Seeking and Serving“I am fair, and I will remember all the work you have done. I will remember that you showed your love to me ”  (Hebrews 6:10a)Seeking God in dry times is a journey that involves (amongst other things) waiting, praying and doing. Joshua and Caleb (Numbers 14) realised that their action was required to take them to the Promise Land. If they were passive, they would not have realis...  Read More

Make Your Requests Known“I am able, through my mighty power at work within you, to accomplish infinitely more than you might ask or think.” Ephesians 3:20Reflect: What do you want from God? Do you make your requests known to Him, or do you avoid or shy away from asking? The Bible gives great examples of those who made specific requests to God and received answers to their prayers; see the story of...  Read More

The Dry Times are the Best Times!“ I will make a pathway for you through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland.” Isaiah 43:19cThe wilderness: an opportunity for God to do what He alone can do. Every season has a purpose! When we realise this, we can gain the right perspective. For example, dry times can actually be an adventure. We do not know what is going to happen next; God ...  Read More

The Fortress: Our Place of Strength and Protection“I am your shield, the power that saves you, and your place of safety” - Psalm 18:31(a) We cannot do it alone!The moment we realize that we are not alone in any season of life, hope rises up on our inside! People may abandon or reject us, but God promises to never leave us. There are so many scriptures in the Psalms that refer to God being our rock...  Read More

John 14:27-30"Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful.  You heard that I said to you, 'I go away, and I will come to you.'  If you loved Me, you would have rejoiced because I go to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.  Now I have told you before it happens, so that when it happens, yo...  Read More

God is Near the Broken-Hearted“I am close to the brokenhearted; I rescue those whose spirits are crushed” Psalm 34: 18  The most comforting thing is knowing that the God we serve is near the broken-hearted. Most of us either have been or know someone who has been through a tough time recently. It is okay to admit our state of brokeness. Why? Because that is where God meets us, that is where we exp...  Read More

Something Great is About to Happen!  “I know where you are going. And when I have tested you, you will come out as pure gold.” (Job 23:10)I remember when I had just been through an emotionally life-changing experience. I complained and wailed a lot. ‘Why me? What did I do wrong?’ At that time, my mother said something to me that was pivotal to changing my perspective. She turned to me and said ‘Go...  Read More

The Virtuous WomanHow do you feel after reading about the virtuous woman in Proverbs 31? I believe there are two type of women. The first is the one who reads it confidently, knowing that she will become like that woman very soon. Then, there is the woman who is very impressed with the virtuous woman, but frustrated at the thought of trying to become like her.The proverb about the noble wife begin...  Read More

I love listening to testimonies because it's incredible to hear about God working in peoples' lives. I've always thought you have to be on the other side of something to have a great testimony. Can we have a testimony in the middle of what we are going through? What do I do with my here and now? People can have two common responses to being stuck in the middle:- We can avoid it and run away from i...  Read More

I am stuck in the middle, and I don’t know what to do. I feel like I have always been in the middle of something.I was in the middle between this strange man who wanted me to water his camels and my family. They were incredibly skeptical when I told them he was taking me back to be a wife for his master, Isaac!Then I was in the middle between Isaac and his mom and dad. After all, he was their only...  Read More

John 14:16-26"I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever; that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you and will be in you.  I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.  After a little while the world will no longer see Me, but you will see Me...  Read More

Confessions of a Broke Parent - the WidowDear Father,I am so scared. My husband just died, but it might as well have been both of us. The creditors are coming soon to take my two boys as their slaves. We will be enslaved for the rest of our lives because I have no way of making money.Lord, I am drowning in this debt.I can take some of the blame for our debt as my mistake, but a lot was not my faul...  Read More