Question: Why did Job suffer? Answer: Fear and pride. Moral of the story? Fear and pride always cause us problems, so we are better off without them! How do we know that Job had fear? He said so himself. After disaster struck and he had lost most of his wealth (all except his home and…
Category: Biblical
Fear … A Devil, Not a Feeling
People often refer to having fear as “I feel scared” or “I am stressed”. But we need to understand that fear is not just something you feel (I “feel” scared”). It’s also not who you are (I “am” stressed). Now, if this is true, then it means that you can be free from fear! If…
Vanity or Honour?
There are basically 2 reasons why we look after our bodies – a wrong reason and a right reason. What should we start with? … OK. Let’s start with the wrong reason so we can at least end on a positive note 🙂 The wrong reason is doing it out of vanity. The Oxford definition…
Repentance … a Tool, Not an Obligation
Why did Jesus say we should repent (Luke 13:5)? He said that if we don’t repent, we would be destroyed. (Delfina version: If you don’t repent, you gonna die!) Was He trying to control us? Was He trying to take away our fun? Or is there more to it than meets the eye? Firstly, what…
Need a Hand?
Most of our learning doesn’t happen when we gather information. It happens when we begin to apply the information. In applying knowledge, many of us have tried over and over to make the necessary changes we know we should make, but have failed. Some of us might not consider ourselves to be religious and would…
The Bible and Food
The Bible has a lot to say about food. It gives us insight regarding what God gave us as food. We can eat whatever we want, but not everything we eat is food! Believe it or not! The question to ask ourselves is not “Can I eat it?”, but “Is it food?” The first diet…