• The Death That Did Away With Death

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    Read: 1 Peter 3:18 As a child I had, thanatophobia,  an extreme fear of death, probably due to the trauma of my father’s passing when I was five. Anything connected to death absolutely terrified me – cemeteries, crosses, coffins, and even the colors white and purple, because those were the colors of crepe papers people…

  • The Rewards of Righteous Suffering

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    Read: Revelation 22:10-13 Parents have an effective trick up their sleeves to get their children to do something, which, by the way, could be quite a challenge. This is the age-old giving of rewards.  And it almost always works.  Rewards are effective incentives to get people to do something, even if it means that they…

  • Mining the Meaning

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    Read: Romans 8:28-39 There is nothing more powerful than a period of great suffering that incites reflection and contemplation. C.S. Lewis said, “God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our consciences, but shouts in our pains.” In our suffering, we need to lean in, listen closely, and learn what lesson might be gained…

  • If We Should Suffer

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    Read: 1 Peter 4:12-16 There is no word to describe the pain of being separated from someone loved so dearly. It cuts deep into the soul, gnawing at every fiber of one’s being. For me, the pain is most torturous at dusk. There’s something about nightfall that aggravates the torment. Have you ever experienced being…

  • Till I Entered The Sanctuary of God

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    This is the first Sunday of 2024, and, naturally, we dedicate this day to worship with our brothers and sisters in our respective local churches. We drive, commute, or walk to the house of worship, and enter the sanctuary of God. Physically, we step into the church.  In this article, I want to talk about…

  • Soul-Care: What We Need To Do More This Year

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    Let me first greet you all, “A happy and blessed new year!” We can hardly believe it is now 2024! We thank and praise God for spiritually sustaining us last year. This year, it is our earnest desire to continue serving the Lord. Serving God is what we do until rapture. But on this first…

  • Pause, Ponder, Position for the New Year

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    Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes  Hello, my dear sisters in Christ. A blessed Thursday morning to you all!  The hustle and bustle of the Christmas Season is, for now, at a lull. In a day or two, the hurried climate will again pick up, and will reach its peak at the strike of the new…