We live in very interesting days… earthquakes, wars, hate and xenophobia, lack, corruption, financial and economic uncertainty, same sex marriage, days when faithful single sisters give Jehovah ultimatums for marriage if not they would deliberately fall away, men become women and vice versa etc. I could go on; but I am sure you get the picture. As I write, I have a smile on my face because I know that somewhere in your mind you …
I have worked in a bank for about 10 years now, so when I hear the word ‘transaction’, I think of money changing hands in consideration for goods or services. Google actually defines this word as ‘an instance of buying or selling something; a business deal’. Does ‘destiny transactions’ now mean that as a Christian, my destiny is a result of a transaction? Can I actually ‘buy’ my destiny? Bearing in mind that ‘buy’ means …
In the past, when I heard pastors declare that God had called me and that God had a purpose for my life, I had a bit of trouble believing. How could He call me? What does little ole’ me have to offer such a Majestic God? In fact, I never had a Samuel moment where I heard Him call my name. Initially, I thought saying that God had called me was more religiously correct (think …
Isn’t it interesting to realize that there are words you use almost on a daily basis but you really aren’t quite spot-on about their actual meaning? Take for instance our theme this month, “Adventure”, had you asked me I would have said ‘adventure’ was doing something exhilarating, fun or something you don’t normally do. With this paradigm, an adventure for me would be special, planned for outings, travel, shopping spree, trying out a new meal… …
Growing up my Dad insisted that I learn how to play the piano – so for over five years I had music lessons two days each week [after school]. In my studies, I learnt about music notes and symbols (I learnt to read sheet music for the piano), in light of our theme one note/symbol in music comes to mind– the ‘REST’. The ‘rest’ is an interval of silence in a piece of music, marked …
