Storms are part of life. Life in this world is not smooth. We live in a fallen world full of fallen human beings. Since the fall of Adam, human beings are born with a sinful nature. We have a propensity towards sin since birth, until we encounter Jesus Christ. During our life on earth, we […]
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In life, we face many storms. Being a Christian does not exempt us from facing hardships. The Bible tells us that in this world we shall have tribulations. During our walk with God, we come across difficulties, across many trials and sorrows. Are you able to worship in the midst of afflictions? Different people go
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Change is difficult. Most of the time we want to remain in our comfort zones. We want to remain in that position where everything seems to be flowing smoothly. We want to be in a happy state all the time, we want things to work out as we want, we want life to follow the
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Rejection stings! Rejection is a deep-seated feeling of being unwanted, it makes us feel like we are not of any value, it makes us question the reason for our existence, it makes us ask ourselves why we do not seem to fit in, it makes us wonder why no one seems to want to be
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Grief is a very powerful emotion. Those who have experienced grief know how deep it goes. Grief is usually brought by painful life events or unfulfilled heart desires. Grief is a period of mourning, brought about by loss of any type, not limited to the loss of a loved one. It is a deep sense
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Many people carry the burden of shame. Shame creeps in slowly. Shame makes a person want to hide. It is an intense feeling of guilt, condemnation, of one looking down on themselves, of regret. Shame can make a person hate themselves, it makes a person feel like a failure, it makes a person consider themselves
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The heart of Pharaoh was hardened and he turned against the children of Israel. Pharaoh and the Egyptians pursued the children of Israel. As the Egyptians drew near, the Israelites got very afraid and they started complaining to Moses. However, God told the Israelites through Moses, the Egyptians whom you see today, you will never
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Most people accumulate a lot of wounds to their souls in their lifetime here on earth. There are many wounded souls in the world. We are born without knowing anything concerning this world; the things that we eventually get to know we learn from the environment, from our families, from our friends, from our neighbors,
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Verbal abuse is one of the most degrading actions directed from one person to another. When someone uses foul, demeaning, degrading language that tears apart another person, the damage done cannot be quantified. Society nowadays seems to be full of people who cannot control their tongues. Some people tend to say anything irrespective of how
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Sexual violence of any kind is among the most devastating things that can happen to anyone. It steals a person’s sense of who they are, it robs a person their sense of worth, value, and dignity, it makes a person think of themselves as lesser-than and feel a sense of hopelessness and worthlessness, it makes
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Take the yoke of Jesus and learn from Him. Most people carry heavy burdens. We walk most of our lives with burdens on our backs, with our lives weighed down by things of this world, weighed down by other people’s expectations of us, weighed down by what people say or do not say about us,
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The Bible tells us that the Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. One of the most amazing things that happen when we are broken is that God draws near to us. During those moments when we feel like our world has been turned upside down, we get
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God is our sustainer; God’s sustaining power. During those moments when we feel weak, during those moments when we feel fragile, those moments when people have hurt us to the core, during those moments when people run away from us, during those moments when people are talking about us, during those moments when we feel
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For those who struggle with self-pity, it is time to stop feeling sorry for yourself. Self-pity keeps a person paralyzed. A person in self-pity lives in great fear. Self-pity lies that we are not good enough, that we cannot make it, that we have to coil back and pity ourselves; we say to ourselves –
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People are always coming into and out of our lives. Some come with the wrong motives, some are good-willed. When people walk away, it is very tempting to cling on and try to hold on. It is easier to hold on than to let go. It is easier to try to explain away everything, it
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God is our shelter during life’s storms. In life, we will face storms but we have the assurance of shelter in God. The presence of God during moments of life’s turmoils gives us hope and the courage to endure. When everything is raging on the outside, when inside we are falling apart, when everyone seems
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The death of a loved one is one of the most devastating things to go through. No one really prepares us for such moments. Such times are extremely devastating. It is shocking and confusing, to say the least. We are left in confusion, not knowing what to do. The death of a loved one turns
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Most people walk through life with open gaping wounds, with broken hearts, with bleeding hearts. Life is full of storms, things change in a split of a second. Within no time something can happen that would change the course of our lives. We meet people who do or say things that leave us with scars.
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Pain! What can we say about pain? Pain is extreme discomfort. Pain can turn our lives upside down. We all go through pain, and our threshold for pain is different. To some, something considered ‘small’ can inflict in them an unimaginable amount of pain. To others, they have to go through something considered ‘big’ to
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We all get hurt at some point in our lives. It may be intentional or unintentional hurt by another person. At times, we hurt ourselves when we put ourselves in situations that are not good for us. We get hurt when we have expectations and those expectations are not fulfilled or met. We get hurt
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