Religion as defined by google is a particular system of faith and worship and the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods. The above definition is great and sounds amazing. However it is possible to belief in something but not allow whatever we believe in control us. …
To ‘affirm’ is to declare it so; it is a positive declaration that validates what we believe to be true. In short, an affirmation is our truth.“Let the weak say ‘I am strong’”, declares the prophet Joel (Joel 3:10).It cannot fail, it cannot be untrue, and there is no element of capriciousness to it. We …
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Since January, we've been studying the teaching parables of Jesus. We have looked at the eight parables about the kingdom of God; the four parables about service and obedience; the two parables about prayer; the parable about neighbours; the two parables on humility and the three parables about wealth. Today we will be looking at …
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The third parable Jesus gave about wealth is the parable of the shrewd manager. This parable is also referred to as the parable of the dishonest manager and it is found in Luke 16:1-13. It reads; 16 Jesus told this story to his disciples: “There was a certain rich man who had a manager handling his affairs. …
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With regards to yesterday’s post, I believe that one of the ways forward is to educate ourselves on what is happening and why it is happening. Christine Caine who is a white preacher and Dr. Anita Phillips who is a black preacher, came together to speak on this. If you want to know how you …
I was walking on the road when i felt him walking behind me. As he walked past me, he turned, spat on my face and yelled "monkey, go back to your country". I was scared. Others walked past me without uttering a word. I felt isolated and alone. It was just me and my 7 …
When my daughters were a lot younger and still in the nappy wearing age, I learnt something about grace through an incident that happened with them. The youngest was still wearing nappy/diaper to sleep. We were trying to get the oldest out of this. So we would wake up at night to get her to …
The second parable Jesus gave about wealth is the parable of the great feast found in Luke 14:16-24. It reads; 16 Jesus replied with this story: “A man prepared a great feast and sent out many invitations. 17 When the banquet was ready, he sent his servant to tell the guests, ‘Come, the banquet is ready.’ 18 But they all began …
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I was nominated by Beverley of Becoming the Oil and Wine for this prestigious award. Beverley is such an encourager within the wordpress blogging community. She is also the author of Harm Not The Oil And Wine. I have eagerly purchased her book and i'm excited to read it. Her love for other bloggers made …
The sixth category of the parables Jesus gave, is the parables about wealth. The first parable in this category is the parable of the rich fool; found in Luke 12:16-21. The bible text say; 16 Then he told them a story: “A rich man had a fertile farm that produced fine crops. 17 He said to himself, ‘What should …
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