Overwhelmed, feeling sleepy, baby has been waking up every hour or so, feeding on demand and don’t have enough time in the day … This was me when I had my first child. At that time I remember telling a friend of mine that I felt drained spiritually. The days of spending much time reading the bible daily had disappeared! Bible reading for new moms can be a challenge indeed, but I want to encourage you, beloved, not to neglect the reading of God’s Word. You might say to me, but I am so tired. I ... VIEW POST
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Spiritual Growth: 5 Ways to Grow Spiritually
Goal setting and new year resolutions tend to occupy people’s minds when a year comes to an end. A new year is often seen as a time to reset or refresh with brand-new goals. A fellow Christian once posed this question, ‘How should we, as Christians, set spiritual goals for the new year?’ The simplest answer is that our focus should mainly be to aim for spiritual growth at any time of our lives and not wait until new year's eve or the month of January. Spiritual growth leads to spiritual ... VIEW POST
Christmas Stress: How to Avoid Being Stressed during Christmas
‘According to Britons who celebrate Christmas, the most anxiety-inducing festive activities are thinking about what Christmas presents to buy (46% say it’s stressful), how much it costs to buy them (45%) and having to shop for them in the first place (44%). This puts present-buying on a par with the financial impact of Christmas in general (42% find stressful).’ (Kirk, 2021). Do you fall into any one of the above YouGov statistics? Have you lately been experiencing Christmas stress? Today, ... VIEW POST
Enduring Suffering as a Christian
We live in a world where Christian suffering is present in all shapes and forms. According to Open Doors (2022), ‘At least 360 million Christians around the world experience high levels of persecution and discrimination. That’s an astonishing 1 in 7 of the global Christian population.’ Suffering as a Christian must not be seen as something strange or unexpected. ‘For to you it has been granted for Christ’s sake, not only to believe in Him but also to suffer on His behalf,’ (Philippians 1:29, ... VIEW POST
Why does God allow Suffering?
If God is good, why does it feel like everything is falling apart?... Why did He let this thing happen to me?... The hardships are just too much, I cannot comprehend; So why does God allow suffering to happen to me? Have you ever asked yourself those questions? Life was going so well until one day everything just took a downturn. You lost your job, then got evicted and declared homeless. The bills now pile up that you can’t make ends meet. Your children misbehave and cause you so much grief. ... VIEW POST