Views: 42I was taking a course on pastoral counseling recently, and the first, predominant and most important tool needed is “listening”. This is crucial because it is only when you listen that you can enter the person’s experiences, and know how the person feels and thinks; and be able to provide guidance. We were told […]
Read More →Views: 60Worry is like noise. When it is around, you either don’t hear others clearly, or hear nothing at all. To keep our sanity, we need to hear clearly from God, from those who care about us, and from our own minds. I wrote an on 19th October, 2019, called “Cut The Noise Out”. I […]
Read More →Views: 53Yesterday was quite stressful. My plate was full and overflowing with a lot of work: plenty school work, class group meeting, lectures, a medical checkup and a lot of job work too! To crown it all, one of the boys deleted his zoom to install a game, and was having a hard time installing […]
Read More →Views: 67We quoted Jesus’ admonishment to His disciples when He was sending them out in the devotional on Saturday entitled “Wise As Serpents”. The text was from Matthew 10:16, and said, “Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves. In Genesis 3:1, […]
Read More →Views: 226“O for a thousand tongues to sing!” Today is “Thanksgiving Day” in my church, Tesano Baptist Church; and I cannot be more grateful for God’s mercies, help, maintenance and sustenance. “O for a thousand tongues to sing”, Methodist Hymn 1 (GBH 6), is the first hymn in the Methodist Hymn book, and rightly so! It […]
Read More →Views: 76I was once going to buy oil filter for a car; and when I got it, I had a hunch to ask if that was the best. I was shocked when the attendant told me that was what most people bought; then he went back and brought me another one and said, “This is […]
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