Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.” Rom. 12:12 Chambers defines hope as a desire – an expectation that something good will happen. Hope for anything on this side of heaven is conditioned by many factors. Everyone alive had had hopes dashed, even when we were assured. When our hope is on God and what He has […]

You, Lord, hear the desire of the afflicted; you encourage them, and you listen to their cry.” Ps. 10:17 To encourage means to inspire or give hope. Every one of us needs encouragement round the clock, especially in the times that we live in today. God, our Father, takes the time to observe, listen and hear the inner cries of […]

As the year closes out the flurry of activities to celebrate CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR accentuates to a high crescendo that deafens our reasoning and common-sense in several areas. One of such areas is the credit card bills we recklessly rake up during this season while throughout the year we have been careful about how we use them. We should […]

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