No, not the in-your-face-I’m-better-than-you kinda snobbery that we love to wear as masks to hide our true inner shortcomings.Holiness is not in the length of your skirt or the (non)flashiness of your jewellery. It’s not in the cleanliness of your face or the angelic purity of your expression during church service. It’s not in the […]
Have you ever been asked:
“How come God has a Son if He isn’t human and He doesn’t have a wife?’
Hosea.“When the Lord first spoke to Hosea…” He did not rationalize (or he would have disobeyed and we wouldn’t have one of the most practical examples of God’s love) He didn’t consider his own pride. He went; and he obeyed.The lesson of Hosea? God alone is our source. The moment we begin to wonder, our
Whether we like it or not; pay attention to it or not; there’s this group of people around us who always watch out for everything we do. They listen attentively to whatever we have to say and more often than not, imitate what we do. The typical human has a desire to “belong” and so
Exodus 15:20-21 Miriam was from a family of priests, but she had her own ministry, her own purpose. She was a great influence among her people. Yet, years down the line, she lost sight of her role as a supporting pillar in the presence of God and envied the top spot, leading others astray. When
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
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
It’s a fight of active brainwashing
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
People claim “peace to reign”, and simply sweep matters under the carpet as against addressing the underlying issue. No consequences, no new laws, no boundaries, no compensation, no behavioral therapy, nothing. Just ” apologies” and show of “reconciliation”. Then the same issue keeps popping up with increasingly worse manifestations and we keep burying an insanely
