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...
Category: Spiritual Guidance
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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...
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15 March 2024 – Stronghold – Part 5
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. A spiritual stronghold is built layer by layer and will...
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14 March 2024 – Stronghold – Part 4
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. A stronghold is not built with a single brick. Brick...
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13 March 2024 – Stronghold – Part 3
Zachariah 2:5 And I myself will be a wall of fire around it,’ declares the LORD, ‘and I will be its glory within.’ In the medieval times thick stones and lime-mortar were the building materials used to build strongholds and forts. The walls were normally decorated and the height was about 36m – 40m and...
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12 March 2024 – Stronghold – Part 2
Psalms 144:2 He is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer. He is my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me. A stronghold is a well-defended place surrounded by armed military force. It need not necessarily be a building or a walled fortress. The word “stronghold” is...