Making Each Day a Bit Brighter
Experts have estimated that forty percent of things we worry about will never even happen, thirty percent of things we worry about are things from the past, twelve percent of our worries are about our health (when nothing is actually wrong with us), and ten percent of things we worry about are too petty and… Continue reading
Truly contented people are extremely rare, aren’t they? Why? Because the Enemy has perfected the act of robbing us of our peace. A contented Christian, despite their unlikeable situations, will project loudly the image of Christ. Others notice someone who hangs on to peace in the midst of calamity. It takes something beyond ourselves to do.… Continue reading
School is starting and on any other year, this would leave me with a tinge of excitement. There is something within me that enjoys the start of a brand new year. New teachers. New friends. New backpacks and pencils. Reminiscing of my childhood, I adored back-to-school shopping. As a child, you feel like you have… Continue reading
Gentleness lives in full awareness of what is going on around you, constantly thinking of others before yourself. It is a fruit of the spirit mentioned in Galatians 5:22-23 which is derived from the Greek word prautes, meaning a condition of the heart and mind that will endure injury with patience and peace of mind. In classical Greek,… Continue reading
Dry. Like a barren desert scorched from the heat. Cracks spread widely from the lack of rain. Empty. A feeling of dissatisfaction with life. A void, regardless of many attempts, you are unable to fill. Parched. Your being feels in every ounce of your soul a desire to be refreshed. Your extremities ache within to hear,… Continue reading
We hear we are a “new creation in Jesus Christ” (2 Corinthians 5:17), but what does that actually mean? How do we change who we are? “Throughout Scripture, God was in the habit of giving people new names. Some notable examples are changing Abram to Abraham, Sarai to Sarah, and Jacob to Israel. In the New… Continue reading