The Fool: He who does not learn the lessons from his trials

A few months back, a friend of mine went through a shocking injury experience. One time we were pondering why this could have happened, so we ended up studying Deuteronomy 8:2-5 (AMP). There are so many lessons to take away from these verses, that I encourage you to meditate on them. For this post, there’s a segment that I want to double click on i.e. “to know what was in your heart (mind), whether you would keep His commandments or not”. In essence, God allowing us to go through a challenging experience is partly because He’s interested in knowing how you would respond: 1) during the crisis, but also importantly, 2) after the crisis. I also explore why your tests are not random, but specially curated for you, whilst also exploring the link between how we respond to life’s trials and the fate of our lives.

“Great Faith” – Lessons From The Canaanite / Gentile Woman

You’re believing God for something but you haven’t gotten an answer or the answer you desire. How do you respond? Do you give up and walk away or do you persevere, confidently trusting that God will come through for you? There are only two people that I’ve come across in the New Testament that Jesus said had “great faith”. Both were gentiles. Great Faith is something that Jesus wants us to have. Most, if not all the people that Jesus described as having “no or little faith”, were either His disciples, His followers, or people who were very familiar with Him, including those He grew up with in Nazareth and the Pharisees. The people who were ‘closest’ to Christ were often the ones who exhibited the least faith and this is unfortunately still the case today, even in the Churches. This post focuses on the great faith of one who was far from Christ (and the Jews), a Canaanite/gentile woman, and the lessons we can all learn from her. God bless and keep the faith!

On the verge of your breakthrough, beware… (Part 2)

Today, I was privileged to have the opportunity to share the word with a group of 11 friends. This is a light-hearted post based on our experience in the woods and watching some of us give up just before we got to the finish line. This post is just to remind you that whatever you may be going through, to persevere to the end. God bless you.