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I recently came back from a weekend trip to Scotland to visit with my friend Keiran. Also on the same trip was another friend of ours, Lekha. The three of us serve on the Product Support Team of the YouVersion Bible App. While Keiran and Lekha are staff members, I serve as volunteer Coach/Team Lead. It is quite funny how we actually decided on this weekend trip. Keiran had visited England a few months ago and stayed in the town where I live. Lekha who also lives in England travelled to my town and we had a weekend of fellowship as well as visits to London, touring Buckingham Place and the House of Parliament. It was towards the end of his visit that Keiran asked me, “Have you been to...

In most cultures in the world, it is common for adult children to live with their parents until such a time when they decide to move out to live on their own. There was a time especially in the West, when children could not wait to be 18 so they could move out and be free of parental control. The trend these days however seem to be that adult children want to live with their parents as long as possible. I believe this is mostly due to a couple of reasons with the top on the list being economic factors. While living with their parents, children have free access to feeding and other utilities they would have otherwise paid for if they were living on their own. Although they enjoy these facilities freely, they come at a cost to their parents who have to foot th...

A fundamental part of Christian worship is Continual Thanksgiving. In order to understand the importance of thanksgiving, we’ll need to examine three aspects of thanksgiving; Who, When and Why.On a general note, we should show gratitude to anyone who does good to us. As Christians however, the primary focus of out gratitude is God. The Bible is filled with many commands to give thanks to God. Psalm 106:1, 107:1 and 118:1 all echo the song in 1 Chronicles 16:34. *Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!*God is the source of every gift we enjoy. But He doesn’t just stop there. By the time we enjoy today’s benefits, He’s got tomorrow’s benefits ready for us to enjoy. He never runs out of good...

Thank God for prayers unanswered prayers! Well, I thank God for prayers He did not answer according to what I wanted.As a young couple, my wife and I went through a particularly challenging year, but God saw us through. We were grateful for all the things we were able to accomplish during the previous year and looked forward to greater accomplishments the following year. We made plans for the year including getting better jobs and seeking small business opportunities for my wife and it looked and sounded great as we discussed all the options.I came back from work one evening to receive a bombshell. It wasn’t supposed to be shocking news, in fact it was supposed to be a joyful one. However, the circumstances and the obvious effect the news would have o...

I recently read an account in the scriptures which got me thinking about following sound advice.When Rehoboam the son of Solomon was installed King of Israel, the leaders of Israel sought his audience on a matter of utmost importance. Solomon had laid a heavy burden of taxation and labour on the people and they were hoping for a relief now that his son had been installed as king. In 1 Kings 12: 3-4, the leaders told Rehoboam the king, “Your father was a hard master. Lighten the harsh labor demands and heavy taxes that your father imposed on us. Then we will be your loyal subjects." Rehoboam decided to give the matter some thought and told the people to come back after three days for his decision. The king summoned the elders who had bee...

As a child, I had dreams of what I wanted to become and I remember going with my dad to his office and sitting behind his desk dreaming of one day when I would sit in my own office and manage a company like he did back then. Unfortunately, life threw a curved ball at me early in life so that when my mates were going off to Institutions of Higher Learning after secondary school, I was looking for a job so I could save up to get a University education.I got a job alright, however, my income could barely cover my expenses before the next pay day talk less of saving for my education. Against all odds I registered for a professional course and began attending evening lectures. I studied hard because I felt like my whole life depended on my success.I was no...