Firsthand Insight

He said. She said. We want to hear someone say what he said so that we know. It is not always possible to get it straight from the source and when that is not possible, the nearest we can get is as good as anything. Yet some folks really rely on the secondhand sources. To […]

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Repentance and Responsibility

It’s about time you owned that. Stop deflecting. Stop blaming others for the situation. Stop putting it down to apparent factors beyond control as though you have successfully deluded yourself into thinking there was nothing you could do. Stop that. Look at where it’s got you and consider carefully how it has not brought you […]

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There’s A Call For You

There are plenty of warnings against presumption. There was a study I was doing with someone on the term ‘complacency’ and there’s a lot of presumption to be seen in what leads to that. People get so comfortable in what they believe they know and what position they think they’re in and before they know […]

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Day by Day: But Not In That Way?

My beautiful firstborn daughter recently celebrated her birthday. She has two younger siblings, they are also beautiful. The three of them together bring joy to my soul by just being themselves. Yet someone had to be first and so it is that this daughter is my firstborn daughter. I remember the time of her birth […]

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Focus On Your Own Game Now

There’s this habit some have in the game. The season is happening and observers are making comments about how the team are doing compared to how they did in the previous season. This is even though what happens in the previous season will not determine the outcome of the present one. They will compare points […]

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What Would You Ask?

This man had a dream and in that dream he was approached by God. God spoke to him and offered him the opportunity to ask for anything and it would be granted to him. If that was offered to you, how would you respond? It’s an interesting question to ponder because this man gave a […]

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Just Ask Him

“Just ask him.” asserted Karen. “I don’t want to.” cowered Lily. It was clear Lily was reluctant to ask him, even though she knew she wanted it a lot. Deborah enquired as to why Abigail didn’t want to ask him. Maybe she didn’t think he had the ability to deliver it. Maybe he would not […]

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