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”...
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17 March 2024 – Stronghold – Part 7
2 Corinthians 10:4-5 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ. Our mind is like a construction site. The foundation of...
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16 March 2024 – Stronghold – Part 6
Joshua 6:15&20 On the seventh day, they got up at daybreak and marched around the city seven times in the same manner, except that on that day they circled the city seven times. When the trumpets sounded, the army shouted, and at the sound of the trumpet, when the men gave a loud shout, the...