“Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.” – Proverbs 4:23 You are your heart and your heart is you. Halt it and everything else is halted, no matter how important. Little wonder why the physical heart is the epicentre of life in every human. Strategically placed behind […]
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“Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.” – Romans 8:26 Our ineptitude in addressing our needs is here exposed. Talking about needs, how can they be addressed in the
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“But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.” – 1 John 1:7 This is as simple as it comes. There is no politicking, no double standards and no room for games.
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“Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.” – Proverbs 27:17 Many are the surfaces upon which iron may be sharpened or blunted. However, when iron meets iron for good, there can only be victors and no victims. Iron sharpeneth iron in preparation for opportunities presented in tree felling. In the
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“Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.” – ” Corinthians 9:15 Is there anything on the earth that lacks a name or word for description, one may ask? Thoughts like this may engross the mind upon coming across this bible verse. But the scriptures can know no wrong for what it stands for. The
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“O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.” – Isaiah 25:1 It is the lot of sycophants to offer praises to another for nothing. Likewise, honour is an exclusive preserve of the distinguished and
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“ Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.” – Ephesians 4:29 Have you ever heard about that tiny part of the body that constitutes a world of iniquity? Now enters the tongue with all of its
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“ Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.” – Jeremiah 17:7 Let this become you! Humans, in swapping the word ‘blessed’ for ‘successful’ or any other convenient word across niches, gauge this by a worldly-fit and appealing but heavenly vain yardstick. Money and power are cardinal with great emphasis on the
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“Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.” – Psalm 39:5 Look upon all that is around you and that is where this journey begins. The eyes and all they see that feed and eventually
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“But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;” – Ephesians 5:3 Old things are passed away; all things are become new (2 Cor.5:17) This is a popular saying that expresses the anticipated lifestyle in Christ Jesus for any new convert. However, this turns out not
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