Successfully Aligning Daily Activities with Purpose, while Embracing Beauty, Joy & Praise
Being in an edifying environment helps to promote personal and professional development. The eighth edition of the Pocket Oxford Dictionary defines edify as to ‘improve morally or intellectually’. Ephesians 4:29 states ‘let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers’. If we are feeling discouraged that our efforts are not effective, a safe environment can …
Self-reflection provides us with the space to do personal strategic thinking and develop our intervention tactics. Let us consider the question: what matters most? There are times we may think that what we are doing is not allowing us to do what matters most. But I have learned that sometimes the things we consider not …
Have you ever explored your life experiences that resulted in your present routines and schedules? We all grew up in specific environments. We saw how people around us lived - what they did, and how they did their activities. If you were to reflect, do your schedules and routines mirror the schedules and routines of …
I have recognized that asking reflective questions, while seeking the Holy Spirit’s guidance, has brought healing, clarity, direction and purpose to my life. One of those questions are, what is God’s will for my life? It is so easy to just go through the motions each day, trying to just complete all the responsibilities on …
Years ago I heard a preacher comparing the functionalities of a thermometer and a thermostat to the Christian’s life. The thermostat adjusts the temperature when the temperature is at a particular value, while the thermometer only has the capability to measure the temperature. In the sermon, the preacher was urging the listeners to be like …
(Click here to listen to the podcast for this blog post) 'And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the LORD…’ (Ezra 3:10). With the completion of the foundation, persons …
(To listen to the podcast for this blog post click here) I had been picking the leaves from my moringa tree for a while. When I stood beneath the tree, I was enjoying the ease of picking the leaves from the branches within my reach. However, over time, I needed to tiptoe and stretch to …
When we are experiencing multifaceted changes, our minds can easily go into overdrive - trying to cope and find ways to regain some form of regularity. When things become unpredictable, it is natural and easy to feel helpless. But we find the courage we need by being anchored in Jesus Christ, who does not change. …
(To listen to the podcast for this blog post click here) 'Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ' (Philippians 1:6, KJV). In life we don't know what important unplanned events we will face, so we always need …
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