The Gifts of a Father

We were raised in a home where a relationship with God was foundational. Prayer and worship were not occasional activities …

Encouraging Faithful Fathers to Lead

God has uniquely called and designed men to be the spiritual leaders of their households. And when men take that role seriously, the ripple effect …

Faith in My Heavenly Father

I literally had to put my faith in something other than the strongholds of security I always knew, my parents or myself. It was a mighty task but God brought …

A Mother’s Sacrificial Faith

She did something many of us would struggle to do—she let go. Not recklessly, but faithfully. She placed her baby boy in a basket and …

Love in Action

Her love for God enables her to live joyfully, to rejoice in all things and to praise Him in all things and I think that’s something we can all grow in our ability …

The Power of Prayer

What I have learnt from my mother and subsequently applied in my life is that prayer is a lifeline and a landline connection to God …

Exemplary Faith

Experiencing a breakthrough from God requires patience more often than not. It can take days, months, or years; from our limited perspective, waiting can …

God Has Not Forgotten About You

When we feel that God is not hearing or listening, we must persevere. We must continue to pray and read the Word of God, reminding ourselves of His …

In Remembrance of Me

I forget so easily. It’s not intentional, of course, but when I am behind an obstacle, unless something or someone brings it to memory, what I focus on is the obstacle …

God’s Purpose for Our Lives

Doing so can lead to a life characterized by a constant pursuit of “the next thing,” an endless chase with no clear destination, and a futile quest for less fulfilling pursuits. On the other hand, a life that isn’t guided God’s purpose …

Pursuing Christ

It’s not just minimum efforts that could mean a lack of loving the Lord in action. Sometimes, like Martha (Luke 10:38-42), it looks like doing too much without the heart of the matter, which is Christ. We are so into what we look like …

It Starts and Ends with God

But do we realize or grasp who we already have at our disposal, the power that He holds in his hand, and the intimacy level that God has with us of knowing …

26 Candles: An Ode to Gratitude

All this is to say that our personal circumstances have no bearing upon what God can do with and for us when we trust Him and as my father would say …

Set Free to Speak

Most importantly, there is enough space and mercy for me to make mistakes. He does not demand perfection, only our heart, and …

Do You Trust in God?

In times when our trust in God is wavering, one helpful thing to do is to remember the ways He has been faithful to you in the past …

In Pursuit of God

We need to keep God at the head. God should be the first and foremost person we pursue …

Rewriting the Narrative: The Battle in Our Minds

They all had a choice: continue to play the current script in their heads that spoke to their current situation, or rewrite the narrative that would bring them out of their pits or death valleys ..

In the Wait

The Lord is able. Maybe that’s the difficulty, because you know He is and He doesn’t seem to be moving as He can …

Strength Found in Joy

Joy flows not because everything around us is perfect but because God’s presence within us is unshakable …

How to Choose Joy Anyway

The promise of faith is not that everything will work out the way we desire it to, but rather that God is good, has good plans, and will get us through …

Accessing the Joy of the Lord

I know that when we are in the depths of our hardship, it may seem that there is no way forward, but that is exactly where God comes in …

How to Fight for the Joy of the Lord

It seems to me that in this life, during the hard or unwanted periods of our lives, we have two choices: tuck tail and waste away in our turmoil or fight …

Becoming Like Little Children

But when you think of the qualities children generally possess, like fascination, wonder, and trust, for example, it begins to make sense that Jesus …

God by Himself

God made these testimonies by Himself. There were vessels, but the final product was nothing short of miraculous. There is no logical explanation for it. There was an unexplainable move …

Reassurance Only God Could Provide

I was still hurting inside, thinking could no one save me from my internal and external struggles. And I was right, no one could save me. Only God could …

The Good Kind of Stubborn

I had a man at home that I could ask questions about the Word. I had a man at home that led his household in the way of the Lord. I had a man at home that …