that the land may not perish during the famine’ (Genesis 41:34-36 NKJV). There are two important lessons for us in this story.

1) Don’t let your bad times eat up your...More



Friday, January 24, 2025

Don’t give up!

‘To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven.’ Ecclesiastes 3:1 NKJV

Solomon says there is ‘A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; a time to gain, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to throw away; a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep...More



Thursday, January 23, 2025

God cares about the details of your life

‘The very hairs of your head are all numbered.’ Luke 12:7 NKJV

If you want to know how incomprehensively big God is, read this: ‘Indeed My hand has laid the foundation of the earth, and My right hand has stretched out the heavens; when I call to them, they stand together’ (Isaiah 48:13 NKJV). Could such a God care about your daily troubles and woes? Yes. ‘Are not five sparrows sold for two copper coins? And not one of them is forgotten before God. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows’ (Luke 12:6-7 NKJV).

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Wednesday, January 22, 2025

What it takes to do God’s will

‘Lord, what do You want me to do?’ Acts 9:6 NKJV

Paul’s life changed forever when, trembling and astonished, he asked the question, ‘… Lord, what do You want me to do?’ Note how God answered his question: ‘… Arise and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do’ (Acts 9:6 NKJV). Discovering God’s will takes place in steps.

Step one is awareness. You cannot change direction if you’re unaware you’re heading in the wrong direction, so spend some time thinking about where you’re presently heading. If it’s not where you need to go, then write down the steps you must...More



Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Believe God, in spite of the odds

‘Our sufficiency is from God.’ 2 Corinthians 3:5 NKJV

Gideon’s army of thirty-two thousand men is enormously outnumbered by the Midianites when God tells him, ‘You have too many men.’ He instructs Gideon to release anyone who is afraid, and Gideon loses two-thirds of his army. Now he has only ten thousand men. Again, the Lord says, ‘There are still too many men,’ and reduces Gideon’s army to three hundred men. At that moment, the odds had to be a million to one. And it even gets better! God directs Gideon to attack the Midianites with trumpets and pitchers. Now for the real kicker: Israel...More



Monday, January 20, 2025

You will be rewarded for it

‘The sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.’ Romans 8:18 NKJV

In 1857, Scottish missionary David Livingstone gave this speech at Cambridge University: ‘People talk of the sacrifice I have made in spending so much of my life in Africa … Away with the word in such a view and with such a thought! It is emphatically no sacrifice. Say rather it is a privilege. Anxiety, sickness, suffering, or danger now and then with a foregoing of the common conveniences and charities of this life may make us pause and cause the spirit to waver and the soul...More



Sunday, January 19, 2025

Personal growth; commit to it

‘Meditate on these things; give yourself entirely to them, that your progress may be evident to all.’ 1 Timothy 4:15 NKJV

Paul had a succession plan for his ministry. That’s why he mentored Timothy and instructed him, ‘Meditate on these things; give yourself entirely to them, that your progress may be evident to all.’ (1 Timothy 4:15 NKJV) The words ‘that your progress may be evident to all’ mean that growth is measurable.

Question: as you look back over the last few years of your life, in what areas have you grown? Before you read on, take a moment, and think carefully about how you...More



Saturday, January 18, 2025

Prodigal, come home!

‘His older son … was angry.’ Luke 15:25,28 NKJV

The parable of the prodigal son is about two brothers and their father’s love for each. The younger one dishonoured his father and ended up in a pigpen. When he returned home, he had lost everything—except his father’s love. So, no matter who you are or what you have done—God loves you and wants you in His family. Jesus made an amazing statement: ‘“And he arose and came to his father. But when he was still a great way off, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him’ (Luke 15:20 NKJV).

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Friday, January 17, 2025

We all need the same grace

‘God, be merciful to me a sinner!’ Luke 18:13 NKJV

Jesus said: ‘Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, “God, I thank You that I am not like other men—extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector. I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I possess.” And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, “God, be merciful to me a sinner!” I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; …’...More



Thursday, January 16, 2025

God is at work!

‘Everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord.’ Philippians 3:8 NLT

The experiences you had before you committed your life to Christ, including things you regret, can be redeemed, and put to good use. Before Paul met Christ on the Damascus road, his life had been dedicated to the study of Old Testament law. ‘… I was a member of the Pharisees, who demand the strictest obedience to the Jewish law. I was so zealous that I harshly persecuted the church. And as for righteousness, I obeyed the law without fault’ (Philippians 3:5-6 NLT). Looking back, Paul...More



Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Knowing the counterfeit from the genuine

‘For even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.’ 2 Corinthians 11:14 ESV

In 2 Corinthians 11, Paul reveals four ways in which Satan works like a master counterfeiter.

First, he supplies a counterfeit saviour: ‘… For even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.’ (2 Corinthians 11:14 ESV) So though there are cults that preach Jesus, they do not preach the Christ of Christianity.

Second, Satan presents counterfeit servants: ‘For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. … So it is no surprise if his servants, also,...More



Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Throw out your fears

‘There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment.’ 1 John 4:18 NKJV

When you were young and said a bad word, your parents may have threatened to wash your mouth out with soap. Well, if fear is a dirty word, then faith in God’s unconditional love for you is like soap! Too many put the cart before the horse. We believe that God accepts us based on the degree of our love for Him rather than on the degree of His love for us. The Bible says, ‘We love Him because He first loved us’ (1 John 4:19 NKJV). God’s love for you is not based upon your performance but...More



Monday, January 13, 2025

Determine to finish strong

‘By His divine power, God has given us everything we need for living a godly life.’ 2 Peter 1:3 NLT

Following God means finishing what He has called you to do. Not everyone who starts out well finishes well. Occasionally we’re shocked and saddened to learn that a leader has been brought down by a moral or a financial problem. Paul writes, ‘Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you’ (Colossians 4:14 KJV). Later, he writes, ‘For Demas has forsaken me, having loved this present world, …’ (2 Timothy 4:10 NKJV). There are three forces arrayed against you, and they never let up: the world, the...More



Sunday, January 12, 2025

Freed from the drama of emotions

‘Put on your new nature, created to be like God—truly righteous and holy.’ Ephesians 4:24 NLT

Dealing with crucifixion, Jesus prayed in the garden of Gethsemane. He felt intense emotions. ‘And being in agony, He prayed more earnestly. Then His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground’ (Luke 22:44 NKJV). So strong were these emotions that He prayed for the cup of crucifixion to pass. But that night, Jesus broke the domination of emotions by obedience to the will of His Father, saying, ‘… not My will, but Yours, be done’ (Luke 22:42 NKJV). Not only can emotions be ruled by...More



Saturday, January 11, 2025

Show compassion to everyone (2)

‘He saw a great multitude; and He was moved with compassion for them, and healed their sick.’ Matthew 14:14 NKJV

Jesus demonstrated compassion wherever He went. He taught that we must care for ‘the least’ among us (see Matthew 25:40). The New Testament church continued His ‘brand’ by doing away with racism and lots of other ‘isms’. ‘There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus’ (Galatians 3:28 NKJV). Following Christ means showing compassion to everyone, whether you like them or not. You’re called to...More



Friday, January 10, 2025

Show compassion to everyone (1)

‘Whenever you give a banquet, invite people who are poor, who have disabilities, who are limping, and people who are blind.’ Luke 14:13 NASB20

Luke writes, ‘It happened, that when He went into the house of one of the leaders of the Pharisees on the Sabbath to eat bread, they were watching Him closely’ (Luke 14:1 NASB20). That day He turned one of their most prized religious traditions on its ear by saying, ‘“But whenever you give a banquet, invite people who are poor, who have disabilities, who are limping, and people who are blind; and you will be blessed, since they do not have the means to repay...More



Wednesday, January 8, 2025

Soul care

‘Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers.’ 3 John 1:2 NKJV

Your body is like an ‘earth suit’ that will eventually die and be replaced with a new, celestial, Christlike body. Paul writes, ‘But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, …’ (2 Corinthians 4:7 KJV). The treasure, the thing that matters most, the thing that will live for eternity, is your soul. John writes, ‘Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers.’ (3 John 1:2 NKJV)

Someone has estimated that the average body...More



Tuesday, January 7, 2025

Three steps to spiritual restoration

‘The goodness of God leads you to repentance.’ Romans 2:4 NKJV

Satan wants to convince you your failures are so bad that they disqualify you in God’s eyes, that you’re unworthy of His love and grace, and that you should avoid God altogether. Don’t believe him. Here are three steps that lead to spiritual restoration:

1) Repent. Acknowledge your sin, renounce it, and trust in the shed blood of Jesus to forgive you. God loved you when you were a sinner, and He loves you no less as one of His redeemed children who has blown it.

2) Restitution. When your actions have hurt...More



Monday, January 6, 2025

God can heal your memories

‘And the former shall not be remembered or come to mind.’ Isaiah 65:17 NKJV

Satan is called ‘the accuser’, and he will try to keep you focused on your past. He can hurt you every day unless you accept God’s forgiveness, forgive yourself, and move forward. At the cross, Jesus bore both your sin and shame, but Satan wants you to keep carrying them. Where can you find an answer? Look at these Scriptures:

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‘For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former shall not be remembered or come to mind’ (Isaiah 65:17 NKJV). You say, ‘But that’s in the future.’ True....More



Sunday, January 5, 2025

God has an assignment for you to fulfil

‘I am sure of this, that He who started a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.’ Philippians 1:6 CSB

Your God-given assignment in life comes with three things.

1) A plan. ‘I am sure of this, that He who started a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.’ (Philippians 1:6 CSB) As you spend time with the Lord in prayer, He will reveal His plan to you. And He will do it one step at a time. You might say, ‘But what if I make a mistake? What if I stumble?’ The Bible says, ‘The Lord directs the steps of the godly. He...More



Saturday, January 4, 2025

Are you doing what you’re supposed to do?

‘For we are … created … to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.’ Ephesians 2:10 NIV

In his book, How Successful People Grow, John Maxwell identifies three kinds of people:

1) People who don’t know what they would like to do… They lack a strong sense of purpose … They dabble. They drift. They … have no idea what to shoot for. I believe the main reason is that they don’t know themselves as well as they should and thus remain unfocused in their growth.

2) People who know what they would like to do but don’t do it … Sometimes they aren’t doing what...More



Friday, January 3, 2025

Abiding: the secret of perpetual fruitfulness

‘He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit…’ John 15:5 NKJV

If serving the Lord stresses you out, read what Jesus said: ‘Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. 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 15:4-5 NKJV). When you see grapes on a vine, it’s a picture of effortless growth.

One day when the great missionary J. Hudson Taylor felt overworked and worried, he read a letter from a friend...More



Thursday, January 2, 2025

The importance of being alone with God

‘When He had sent the multitudes away, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray.’ Matthew 14:23 NKJV

Jesus was both human and divine. Because we tend to think of Him as the Son of God more than the Son of Man, we overlook what we can learn from His human experience. When Jesus miraculously fed five thousand people, His divine power and prerogatives were on display (see Matthew 14:13-21). Yet after the event, we see His humanity in ways we should be able to identify with. After dismissing the crowd and sending the disciples away, Jesus withdrew to a solitary spot on the mountainside to be alone with God....More



Wednesday, January 1, 2025

Start by forgiving

‘Forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.’ Ephesians 4:32 NIV

If you would like to start the New Year with a clean slate and travelling lighter, let go of the old grudges that are weighing you down. American author Philip Yancey describes forgiveness as ‘an unnatural act’. He says, ‘You don’t find dolphins forgiving sharks for eating their playmates. It’s a dog-eat-dog world … not dog-forgive-dog.’ Bitterness and hatred come naturally when you have been hurt. Forgiving is supernatural and requires the grace of God, but remember, Jesus said, ‘But if you do not forgive others...More



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