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This is a collection of stories and daily musings.

  • A secure foundation

    Do you want to know how to stay standing when the storm of life hits you hard? Let me share a passage from the Book of Luke about how to build a secure foundation. Here it goes. Luke 6:46-49 AMP 46 “Why do you call Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not practice what I tell Read more


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  • Learning something new

    There’s nothing more humbling as learning something new. Why? Because you are forced to admit that you’ve known nothing much about what you are trying to learn. You may appear vulnerable, but this kind of openness allows you to learn better. Remember, you never criticize a toddler who is learning to walk and talk. Instead, Read more


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  • Romans 6:11

    Even so, consider yourselves to be dead to sin [and your relationship to it broken], but alive to God [in unbroken fellowship with Him] in Christ Jesus. Romans 6:11 AMP Read more


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  • We’re not supposed to look like the world

    This is directed to my fellow believers in the Lord Jesus Christ. We are not supposed to do the things this world does. We are not supposed to act like the world and live like the world. If we do, what differs us from those who do not have a relationship with God? And how Read more


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  • Our fear of asking questions

    “Do you have any questions?“ What will be your response when the facilitator finally opens the floor for questions? For most of us, we hope that someone braves it out while we hide in the crowd. But what if you’re being asked directly? What if there’s no crowd to hide in anymore? Why is it Read more


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  • The exponential growth of generosity

    The world tells you that giving away means you are having less of something. So people who believe this tend to keep to themselves the things they are afraid to lose. But then, they end up losing all the things they hold on to. There is the one who [generously] scatters [abroad], and yet increases Read more


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  • Proverbs 13:4

    The lazy will not get what they want,but those who work hard will. Proverbs 13:4 NCV Read more


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