We are therefore ambassadors, as though God were making His appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God. God made Him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God. 2 Corinthians 5:20-21 I recently...
The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple; the precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes; the fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever; the rules of the...
The Lord said to him, “Who gave human beings their mouths? Who makes them deaf or mute? Who gives them sight or makes them blind? Is it not I, the Lord? Now go; I will help you speak and will teach you what to say.” Exodus 4:11 When I was 12 years old, I remember being asked to...
TGIF! Wait a minute, it’s only Thursday and it’s American Thanksgiving, so to all who celebrate this day, enjoy your turkeys and gatherings with families and friends. TGIF here, stands for something else, I’ll leave that for later. We are entering into our...
A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones. Proverbs 17:22 Is the above verse a preventive medicine for you? This week my organisation, Sowers Exchange Schools, has facilitated a learning experience for students from a Christian School with a Christian NGO here...
When I got to high school, I started getting more serious about playing sports. I thought the best way to get better was to start working out, so I started going to the weight room at my school. I would try to do different exercises, but I was so weak I could barely lift the bar. As time...
Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.” Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. James...
Give me wisdom and knowledge, that I may lead this people, for who is able to govern this great people of yours? 2 Chronicles 1:10 Earlier this month I celebrated the birth of my second child. In the midst of adjusting to this newborn phase of life again, I was asked whether being a parent...
Hallowe’en seems to have become more and more of a dilemma for believers over the years. Growing up in a non-Christian family, it was always something I looked forward to. Now with my own family, we wrestle with the question of what to do, and our stance and responses have varied. Like...
For My people have committed two evils: they have forsaken Me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed out cisterns for themselves, broken cisterns that can hold no water. Jeremiah 2:13 I was at a tech conference the other day where this emotion-detection gadget intrigued me. The...