This year, I made a decision that I will strive to make a joyful impact as I go about my day to day l ife. Whether at home or work, my goal is to make sure that I am living a joyful life. And as I live a joy-filled life, I hope to make a joyful impact in the lives of those around me. Three years ago, I wrote a post on my substack titled My life seems miserable but I am full of joy . In that post, I explored the the following scripture found in James 1:2 -3 and the tension o

There is this account in the book of Mark of a man whose son was possessed by a demon from childhood. This demon caused his boy to convulse, foam at the mouth and become rigid. The man came to the Lord Jesus asking for him to cast the demon out. 'Then one of the crowd answered and said, “Teacher, I brought You my son, who has a mute spirit. And wherever it seizes him, it throws him down; he foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth, and becomes rigid. So I spoke to Your disciples

What would you do if you realised that you live in the midst of deceit? Would it cause you stop and wonder what this deceit might be? How it has and continues to affect you? Would you even care to know? What I find interesting about deceit is that it is always a cocktail of the truth mixed cleverly with a lie or two (or three). Unlike a lie that is often times easy to spot and a call out; deceit is more subtle in its form and requires discernment to recognise, wisdom to disma

In the last post, Meditation for Anxiety , I shared around the anxiety many people experience towards the end of the year, leading up to the start of each year. In this post, I thought I would expound a bit more on this topic. Here 's my two gripes with fear: Fear paralyses and causes you to stagnate. This paralyses causes you to move outside the will of God by choosing a path that seems more favourable i.e. Fear causes disobedience. I have watched my self over the years over