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 fourth category of teaching parables Jesus gave, is the parables about neighbours. Using the story of the good Samaritan, Jesus Christ taught us who our neighbour is and how to serve our neighbour. This parable is found in Luke 10:30-37 30 Jesus replied with a story: “A Jewish man was traveling from Jerusalem down to Jericho, …
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This is a short post just to share with you something that jumped out to me during yesterday's church service. One of the christmas hymns we sang was 'Oh Holy Night', which happens to be one of my favourite christmas songs. This song is always on repeat in my house during the christmas season. I …
This is a follow up to a post i wrote previously. Please read He loves us the same first because it lays a foundation to this post. If you are unable to read that first, you will still benefit from this. So stay. The focus of that post was Romans 8:38-39 where Paul reminded us …
As a young believer, I misunderstood the love of God. Even though I knew scriptures that said that the love of God was not based on my works, it sounded too good to be true. I mean how could He love me in my bad days the same way He does on my good days? …
When studying the life of Jacob in the bible, Leah is a character that we often don’t pay great attention to. She was Jacob’s wife; not by her choice or his choice. She was pushed into marriage by her dad to the arms of a man that didn’t want her. Jacob was interested in Rachel, …
Just as you are; Let God love you. He loved you even before you knew right from wrong. You don't need to perform to attract His love for you. I know this can be difficult to understand because it isn't the kind of love we see around. I have heard people question God's love for …
Happy new year to you! I haven't been here much and it's for a good reason. I hope you enjoyed the festive season? I want to use my first blog post this year to encourage you. It is the beginning of the year and i understand that there could be some issues bothering your mind …
I am naturally empathetic. I want to fix the world'sproblem. Whenever I hear an issue, the next thing that comes to my mind is about fixing that issue. I will do anything I can to help. If you are like me, you will understand what I mean. Seeing people struggle hurts me deeply. I remember …
“And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is.” Ephesians 3:18 NLT God's love is wide. It covers the breadth of our own experiences. God's love is long. It continues with us for the length of our lives. God's …
Grace Over Pain 