Eternal Values for Life Living
Today I am fascinated by a quote from Gladiator. Maximus is rallying his troops before a battle, they are probably going to die, but he encourages them by saying: “Brothers, what we do in life…echoes [...]
The Basics of God’s Love
We all long for a deep and intimate relationship with God, just as God longs for a continuing relationship with us, that is real and personal. But we, before we have this relationship, often want [...]
Test Yourself
We experience many tests in life, but the one thing we never think of doing, is testing ourselves. When last did you test yourself? And for what?
Why Does God Discipline?
Whenever we go through a hard time, we automatically think “God is punishing me!” As we saw in previous posts, discipline is not punishment, but reminds us that we are loved. This is because discipline [...]
Making Light of Discipline
"Being disciplined is like being punished," she said. How can God be a God of love if He is always punishing us?
Because He Loves Me…
Why would God discipline us? Is He not the God of love? Why would a God that loves us need to discipline us?
Togetherness is Good
Being together is not the same as togetherness. Two people can be in each other’s company, but it does not mean that they are together. Togetherness implies one with another, united, collectively in a team, [...]
Catch Them and Divide Them
Last time we discussed the age-old strategy of “Divide and Conquer” which the enemy uses to cause a lack of unity in the body of Christ. This strategy is aimed at identifying which relationships or [...]
Divide and Conquer
Divide and conquer is the best strategy to attain and maintain power. In all of my school debates and team events, I remember that in order to win, we would divide and conquer the opposing [...]
The Purpose of God’s Testing
Previously we discussed that God will test us and that we as believers should expect to be tested. We identified that it is to our benefit to undergo testing, to refine that which is already [...]
