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The lessons we can learn from our skin

Bioengineers use the word compliancy to describe a material’s capacity to mold to the shape of another surface, and human skin exhibits this quality remarkably

March 15, 2022 1 Comment

What happens when the Church truly welcomes a new member?

What happens when the Church truly welcomes a new member?

John Karmegan came to me in Vellore, India, as a leprosy patient in an advanced state of the disease. We could do little for him

February 15, 2022 1 Comment

Get frustrated enough to trust God more

Sometimes people in Scripture get motivated to trust God in remarkable ways when they grow frustrated with the brokenness of a fallen world. Nehemiah could

January 4, 2022 1 Comment

fork and dessert

What’s with the fork?

A woman was diagnosed with cancer and was given three months to live. She called her pastor and said, “I want to be buried with my fork.”

December 14, 2021 4 Comments

Overcoming doubt biblically

Overcoming doubt biblically

No one is immune to doubt, in some form or another. Overcoming doubt biblically is an important skill in our faith journey.

June 21, 2021 1 Comment

Questions for God

Questioning God

At the church of my youth, I somehow got the idea that only a prideful person would dare to question the Lord. But now, I

June 15, 2021 3 Comments

the worst thing people can say about you

The worst they can say about you

I got upset at one stage because lies were being told about me. And they were closing doors for ministry around seven or eight years ago.

April 20, 2021 No Comments

freedom from anxiety

3 attitudes that characterize freedom from anxiety

Nothing must come before the kingdom of God. The person who does not seek the kingdom first does not seek it at all.

March 23, 2021 No Comments

the preacher and the prostitute. Hosea in a nutshell

The preacher and the prostitute

One day, a prophet said to the Lord, “What do you want me to do today?” And the Lord said, “I want you to go and find a prostitute.”

March 16, 2021 No Comments

I came to Jesus and my troubles began

I came to Jesus and all my troubles began

“I love the honesty of Jesus. He was always honest with us. I’ve heard testimonies that say, “I came to Jesus and all my troubles

January 5, 2021 No Comments

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Ever had a bad day? You know – when nothing work

Ever had a bad day? You know – when nothing works out the way it’s supposed to?

When you oversleep despite the 5 alarms that you had set the previous night?

Or when traffic is worse than usual?

Or you wake up with a pimple on your nose?

Or you spill coffee on your favorite dress?

Or maybe all of them together.

Or maybe a day worse than that. Ever had one of those?

When you’ve failed an exam,

or you’ve been fired,

or you just got the medical test results saying you’re terminal,

or maybe you hear a loved one has died.

Bad days are not uncommon.

We’ve all had them. Maybe you’re struggling through one right now, as you read this.

And we’ve all just given up on those days. We’ve waited to collapse on our beds and for the day to end.

And if someone came up to us on one of those days, we know we have snapped at them without any provocation.

Ever thought about how to deal with bad days? You know – apart from wanting to jump into a tub of ice cream and pass out?

What should we be doing on our bad days?
Just like anything else in life, our model should be Jesus.

Here’s a story that many of us are familiar with –

“When Jesus heard what had happened, he withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place. Hearing of this, the crowds followed him on foot from the towns. 14 When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them and healed their sick.” - Matthew 14:13-14

Jesus had compassion and began to heal the sick.
He then realized there were around 15,000 men, women, and children gathered there, and they were getting hungry.

So He took 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish and miraculously multiplied them to feed the entire crowd.

He had compassion.

He healed the sick.

He fed 15,000 people.

He did what He had come to do, on His bad day.

Well, how do we know He was having a bad day?

Because the verse starts with “when Jesus heard what had happened…”

And what had Jesus heard?

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For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Je

For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. - Ephesians 2:10

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There is now no condemnation for those who are in

There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death. - Romans 8:1

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Of all the things that Jesus taught about, this wa

Of all the things that Jesus taught about, this was probably the hardest. It’s the one that makes our stomachs churn and makes us grind our teeth.

Because we’ve all been there; we’ve all felt it – the bitterness growing within us, and the rage building itself up, as we think about the person who hurt us the most – the one who lied to us, or betrayed us, or destroyed a part of our lives.

We have ALL lived in the land of unforgiveness.

But in the midst of it, we still see stories of hope; stories of people who were able to do the impossible, and do what can only be a gift from God – forgive.

1. Brandt Jean
In October 2019, in Dallas Texas, Amber Guyger was condemned to prison for the murder of her neighbor. But as the sentence was being pronounced, the brother of the slain victim, Botham Jean begged the judge to allow him to embrace the former officer after his victim impact statement.

“I don’t even want you to go to jail. I want the best for you because I know that’s exactly what Botham would want,” said Brandt Jean told Guyger in court.
Brandt Jean also added that Guyger, 31, should give her life to Christ.
The two were allowed to embrace in front of the courtroom as Guyger sobbed.

2. Van de Broek
A policeman named Van de Broek recounted an incident when he and other officers shot an eighteen-year-old boy and burned the body, turning it on the fire like a piece of barbecue meat in order to destroy the evidence. Eight years later Van de Broek returned to the same house and seized the boy’s father. The wife was forced to watch as policemen bound her husband on a woodpile, poured gasoline over his body, and ignited it.

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