When we attempt to force people to forgive and forget on our own terms, we teach them their feelings don’t matter, that their human agency is not valid, but also set the tone for a culture of impunity to take root, and a system of repeated offences and abuse is enabled. Here’s what you can do instead
2 Cor 13 Even though my human nature is weak, it isn’t an excuse good enough for my spirit to be weak. Too often, we live our lives to impress, to give others the impression that we’re awesome. We want to project the perfect persona, the ‘spiritual’ person who has conquered sin. But on the
You will make progress. However, progress might not happen the way society has conditioned you to expect it. …and when you focus on outcomes as against goals, the goals you were conditioned to chase fall into your lap, as natural occurrences in the course of your life
2 Chronicles 24 tell us about how Josiah followed God until his mentor died. It makes me wonder, yet once again, just how many of us are surviving on other people’s faith: your fellowship’s faith, your mentor’s faith, your friend’s faith, your parents’ faith etc. They all have THEIR faith. Where’s yours? What’s going to
For example, I stutter… but I have never stuttered while teaching Scriptures, and more recently, I found that I almost do not stutter when I talk about autism, ADHD and neurodivergence in general.
I do not stutter when on assignment. I do not stutter when in a prophetic flow.
Number 1 would push you to grow, number 2 would push you to acceptance.
It’s also like when you have Cameroon pepper, fresh habanero and jalepeno
Each of them is pepper, but each one has a different effect on the taste of the recipe, and so you must know which to deploy when making your dish that would produce the spicy effect that you want without overpowering (or being overpowered by) the taste of the other spices and seasonings in your food.
It’s a fight of active brainwashing
if you did not do too well, don’t punish yourself by overcramming the next time slot. It would be setting yourself up for premium tears
What is at the heart of your relationship with God?
Knowing what He has asked you to do keeps you in line, in check, and on the right path of purpose and doing His will.
Most poignant lessons I learned in the past year
Exodus 3:2 – 4 (NLT) There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a blazing fire from the middle of a bush. Moses stared in amazement. Though the bush was engulfed in flames, it didn’t burn up. “This is amazing,” Moses said to himself. “Why isn’t that bush burning up? I must go
Controlling people breeds a toxic cycle – because people being controlled go on to control others. Breaking it requires being firm on 3 fronts: With the person who controlled you With yourself With others around you With the person who controlled you – Draw boundaries, and stick to them. Explain if need be (sometimes they
