Author: Mr. Streetz

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Anxious thoughts and strongholds – The lies and how to overcome them

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The Bible tells us not to be anxious. This seven letter word, what does it really mean? Some equate it to worry or fretting. Some equate it to fear or doubt. It could be something that robs you of peace; something that halts you in your tracks and prevents you from moving forward or taking the next step(s). For faith to exist, there must initially be an element of uncertainty or doubt. Anxiety could then be the feelings you have when you’re unable to control the outcome of a situation or when you struggle to exercise complete faith in God. Anxiety starts in the mind and could exist for legitimate or illegitimate reasons. Whatever it may mean to you, I believe we can at least agree that anxiety is a stronghold, a powerful attack on the human mind that is so negative that God tells us in Philipians 4:6-7: “Do not be anxious or worried about anything…” In this post, I look at the roots of anxiety and how they can become strongholds in our lives, how to take those thoughts captive, how to permanently destroy those thoughts/strongholds, and look at six Bible characters who had anxious thoughts and the lessons we can learn from how they overcame them. Happy reading!

Contending in prayer for God’s promises

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Today, I want to explore a theme that struck me recently while reading The Awe of God by John Bevere (chapter 36). This theme is that despite God having made promises, we often still need to contend/ask/plead for those promises to be fulfilled on earth. I'm not trying to answer the question of why God wants us to persist and plead in prayer despite His already stated/revealed promises, but emphasize the spiritual realization that we humans need to pray persistently and meditate on God's word to bring His promises to pass in our lives. Happy reading!

What is Faith?

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Every now and then, I have the strong urge to write a particular post which refuses to leave my mind even after many days of ignoring it. This is one such post. What is faith?

Testimony – Don’t put God in a box

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Don't put God in a box. Why? Because He's God. That means His thoughts are not our thoughts, and His ways are not our ways. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are His ways higher than our ways, and His thoughts higher than our thoughts. But as human beings, can we put Him in a box? Yes. In this post, I share a testimony abut when I was putting God in a box because I assumed that because He moved in a particular way in the past, He would move in a similar way in future. Happy reading!

A wealthy, wise and beautiful wife – Abigail

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In recent weeks, I've been taking detailed notes while studying my Bible. I've been reading 1 Samuel and one character whose personality stuck with me was Abigail - 1 Samuel 25. In this post, I do two things: 1) summarise my takeaways from the characters of Nabal and Abigail; and 2) reflect on Abigail's wisdom and wifely characteristics that ultimately made her attractive to her husband - a future king.

A testimony: Victorinox – Appreciating God’s foresight

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This is the story of my persistent search for a solution to an annoying problem, how God used a decision made twelve years ago to provide a solution that not only saved me but also helped me discover that He was guiding my steps all those years ago. This testimony helped me understand what God meant when He said: "Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days." Keep reading...

An ‘ode’ to a wife – Job’s wife

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Rarely is she mentioned in the pages but mostly maligned in human memories, yet she 'lives' on. That single emotionally-charged interaction with her husband, down in the depths of his life's hells, in Job 2:9-10, has mostly defined what we think of her: a bad wife, making mockery of her husband's tragic station in life. One can posit that this serves a generational warning about the importance of choosing a godly wife, who will stand by you through life's sunny and gloomy days; afterall, that's what till death do us part means. But I want us to have a re-think about Job's wife. Is she really deserving of this infamy? Was she really a bad wife? Is there more in the Bible that we can learn about who she was and what may ultimately have happened to her? I think there is. I've been pondering this for the past fortnight and having discussed my thoughts about her possible lived experience with some friends last night, I'm finally putting down some of my thoughts. 🤓

God wants you to diligently seek (search for) Him

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Paul says in Acts 17:27 ERV that "God wanted people to look for him, and perhaps in searching all around for him, they would find him. But he is not far from any of us." Since the day I read this verse a few weeks back, I've been eager to write about all the findings from my study as this idea of God wanting to be sought out was quite intriguing. I mean why does He want to be actively searched for? Is he playing hide and seek with us or what? What I do in this post is try to answer five pre-emptive questions that you the reader may naturally have on the topic: 1) Why does God want us to seek (search for) Him?; 2) Is He far? So far that He cannot be found?; 3) What are the rewards of seeking God, if any?; 4) How are we to seek God?; and 5) When are we to seek God?

On the verge of breakthrough, beware of satan’s overtime

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Of recent, I've been observing different themes and patterns while studying my Bible. One such pattern is how the devil seems to work overtime when we are on the verge of our breakthrough, and if we are not mindful of his wiles, we may find ourselves stuck in a rut for longer than we should be. In this post, I look closely at how after 40 years of wandering, the Israelites sinned right on the border of entering the promised land, despite God preventing Balak's persistent attempts to curse them. What the devil couldn't achieve by sorcery (juju/jazz/spiritualism), he achieved with sex, food, and by distracting the people from prioritizing God (idol worship). I also highlight other instances of the devil's overtime when God's children were on the verge of receiving their breakthrough. I therefore urge you, particularly in these last days, to be sober and vigilant, because our adversary, the devil, walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

Like Moses, God wants to speak directly to you

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Why did God speak directly to Moses i.e. face to face and not through dreams; plainly and not in dark sayings? Numbers 12:6-9 tells us that this is because Moses was "faithful in all His house." Sounds deep right? But what does this mean?