Walk With Me #Deararn.

LIFE TALKS Driving on the freeway, there are loads of signs. Some billboards spread across the whole freeway, some are just barely legible. Some you see clearly from afar, for some you must slow down to make out what has been written. Life talks daily. Some days the sound is so loud a deaf man can hear. Other days, you could barely hear the whisper. Yet, you need to hear all that speech to be able...

God’s Letter to You “My son Job, I decided to write you this in reply to all you have been saying in my ears. I know we are close, but for a brief moment, you forgot that we were not mates. I think you should know some things. I made the world and decided how large it would be. I did the survey. I hold the pillars that support the earth. I laid the cornerstones of the world. Whilst I was doing all...

Life Lessons He was a good man who fell on bad times. He tried to do right by everyone. Minded his business and was well respected by everyone until life dealt him a nasty blow. Folks had always wondered how everything went on so smoothly for him. How was he managing to keep it all together? Now that times were rough, they had the answer! He must have been bad all along. No wonder, they thought, h...

Lessons From My Mother Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction and do not forsake your mother’s teaching. They are a garland to grace your head and a chain to adorn your neck… My son, do not go along with them, do not set foot on their paths (Proverbs 1:8-9, 15) What did your mother tell you? What were your father’s words? Do you hear their voice as you read this? How did they prepare you for...

The Poison Called Bitterness Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. (Ephesians 4:31-32) Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord. See to it that no one falls short of the grace...

THE VOICE OF REASON Everybody needs a Mordecai in his or her life. We need that voice of reason. We need the brother who loves us enough to provoke righteousness in us. We need the uncle that requires nothing from us but Christ and Him crucified. We need the friend who knows God's laws and ways enough to encourage us to refuse the attractions of the world. We need the caretaker who though they are...

A Grateful Heart (2) Why give thanks? Because God’s mercies endure forever. Where do we give thanks? Amongst the people, amongst the heathen and in the congregation of men: Therefore I will praise you, Lord among the nations; I will sing the praises of your name. (2 Samuel 22:50) Give praise to the Lord, proclaim His name; make known among the nations what He has done. … Give thanks to the Lord, f...

A Grateful Heart For the small things, for the big deals For the grey ways, and the bright rays For friends that stop to care, and cares that rolled away For bodies that were prevented from wear For unprofitable ties that were broken For wisdom that brought the life and habits that led from death For hands that brought the wealth and counsel led from hell For grace that kept alive and mercy that s...

God Will Defend His Own He had it all – power, fame, influence. He could do as he pleased; he was second in command to the king. Yet he was insecure. All the power meant nothing as long as the gateman would not bow to him. What did our Prime Minister resort to? An evil plot, to wipe out the gateman and all his kin from the land. How did he plan to carry this out? Simple: a promise to enrich the na...

God Is Up To Something (2) Grace placed her in the palace. In the natural, she was a slave girl. There were many like her, but this one was different. She was not only beautiful, there was a certain air around her. You just fell in love with her, and you wanted to do her good. Hegai, the king’s eunuch could not help but favour her. She was a young girl who needed to be guided; her parents already...

God Is Up To Something He may very well have been any African king: ego-tripping and wine bibbing. The only thing is that the story is set in the Middle East. Did the Bible not say: Woe to the land whose king was a servant and whose princes feast in the morning. Blessed is the land whose king is of noble birth and whose princes eat at a proper time— for strength and not for drunkenness. (Ecclesias...

Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. (Deuteronomy 6:4) Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘Love your neighbour as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.” (Mark 12:30-31) Yet...

Why Challenge? Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the thron...

Offence Will Come Osareme was a nice village girl. Life had not been too kind to her. What with having to go to farm before she went to school daily – the daily meal was dependent on if they sold whatever they got from the farm. Life was hard, but it was just about to turn for the worse. Her parents died; now, the little hope was gone. What was she to do now? The light came at the end of the tunne...

When Everything Goes Wrong He was a good man. He tried to live right even pre-empted the children's excesses. He loved his God, was faithful to his wife. His children were the envy of their neighbours. He was the neighbourhood saint. Everyone in need knew he could, and he always helped. Life was good and bam, everything changed. The news came; his children had just died. They were returning from s...

The Apostles’ Creed “I believe in God, the Father Almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; he descended to hell. The third day he rose again from the dead. He ascended to heaven and is seated at the right hand of G...

Identity Crisis Rahab, the harlot, was by every means a high-class babe. She did not have to seek the men. They sought her. She must have been stunning because she was very much in demand. She lived by the wall of the city. The king knew her. The nobles were her regular clients. She was well informed. How else would she have heard about the Israelites and their knack for taking over territories? S...

DREAM ON What is wrong with dreaming? Aren't dreams supposed to give you something to hope for? Something to look forward to! Joseph must have wondered to no end. He did not ask for the dreams. They came during his sleep. What was he to do? He chose to tell the family. Most were older, so they would have some insight. After all, everyone was supposed to be dreaming like him. He hoped to compare no...

HI(S)STORY The whole of the bible is His story, a story of love and hope. Carefully woven in every fabric of scripture is the person of Jesus, the only begotten Son of God. Jesus came down from heaven to earth to reconcile fallen man back to God. To assure us we always had a place with Him on the right side of God the Father, dear to him and close to His heart. It is true, our life stories have be...

It’s in Your Genes Hosea must have felt that Gods demand were too hard. What with asking a straight man to keep going after a crooked belle! She was beautiful all right but is beauty enough? He was the holiness prophet; his only message was ‘holiness unto the Lord.’ He was sent to the nation but in his house, was the epitome of the very thing he was sent to cleanse the country of. The trouble is,...

Dear friend, do you know that there is no running away from God? No escape from Gods presence? He created all things; He fills all things. The psalmist tells us that darkness and light are the same to him. Has He sent you on a mission? Buckle up and go! Do away with any and everyone who detracting you from purpose way. No sentiments! They may be like Jonah, sleeping whilst you are rowing. Shake th...

Dear friend, do you know that there is no running away from God? No escape from Gods presence? He created all things; He fills all things. The psalmist tells us that darkness and light are the same to him. Has He sent you on a mission? Buckle up and go! Do away with any and everyone who detracting you from purpose way. No sentiments! They may be like Jonah, sleeping whilst you are rowing. Shake th...

JESUS, OUR ROLE MODEL. Life offers us many models; people have walked on the same roads we find ourselves. Folks have faced similar situations. Their stories and their lives are our witnesses, but Jesus is the ultimate. He is our perfect role model. He is love, friend shepherd, rock, refuge, brother and the list goes on. For us to live successful lives, we must stop to consider how He did it whils...

They chose to wall themselves in rather than let some outsider come in. They denied themselves everyday lives so no one could not infringe. The people of Jericho heard the news of the Israelites taking over everywhere they go. These people, news reports, were like locusts. They left desolation wherever they trod. Do you blame the inhabitants of Jericho for fearing the worst? There were reports tha...

Revelation is key to a meaningful existence. To live a productive life, we must know whose we are, what we are about, where we are going etc. The fact that God placed us in families is proof that identity is important. The Bible records in the Book of Joshua that children would ask their parents why certain traditions exist and their reply was to recap their family history. We must also learn to a...