Sometime ago, I received a bag as an event souvenir, and the fabric cover had zigzag lines in the rainbow colours as the motif. My mind immediately went to the gay pride, and it bothered me because I know full well the origin of the rainbow, and this blog is a result of my introspection.
Music is a wonderful gift from God and a powerful tool in the hands of mankind. Instrumental music can minister to the soul like it did when David played for Saul (see 1 Samuel 16:14-23). However, the lyrics of a song can do amazing things in the hearts and minds of the listeners. This is very important to me as a music minister because what causes transformation in the hearts and minds of people is God’s truth expressed in song.
Yesterday, I stumbled on a song by CeCe Winans titled ‘Never Have to be Alone’.
This morning, I was expressing, to God, my desire to experience some spiritual growth; to live my life in the spirit – a life where I’m Spirit-filled and led by the Spirit more than I am by my flesh (my carnal nature). All at once, I realized that the onus was on me. It’s not God’s responsibility to make me live a spiritual life; it’s mine. Jesus has given me the liberty to walk in the spirit and the Holy Spirit lives in me, but the choice is mine to take advantage of what He’s given me.
For some of us on the journey of faith, worshipping God is often associated with joy and celebration. However, what about worshipping in pain and suffering? Can praise and worship find a place in the midst of trials and tribulations? I wrote a book titled ‘Worshipping in Pain’ to address these questions. This article highlights a few of my thoughts which are expounded on in the book.
Today, as I read yet again Jesus’s rebuke to Peter, I found it difficult to move past His words. It struck me, as it has done several times already, how different God’s perspective is. from ours.
But He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me, for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.”
(Matthew 16:23 NKJV)
I did two things.
I woke up this morning and tears of gratitude filled my eyes as I thought about what Jesus went through...
My last blog post was about the Lord being our Shepherd. Now, I want to look at how we as sheep are to relate with our Shepherd and also with other sheep in order to thrive. Let’s see some interesting facts about sheep.
Jesus describes himself in John 10:11 as “the good shepherd”.
Who is a shepherd?
A shepherd or sheepherder is a person who tends, herds, feeds, or guards flocks of sheep. Let’s look at these different responsibilities carried out by the shepherd.
Finding rest has become crucial. I’m pretty sure I speak for a lot of folks when I say one thing I want to experience more of is rest. Not necessarily physical rest, though that is good, but rest for my heart and mind. The rate at which people are just collapsing and dying shows that rest has become an elusive element in our lives; we are constantly stressed.
There are several scriptures that talk about rest but I want to focus on one in which Jesus basically gave a prescription for how to find rest –
As I approach what we consider a landmark age, I find myself undergoing some self-assessment and questioning what I’ve done with the decades I’ve spent on this earth.
Some think only men go through this self-critiquing but maybe that was when women didn’t think they had anything else to do on this earth but get married, have children, raise these children, and support their husbands as they fulfil purposes outside of the home.