Beware of covetousness

Beware of covetousness

‘No good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly.’ Psalm 84:11 NKJV Covetousness will rob you of contentment. It works like this: you browse through a magazine, and the home you were thankful for an hour ago suddenly seems shoddy. Or you see an ad for a...
God still loves you!

God still loves you!

‘I have loved you with an everlasting love.’ Jeremiah 31:3 NKJV Gerald Mann writes: ‘Moralisers are faithful to remind us that King David’s life was all downhill after Bathsheba-gate. They list the litany of his woes: the baby of the illicit union died. He never...
The need for connectedness

The need for connectedness

‘Being rooted and established in love.’ Ephesians 3:17 NIV Paul describes connectedness as ‘being rooted and established in love’. When a tree puts roots into the ground, it takes in nutrients and water, and the tree grows and has life, but only if it’s rooted. In the...
When you feel blah

When you feel blah

‘Where there is no vision, the people perish.’ Proverbs 29:18 KJV The word ‘perish’ conjures up images of deterioration and decay, like fruit rotting from within. On what specific day does passion leave a marriage or a worker lose interest in a job that once seemed...
Are you in a stress mess?

Are you in a stress mess?

‘What you are doing is not good. You… will only wear yourselves out.’ Exodus 18:17–18 NIV The Bible says: ‘The next day Moses took his seat to serve as judge for the people, and they stood around him from morning till evening. When his father-in-law saw all that Moses...
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