Category: devotionals
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The Holy Spirit through the eyes of a child.
By the time she got home it had started raining heavily. But somehow the rain did not cause the place to look dark and gloomy, all she could see was light. Her mother got to the kitchen to finish dinner and her siblings were all doing their own thing. Standing…
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What about Faith?
It has never been easy, even as she sees where God is allowing her to eat from trees that she did not plant, and drink from wells that she did not dig. She even sees the table being spread before her enemies, but it’s not yet fully prepared. She still…
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The Bible?
According to 2 Timothy 3: 16-17 All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realise what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right. God uses it…
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What do you believe?
For example: When I stopped reading the bible and stopped going to church a few years ago, I became separated from God. I started believing that God did not care much about us, that we are just like players in His game and our end is final, so it doesn’t…
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Checklist for pleasing God.
The question is asked how do I please God? or How do I know that I am pleasing God? Is there a checklist of things that I can tick off and be assured that if I do those things then I am pleasing God? Have you ever thought that way?…
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Let your roots grow!
But I was always confident in the things that I knew about myself. I would remind myself that; I have worked hard to get here, I am honest in all I do, and I know what I am doing, I have a lot to learn, I am teachable and open…
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Now that you are a Christian, what next?
Many months ago; maybe over a year or so, I started writing about topics that young converts may have questions about. I guess the time as come for me to share. As such, over the next few weeks, I will be posting on these topics as the Spirit leads. Before…
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Cycles…,
Creating and breaking cycles. Have you ever found yourself stuck in a cycle? Having the same events occur repeatedly every few months or years or with each generation? Maybe this cycle begun in generations before and you are now caught in it, or maybe the cycle was created by you.…
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God is honest, He can be trusted! but…
Because of people like the Gibeonites, we may become very suspicious of the people around us and may not believe all that they say. In this world of increasing dishonesty and manipulation for self-gain, we may first mistrust and after some time together may start building trust. This is not…
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Holiness is a personal choice.
While I was prayerfully studying the Exodus of the Israelites, I was renewed with the reminder that; ‘God does not change His mind, it is that He is raising us in compassion and extending mercy to all people because He knows us, and He knows our futures’. I thought of…