Isaiah 26:3 “You will keep in perfect and constant peace the one whose mind is steadfast [that is, committed and focused on You—in both inclination and character], Because he trusts and takes refuge in You [with hope and confident expectation]. The roof of the house protects the interior against unfavorable weather conditions. The shape of...
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26 March 2024 – Mind Makeover – Part 2
Matthew 18:3 “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” There is a deliberation about the age of the child that got to sit on the lap of Jesus. Different translations say “He took them in His arms” or “He embraced them” and blessed them. Jesus also...
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25 March 2024 – Mind Makeover – Part 1
Romans 12:2. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind. Extreme Home Makeover was a very popular American reality TV show where teams of contractors, designers and numerous workers race to rebuild houses in seven days. Mind-blowing renovations of the interior, exterior and landscaping is completed in...
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24 March 2024 – Securities – Part 7
Isaiah 25:4 You have been a refuge for the poor, a refuge for the needy in their distress, a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat. For the breath of the ruthless is like a storm driving against a wall. Change is uncomfortable. Change is not welcomed, and change shifts us from...
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23 March 2024 – Securities – Part 6
2 Chronicles 26:16 But after Uzziah became powerful, his pride led to his downfall. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, and entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense. The past achievements that become our “secret securities” will turn into pride. Pride is a self destructive weapon. ‘Above...
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22 March 2024 – Securities – Part 5
Acts 7:35 This is the same Moses they had rejected with the words, ‘Who made you ruler and judge?’ He was sent to be their ruler and deliverer by God himself, through the angel who appeared to him in the bush. Moses left Egypt as a prince but returned as an ordinary peasant. Yet, the...
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21 March 2024 – Securities – Part 4
Psalm 20:7 Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God. The unpleasant link between celebrities and suicide is the pressure that comes with popularity and fame. The stress does not wear-off when they get-off the stage. A continuous performance pressure pushes the most talented...
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20 March 2024 – Securities – Part 3
Psalm 118:8 It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man. Humans are “social beings” and we need the support of social connections for our emotional and mental wellbeing. We need the comfort of family and friends to develop self-confidence, self-esteem and self-awareness. Isolation pushes people into depression and anxiety...
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19 March 2024 – Securities – Part 2
Matthew 6:21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. An emotionally insecure person lacks confidence in their own abilities and talents and lives under a constant threat that their present positive state is only temporary. They are controlled by fear of losing what they have hence are swirled into the vicious...
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18 March 2024 – Securities – Part 1
Matthew 6:21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. The United Nations Human Development report in 1994 outlined the seven pillars of “Human Securities” as economic, food, health, environmental, personal, community and political securities. The securities that we look for become the treasure that we crave for. In other words, “treasures”...