Some put it on strict schedule, some only mumble it only before meals and bedtime, some say it religiously and others reserve it for crisis. You? Bernard of Clairvaux, a French monk, once defined prayer as “a wine that makes glad the heart of man.” The great English preacher, Charles Spurgeon, had no kind words for the...
read moreSecurity guards have a thing about them. Especially those who guard ladies’ hostels. They have rare show of persistence; they will insist that a male visitor clearly identifies himself before entry. Problem comes when you, the male visitor, do not have an identity card –and you still insist on entering “to see the...
read moreby John MacArthur Although we’ve noticed the steady, pebble-by-pebble crumbling of the family for decades, we’re now watching the landslide. We live in an age where society is no longer content to simply ignore the sanctity of marriage and the family—it attacks it with a vengeance. God’s established order for life has...
read moreby Thabiti Anyabwile Have you mastered prayer? I haven’t. I suspect few Christians would report having mastered this great privilege and discipline. In fact, I suspect that most Christians may even feel burdened by their lack of prayer and the seeming ineffectiveness of prayer. We read “pray without ceasing” and it...
read more… For real. So, boy meets girl or girl meets boy, depending on which side of the fence you are sitting on. And they fall in love and start going steady / walk into a relationship / court – there are many terms for this, so we will simply say they start dating. However, boy sees prettier girl (let me use boy for this...
read moreProverbs 13:12 – Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a dream fulfilled is a tree of life. Have you waited for something all your life and thought you were finally about to get it and then, just then, everything vaporizes and you are left feeling empty, unfulfilled, unwanted or a failure? Have you ever thought you are...
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