Hope Anchored in Christ

A lot of Christians often think that the Devil is to be blamed when Adam and Eve first sinned. Indeed, even Adam and Eve did not blame themselves when they were questioned by God - Adam blamed God for creating Eve, and Eve blamed the Serpent. It is interesting to ponder if Adam and Eve's punishment would be less severe had they immediately taken full responsibility of their sin. If we are to reall...

In this episode, I will be sharing my personal journey in Faith. Born into a Christian family, I knew a lot of Bible studies but didn't have a personal relationship with God. I only viewed God as a list of Rules and Regulations to follow, and punishment if I don't follow them, hence developing an unhealthy fear of God that I'm still battling today. A healthy fear of God on the other hand, recogniz...

In this episode, we will be exploring 1John, where it describes what true fellowship with the Lord really means. When we say that we fellowship with the Lord but keep walking in darkness, we are only deceiving ourselves. When we say we fellowship with Lord but hate our brothers and sisters, we are only deceiving ourselves. We can only love the unseen God if we love our seen brothers and sisters.

This episode addresses a serious question - are we still sinners despite being Christians? The answer is a resounding NO. If we truly believe that Jesus has taken away all our sins unto himself, why do we still think of ourselves as sinners? If we keep on labelling ourselves as sinners despite our conversion, we have given ourselves an excuse to keep on sinning. After becoming Christians, God has...

Are we the elder son or younger son in Matthew 21's parable? The elder son initially told the father he did not want to work in the vineyard but later changed his mind and went. The younger did the opposite - he said he will work at first but ended up not working. What we need to understand is that we become the younger son when we know deep down we don't wish to do what God says, yet put up a fro...

As Christians, we might often say we trust in God. But deep down, do our hearts and outward actions indicate that we trust God to provide for our daily needs? Or do we prefer using our own intelligence to fund our lifestyle? I'm not saying having a 9-5 job is wrong, but can we honestly say to God that we will accept his means of provision if his will is not for us to have a 9-5 job? Trusting on Go...

The ability to hope on God is not natural - it takes dedication and intentional practice on a daily basis. In Deuteronomy Chapter 8, we see that Moses specifically instructs Israelites to understand and know in their hearts that God disciplines as a man disciplines his son, and asks them to meditate on the fact that despite wandering for 40 years in the desert, their clothes did not wear out and t...

Hope often comes with suffering, suffering often comes with hope. It is against human nature to want suffering - we love pleasure and comfort a lot! But as followers of Christ, we promise to give up everything for him, which includes comfort. We often invite persecution because of our faith. In Romans 5 verses 3-5, Paul says that we can rejoice in our sufferings, because suffering produces perseve...

If you follow UK politics, you will know that the UK received its 7th Prime Minister in a decade in Andy Burnham, and one of his frequently used words in speeches is the word "hope". This episode explores the difference between hope that Governments and the world offers, and hope that God alone can offer. Governments can only offer physical needs, such as free services and benefits, but what we tr...

We often hear about this famous promise by God that he has plans to prosper us and not to harm us, plans to give us hope and a future, but what we often forget is the context. In Jeremiah 29 where this promise is given to Israelites exiled to Babylon for 70 years, Jeremiah also told in the same breathe that Israelites that they will seek and find the Lord when they seek God with all their heart. D...

We can hope on the Lord because it is clearly written in Lamentations chapter 3 that his Love and Grace are never ending, and that both these qualities are renewed every morning. The fact that the Lord is loyal to us by waking us up every morning, and giving us a new portion of Love and Grace is something to be extremely thankful for! The more we know about how God provides for us, the more we exp...

The closer our relationship is with God, the more we will know about God, and the easier it is for us to trust him. In Matthew Chapter 1, we see that Jesus' father Joseph is labelled a righteous man as he did not want to expose Mary to public disgrace when he had doubts about her virginity. God knew about Joseph's thoughts and sent an angel to reassure Joseph. This incident astounded me as this go...

Nowadays in church, we often hear lukewarm messages being preached, which might go along lines of "God Loves Everybody!", "Just put your hope on the Lord and you will prosper!" That's not quite 100% the truth. A wise man once said the holy spirit discerns the absolute truth from the almost true. Reading Psalms 1, we can understand clearly who God blesses - people who do not walk in the cousel of t...

We often believe God can get us out of trouble and predicaments in life, but we often don't have faith for God to work miracles in life. These are 2 different mindsets - the former one being satisfied if God gives us the bare minimum, the latter one being dissatisfied unless we get our full reward from Christ (2 John encourages to seek the full reward from Christ). We will look at Matthew Chapter...

In this episode, we will be looking at whether we truly believe God is willing to reward his children through Matthew 15, where Jesus seemingly declined a Canaanite Woman's plea for help, saying he is only sent to help the lost sheep of Israelites only. In essence, he was testing the widow's faith to see if she truly believe God is willing to help her, not just if God has the ability to help her....

In this episode, I talk about how despite feelings of hopelessness regarding the US/Iran situation, our hope cannot be anchored on a peace deal - our hope must always be anchored on Jesus, the Prince of Peace. This world largely rejects Jesus and hopes to seek peace without Jesus, but this is never possible - any peace this world can bring is a counterfeit, short-term peace. True, long-term peace...

In this episode, we will be looking at Isaiah Chapter 40:28-31 to turn our focus on the lord despite the hardships in the UK. On 22nd June, the current UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced his resignation and the UK will be welcoming its 7th Prime Minister in a decade. There have been voices saying the UK is ungovernable, but as Christians, our hope does not depend on who is at the politic...

The bar is very low nowadays to claim to be a Christian, but does simply going to church on Sundays make you a Christian? If you have not truly repented before, you are in danger of becoming a false Christian. This short video aims to help you understand what true repentance means and what it means to truly turn back to Christ.

What is grace according to the bible? Many "Christians" think that they could sin endlessly simply by saying a few prayers - true grace does NOT work that way. This episode explores what grace truly is and the freedom it brings to True Christians. #grace #christian #bible #sin

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