It’s wise to understand, accept and even anticipate the reality of human nature to excel in life. Human beings vacillate! The same people who sing your praises and cheer you as their saviour one week are equally capable of asking for your blood another week. The second chapter of John’s Gospel finishes with this sentence: …
Amos posed a timeless rhetorical question about partnerships which I’ve had cause to reflect on recently [Amos 3:3]. When God established the institution of marriage between the male and the female He created, He decreed that the male would leave his parents and be joined to his wife so that they become one flesh [Genesis …
I find being a dad exhilarating and terrifying in equal measure. My kids are under 10, and they still look up to me. My son, in particular, watches me closely. A few years ago, he thought I was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom! That’s some pedestal! Recently, I spoke to a friend who’s …
Last week, I mentioned in three years of following Jesus, the only thing the disciples asked Jesus to teach them was how to pray. They may have asked Jesus to teach them other things, but this is the only one recorded explicitly in Scripture.[Luke 11:1] Today, many Christians pray, but how many of us were …
Do you know how to pray? How do you know you know how to pray? I often hear Christians say they’ve prayed about a particular thing or situation, I say it too, but often those prayers don’t make a tangible difference. Sometimes, it seems we’ve become so familiar with the routine and act of praying …
In any journey, it’s worthwhile to know where you are in relation to your destination. Anyone who decides to follow Jesus must realise that it’s a journey with a predetermined path, and we aren’t at liberty to change the route or the destination. In the first part of this discourse, I pointed out that if, …
There’s a classic novel by Mark Twain called the Prince and the Pauper. It tells the story of a young prince who swapped places with a poor boy on the street who had an uncanny resemblance to the prince. The swap was supposed to be temporal, but the prince ended up experiencing more than he …
“Fathers…bring up your children in the discipline and instruction of the Lord” [Ephesians 6:4]. That verse of Scripture controverts anyone who says that it’s just the woman’s responsibility to raise children. When I first read this verse, I thought my Bible had an error. Surely, it should say fathers and mothers, right? The original Greek …
Ten years ago, I made a vow before my family and friends to love and cherish my wife for the rest of my life. We unconditionally and exclusively covenanted ourselves to each other and an unknown future until death separates us. Honestly, I was clueless about marriage then. I had no idea what was awaiting …
Have you ever observed that it’s the lawyers and the politicians who seem to know more about the laws in countries with constitutions? They also seem to benefit the most from their knowledge of the laws of the land. The politicians get paid to make the laws and install the judges who apply those laws. …
