Month: June 2020

Self development and godliness

What do you want?

WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO FOR YOU?

Imagine having Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, who is like the world’s richest man currently with a net worth of about $161 billion ask you “What do you want me to do for you?” I’m sure your answer won’t be “Please sir, give me some time to think about it.” Anyone would definitely make a…
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stop the nag

Stop the Nag!

Ever been with someone who complains almost all the time about something? It’s tiring right? Yes, constant whining about a condition hardly ever makes it better. Instead it drains life out of what is left, so stop the nag. Some of us are culprits here sometimes, even me. Life often deals us what we want…
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shipwreck

THE SHIP SINKER 2

The Titanic serves two powerful lessons that are applicable to us today as Christians and parents. The ‘ship sinkers’ are the factors that led to the disaster that occurred on the day when the massive ship got drowned with so many passengers in it.  In the previous post we learnt one lesson from the shipwreck…
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ship sink

THE SHIP SINKER

The story of Titanic, the great ship that was described ‘practically unsinkable’ still intrigues me as much as it breaks my heart each time I hear it and I don’t get tired of seeing the movie. It sends powerful lessons of the frailty of man and all his works across the ages. The massive British…
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doing good in cash

DO GOOD TO ALL: HOW MUCH ‘GOOD’ IS GOOD ENOUGH?

The word of God teaches in Galatians 6:10 that we do good to all, especially to those of the household of faith. The act of giving has a natural law of blessings attached to it, hence the Bible says “it is more blessed to give than to receive.” There may be no limit on how…
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assumption

THE SIN OF ASSUMPTION

I sat next to a sister in Church yesterday.  A little boy came to pick up a hymn close to her and she scolded him, directing him to pick another one further from her. I asked her why she expected the little boy to know she had already picked that particular hymn. “Gumption should tell…
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