He That Watereth

You\’ve heard the clarion call over and over again: life should not primarily centre upon your own wants. We know, we know – life isn\’t perfect, and you have a lot of needs, and this is completely true. You have to eat, drink and shelter yourself adequately for example. Keeping body and soul together. Deep […]

One of the more popular parable of Jesus is the Parable of the Talents (Matthew 25: 14 – 30). So, here\’s a plot twist: they are all stewards. The master and the three servants are all stewards, operating at different levels of accountability. The first servant had to account for five talents, the second servant

Prayer is a spiritual practice that will help you move from total spiritual darkness to complete enlightenment. Prayer is not just about drawing comfort and strength to face the battles of life, a critical effect of prayer is that it helps you awaken your mental faculties and a spiritual desire to improve. If you search

The Apostle James wrote: \”You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.\” (James 4:3 ESV) In other words, selfishness is a major hindrance to effective prayers. When your prayers are seemingly centred upon what you think you want, you deviate outside the true purpose of prayers. For

Prayer is a spiritual activity. Prayer is not intellectual or even emotional, it is something spiritual and must be approached spiritually. Please note that \”spiritual\” does not mean ignorance, on the contrary, spiritual activities should lead to enlightenment. And we all know that without this enlightenment, no learning, creativity or exploits is possible. Prayer is

When you get really serious about your assignment as a watchman, you would realise that most of your prayers should centre upon your watch. You need to realise that in order to function effectively as a light of the world, you have to pray for your world. Changing the world is not just about designing

If you desire to mature unto the deeper side of prayer, the key is to understand that prayer is an outflow of your knowledge and devotion to God. Prayer is not just an activity, it is more like an expression of something deep within your soul. We find some of the most profound prayers in

There is a shallow side of prayer and a deep side of prayer. Prayer works when done correctly. There is no rational reason to turn your back on prayer because one can see the force of prayer in action over the course of human history. It is a good idea to take the time to

The importance of trusted spiritual practices like thanksgiving, prayer and meditation must never be in doubt. There should not be a time when the validity and relevance of such ancient practices are called to question. A critic might be quick to suggest prayers don\’t do anything, it is taking practical actions that cause changes. While

We can seemingly summarize the religious mind-set as \”cast your cares upon your god\” and go to sleep. The idea that you simply pray about everything and anything and expect a miracle. A miracle in this case would refer to some important developments that just happened without any human intervention. This mind-set is actually dangerous