The Psalms do not cease to amaze me. I seem to be on a discovery with each psalm I read. There are so many different types of psalms, one for each season of life (highs and lows, good and bad etc.) it appears. Last week at church, my pastor preached on a psalm of lament,Continue reading “Leaving a good legacy”
Category Archives: Christian Virtues
A call to tenacity
As I spend time reading the Psalms, I am quite struck by the fact that the psalmist knowingly or unknowingly teaches a fundamental lesson about not giving up: being tenacious. How do I see that, you ask? Simply from the repetition of the songs and the themes that they express. It is as though theContinue reading “A call to tenacity”
Knowing your enemy
I used to read the Psalms of David thinking his language was hyperbolic and exaggeration but the more I grow in life the more I identify with his sayings. One of those hyperboles was David’s description of the wicked and how their actions affected him. I was often surprised that many of his Psalms wereContinue reading “Knowing your enemy”
Who Is Like You?
Throughout this week as I spent time with the LORD, the theme “who is like you” kept coming. I saw it in the Psalms I read, in the music I listened to, in other Bible passages I heard or even in discussions. It was certainly unique to have everything I ingest prompt me to askContinue reading “Who Is Like You?”
Crying out to the LORD
Something that I have been learning through the Psalms this week is the idea of “crying out to the LORD” or “calling upon the name of the LORD”. This is something the psalmists did by default. It was what they reverted to irrespective of their circumstances and it is an example for us today toContinue reading “Crying out to the LORD”
The Salvation of the LORD
I am currently reading through the Psalms which is a collection of songs written primarily by king David followed by other writers. The Psalms are also a compilation of five books broken down as follows: Book 1 consisting of Psalms 1-41; Book 2 consisting of Psalms 42-72; Book 3 consisting of Psalms 73-89; Book 4Continue reading “The Salvation of the LORD”
Waiting “quietly”
There are too many references in the Bible about waiting on the LORD. I myself have written a lot on this particular topic. One reason I believe the Bible exhorts us extensively on the subject of waiting is because the life of the believer is comprised mainly of waiting. We are not unique in ourContinue reading “Waiting “quietly””
Love in the Bible
I have been camping in the book of Romans for quite some time now and the first eleven chapters of the book focus on foundational doctrines on who we are before Christ, who we become in Christ, how the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross changes everything for a believer, the tension that exists betweenContinue reading “Love in the Bible”
The law of sin vs the law of God
I have been reading the book of Romans and in this book, a topic that comes often is the topic of salvation. In the book, Paul goes at length to expound on who we are before God, how we are saved, what happens to us when we are saved and how we should live onceContinue reading “The law of sin vs the law of God”
Waging War
In his second letter to the church of Corinth, Paul tells us that we do not wage war according to the flesh even though we walk in the flesh (2 Corinthians 10:3). What exactly did Paul mean by that and what war does he refer to? Are Christians in a war? The Bible tells usContinue reading “Waging War”
A Word Aptly Spoken 