James 1:3-4 3 Knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. 4 But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. Patience is a fruit that only grows through tough trials – testing of your faith produces patience. “Patience is bitter but its fruit is sweet. – Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Patience...
Category: Spiritual Encouragement
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30 March 2022 – Seven Good Habits – Part 5
James 1:19 Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry. Listening is a ‘finely tuned art’. There are radio waves in almost any environment but unless we tune to the frequency, we will not be able to receive the radio signals. Twittering, hissing or buzzing sounds indicate that there...
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29 March 2022 – Seven Good Habits – Part 4
Genesis 50:21 Joseph said to them “don’t be afraid. I will provide for you and your children. And he reassured them and spoke kindly to them”. As long we are alive and breathing, there will be betrayal, backbiting and bickering. Forgiveness is a healthy habit that must be fostered and nurtured. No matter how brutal the betrayal...
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28 March 2022 – Seven Good Habits – Part 3
Genesis 14:20b Then Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of all the goods he had recovered. Abraham gave tithe even before the law of Moses included tithing as a requirement in the Mosaic law. “Giving and generosity” must not be under compulsion but must be an expression of deep gratitude for God’s goodness and graciousness. We...
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27 March 2022 – Seven Good Habits – Part 2
Judges 16:1 One day Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute. He went in to spend the night with her. Both good and bad habits start small. “Small disciplines repeated with consistency every day lead to great achievements gained slowly over time.” – John C Maxwell. Big achievements are a result of small beginnings. The...
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26 March 2022 – Seven Good Habits – Part 1
Daniel 6:10a Even after Daniel heard that this law had been signed, he continued his custom of going home to kneel down to prayer and give thanks to God in the upper chamber, three times a day, with the windows open toward Jerusalem. (NAB) Thoughts become words, words become actions, repeated actions become behaviours and...
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25 March 2022 – The Power of Two – Part 7
John 15:5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing”. The most powerful partnership on earth is our intimacy with Jesus. Our human relationships will be effective and encrypted only when we have an intimate...
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24 March 2022 – The Power of Two – Part 6
Romans 16:3 Greet Priscilla and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus, who for my life risked their own necks. Priscilla and Aquila were the Apostle Paul’s travelling missionary companions. They were tentmakers and had an established leather-works business in Corinth which is where they met Paul. Priscilla and Aquila were Jews expelled from Rome...
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23 March 2022 – The Power of Two – Part 5
Exodus 17:12 When Moses’ hands grew tired, they took a stone and put it under him and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held his hands up—one on one side, one on the other—so that his hands remained steady till sunset. Hand-eye coordination is also referred to as “the fundamental cognitive skill”. It is the...
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22 March 2022 – The Power of Two – Part 4
1 Samuel 14:12b So Jonathan said to his armor-bearer, “Climb up after me; the Lord has given them into the hand of Israel.” God gave Israel a great victory by the faith and fervor of two, Jonathan, (the son of King Saul) and his armor bearer. The army of Saul was assembled for war without weapons. So...