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There's 4 days left before 2019 ends and it's usually around this time that the "I haven't done enough syndrome" (I made it up 😂) starts to attack. It's when you look back at the months past and you're overwhelmed with feelings of inadequacy.  STOP! Have you considered why you've felt like this? Could it be that you've compared your accomplishments to someone else's? Could it be that the reason why you're feeling this way is because you're secretly competing with person A and you want to outshine them? There could be any reasons.  The "I haven't done enough syndrome" got me and the Holy Spirit quickly revealed to me why I was feeling like this. The reason behind it was that I was comparing my life to other people's lives, specifically those in my age group ( early 20s). I felt as though I had done the bare minimum compared to them, because everything seemed to be 'hunky dory' on their side.   Below are some p...

The Holy Spirit laid the word  faithfulness  upon my heart. What is faithfulness? The Oxford dictionary describes it as "remaining loyal and steadfast". Does that sound like a character trait you possess?  Are you faithful with what God has given you? Are you faithful during the tough times? Are you faithful with the little that you have?  If I asked you to rate your level of faithfulness on a scale of 1-10, what would your answer be? Would you confidently answer me with a loud voice saying "It's a ten" , or would you rate yourself highly in order to avoid embarrassment? The truth is that a majority of people are faithful only when its convenient for them. Imagine if that was the case with Jesus. Just imagine if He decided not to die for us on the cross because of the pain He was to endure. The fact that He (Jesus Christ) died on the cross for our sins shows His faithfulness amongst other things; it shows us that He went through great lengths in order to rec...

Arthur Ashe once said: "Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can". I reckon he was a pretty wise man.  It's so easy to focus on the things that you want, rather than on what you already have. I felt discouraged and unsatisfied with certain things in my life for numerous reasons and the Holy Spirit said this to me: "Use what you have". I didn't understand what that meant, but I was reminded of a story in the Bible about a certain widow. Her story is found in 2 Kings 4:1-7. This woman had just lost her husband & was scared that a creditor would turn her two sons into slaves because she had owed him some money. She asked prophet Elisha for help and he asked her a few questions. "What should I do for you?" "What do you have in your house?". That sounds like easy questions right? But how often do we fail to see what we have and we choose to focus on the things we don't have?  es.wikipedia.org The woman's ...

It's been an overwhelming week & my initial game plan was to just 'suck it up' and get through the week without crying, which actually worked for a while until something happened & I ended crying like a baby 😭. Well... that wasn't part of the plan at all. This made me realise a few things: ▪️ It's okay to cry. This is something that I'm still coming to terms with and what comforted me was the fact that even Jesus wept (John 11:35). Crying does not mean that you're weak. ▪️ If you don't deal with your emotions, then your emotions will deal with you. If I had dealt with those overwhelming emotions earlier on during the week then I wouldn't have broken down. ▪️ I am human & not a robot, which means that there will be things that make me sad at times; things that are sometimes beyond my control and even then my trust must be in Jesus. ▪️There is nothing that I cannot overcome. One of my favorite verses, Philippian...

I was scrolling through Instagram during the day and a few things caught my attention. I noticed how a majority of the people are all about making money whether it be through promoting a certain product, or by merely being an 'influencer'. Now don't get me wrong here, I'm not saying that wanting to make money is a sin, but what I am saying is that we need to have a heart check. "But they that will be rich fall into a temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. " - 1 Timothy 6: 9-10. I'd like to point a few things out about that passage of scripture: Firstly, it speaks of the rich and not the poor people. So poor people are excluded from the temptation that's mentioned above. The reason why, only the rich will fall into that t...

One of the things that I do often that others consider "deep" is that I question myself. I question my motives. A recent question that I asked myself whilst listening to a song was this: "Do you truly love Him?" "Do you love Jesus?" I pondered the question for a while ... The reason for my pondering was not that I do not love Jesus, but it was simply because I did not want to lie to myself. We can be deceived into thinking that we truly love Jesus merely because of the scriptures we post on social media (which anyone can do) or because of our church attendance. There's nothing wrong with doing any of those things, but they are just not a good indication of whether or not someone loves Jesus.           "He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth Me: and he that loveth Me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest Myself to him"- John 14:21 (KJV)                ...

One moment you're thinking about how far you have come, the next is about the amount of work you still need to catch-up on, or what you will be having for lunch.The truth is that I have been guilty of doing this quite often. I have been guilty of letting my mind wander which has also had an impact on my emotions. What exactly does it mean to "let your mind wander?" According to Phrase Finder, it means to let whatever thought come into your mind without you directing those thoughts. This explanation makes something clear to us: we have to control our thought-life. How do we do that? Lets find out from the scriptures.  2 Corinthians 10:5 says "Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ."   "Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought...