7 things the Holy Spirit teaches in the wilderness
Wilderness is a place where trials, temptations, difficulties and testing come and we all have our own unique wilderness seasons in our lives. Even Jesus Christ, the Son of God was brought to the wilderness by the Holy Spirit..
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Flawed people
Some of us do believe in superheroes, reading through fiction books all through my childhood, always inspired me to be one of them. The recent Marvel movies make me crave more for superpowers to do whatever I want to do without any dependency.
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Our Common Hallelujah
For two years I was privileged to study on the island of Grenada. One of the most incredible experience I had on the island, was my time spent with the Christian Student’s Association - Church on Campus. Each semester they would have a multicultural praise night and it felt like a glimpse of what heaven would be like.
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Happy Days at Twin Towns
The Tweed Heads Chamber of Commerce is an industrious pro-active business group that assists many causes and lobby's for political action to improve the health and well-being of the Tweed Heads community and business engagements.
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How to not become a pervert
Tears. When someone that you love, whom you hold in the highest possible esteem, whom you aspire to bring to your country, if even just to speak to your leaders, if even just to challenge your youth, in ways that will stimulate a love for the Lord and his truth.
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Me, Myself and I
When I was much younger, one of my favourite songs was one called me “Me, Myself and I” by megastar Beyonce Knowles. I knew that song word for word and would sing it practically every day like an anthem.
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What’s in your bag?
As someone who hates being unprepared and likes knowing and planning for every outcome before I have even made a choice, I find myself being asked the “what’s in your bag?” and “why is your bag this heavy?” type questions almost every day.
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The true renewal
In this ever-updating era, we tend to expect renewals now and then in our lives. We want something new to happen so that life appears more diverse than yesterday. We desire something upgraded so that we are not behind the latest trend. Like many people in my age, I fell into the pit of refreshing my life with new things recently.
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New day dawning
It never occurred to me that God would use me to write songs. Nobody is less qualified than me. In primary school, I was asked to mime rather than sing, such was my singing ability.
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Overcoming negative thoughts
Sometime last year, I saw a video where a beautiful little girl, 4 years old, was having her hair combed by a hairdresser, when she suddenly looked into the camera and then blurted out “I’m so ugly.”
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Come Away With Me
Hear my cry, O God; Attend to my prayer. From the end of the earth, I will cry to You, when my heart is overwhelmed; Lead me to the rock that is higher than I. (Psalm 61 verses 1-2)
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Untrained yet confident
What circumstances make you feel ineffective?