Some years ago while I was still a teen, my aunt gave me a precious necklace. It had a little cross on it which made it all the more special. I always had it on, wore it everywhere. Honestly, I never took it out… But one day something happened. The precious gift snapped. I was […]
Are you overworked, overwhelmed and weary? Our pilgrims journey is a blend of work, trials and temptations and victory. As we go on we never know what lies ahead of us but come what may we will overcome. In what place has life got you? We have seen the importance of being anchored on the […]
I have some water-leaves growing indiscriminately around the house. I observed a few did better than the others. I have been tempted to pull them out but I’m hesitant hoping they will survive I water them from time to time. Those that did better were on better soil. Same plants, same care but different soils […]
I was out cleaning up around the house. It wasn’t long my daughter joined me. She took out the mats in the car and began to clean them up. Soon we began an interesting conversation. “Mummy, who are the princes?” she asked. “What princes?” I replied trying to understand the source of the question. “The […]
The man had being forewarned to raise the foundation to a much higher one. The area was swampy and prone to occasional water pool. In his arrogance, he ignored all his neighbors’ warnings. By and by as the home was completed, the owners moved in during the dry season. Nothing about the warnings made any […]
I have never seen the anchor of a ship before. Pictures around the web or on Discovery channel or some movie about ocean liners are a good source of information. An anchor can’t be shallow. It has to be far reaching in depth, tough, firm and unmoveable. Imagine the size of those huge ocean liners. […]
I’d rather have Jesus than silver or gold I’d rather be his than have riches untold I’d rather have Jesus than houses or land Yes I’d rather be led by his nail pierced hands Than to be the king of a best domain and beheld in sins dread sway I’d rather have Jesus than anything […]
As I ponder over the lyrics of the song, I surrender all, again I see how incredibly hard it is to give up control of everything. I have struggled in this area. Sometimes I leave all at the Master’s feet. At other times I crawl like a baby stretch my hands to pick some part […]
In the first part of the Yielded Life Bible Study we discussed “The Surrendered Life“, in the second part we saw it is “Not My Will” we should run after but God’s Will. The third we saw How God’s Will Helps You Live A Surrendered Life. A few of us, like me, might ask “what […]
You cannot surrender to whom and what you don’t know. We hear surrender a lot around our faith but what does it mean to live a surrendered life, who do we surrender to and how do we surrender. In the first part of the Yielded Life Bible Study we discussed “The Surrendered Life“, in the […]