Don’t call me Naomi … Call me Mara, because the Almighty has made my life very bitter.I went away full, but the Lord has brought me back emptyRuth 1:20-21 Did God really bring Naomi back to Bethlehem empty? It’s interesting the way we treat people and things when we don’t know their value. Someone comes to us, simply … Continue reading He Who Forgives and Exalts

My Christmas Tree Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks and send some to those who have nothing prepared. This day is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength. Nehemiah 8:10 My boyhood Christmas days! Boy, what fun! Foggy mornings, cold nights, campfires and roasted plantains with salted fish. … Continue reading A Day To Rejoice

Discipline your children, for in that there is hope; do not be a willing party to their deathProverbs 19:18 Discipline could be defined as the exercise of the will to do what one does not want to do but is of great necessity; and to refrain from doing what one loves, because it may be harmful. … Continue reading The Wisdom of Discipline

For if the willingness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what one does not have.2 Corinthians 8:5 For Meditation Every week, people line up at ticket counters all over the world to buy lottery tickets. Our governments tell us that it goes to finance development projects like roads, education and … Continue reading Fundamentals of Giving

But Daniel resolved not to defile himself with the royal food and wine, and he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself this way. Daniel 1:8 By divine transposition, a Christian traveler on the Road to heaven met two great saints, Daniel and Joseph, in Paradise and sat down for a chat. Below … Continue reading Living to Please God (2)

But Daniel resolved not to defile himself with the royal food and wine, and he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself this way  Daniel 1:8 By divine transposition, a Christian traveler on the Road to heaven met two great saints in Paradise and sat down for a chat. Below is the first … Continue reading Living to Please God

It is amazing how God has painted the picture of grace throughout the pages of the Bible. They come in different albums for different occasions throughout biblical history, ready to be gleaned for divine inspiration. One such album is the book of Ruth. It is a beautiful story of God’s grace amid utter sinfulness and … Continue reading The Beauty of Grace

Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is.Philippians 3:13 If there is one thing, like no other, that helps to run the Christian race with determination and zest to apprehend the prize Christ Jesus has … Continue reading Let Go and Run for It

Going at once to Jesus, Judas said, “Rabbi!” and kissed him. The men seized Jesus and arrested him Mark 14:44-46 I grew up in a village, now a big town, in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. My parents divorced when I was a baby. I was, therefore, robbed of growing up in a balanced home. There was … Continue reading What’s In A Kiss