Category: Spiritual Growth
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The Character of True Humility
While waiting in line to pay my bills, I overheard a woman arguing with a staff. The woman with that scary look was talking with a rising tone that seemed like a composed outcry. “Don’t you know who I am?” she told the frightened and teary-eyed staff. Later on, I guess the boss of that…
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Unconditional Love
Throughout my childhood, I have not had any good memories with my grandmother on my father’s side. Although, I did not have anything against her, my heart was far from her. I never learned to love her dearly as I did not feel the love that I longed for from a grandmother. The thing that…
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A Quiet and Trusting Heart
“Lord, help me to be still in you. I feel exhausted doing nothing but wait.” This was my prayer to God a few months ago. Due to my health condition, I was restricted to do the activities and things that I needed and loved to do. I felt like I was being caged. It caused…
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10 Ways for Christians to Have a Fruitful 2019
New year has started. Probably for some of you, you have written your new year’s resolutions (for the *nth time). Others might have started their journey towards betterment. I don’t know about you, but new year for me is a good start to reflect on the things from the past and to ponder on the…
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The Loneliness of a Christian
Have you ever struggled with loneliness? You have your caring friends. You have your loving family. Or maybe it is just the opposite. You don’t feel loved, and your soul is in constant search for happiness which seems so elusive. You want to be understood. You long to be fulfilled. But there is always that…
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Managing Our Thoughts
Recently, I have had a hard time managing my thoughts. With all the things that are bothering me and concerns that I need to think of and attend to, I find it hard to keep my thought life in subjection to God. Our minds are so much active that most of the time, it overwhelms…
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How Do We Meditate on God’s Word?
What comes to your mind the moment you wake up in the morning? My friend once told me that the very first thing that comes to my mind the moment I open my eyes in the morning holds a very high position in my life. I was laughing back then because I guess it did…
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Trusting in Waiting: Psalm 62
Have you ever thought that in waiting there is trusting? My friend once asked me with frustration, “Why didn’t the Lord answer my prayer? I have been waiting for quite sometime. I guess He does not hear me.” She had prayed for something to God for a long time, but she never saw it came to pass.…
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Beautiful in the Eyes of Your Maker
“When a woman veils herself in modesty, she is not hiding herself from men; she is revealing her DIGNITY to them,” this might probably be a statement that I could not forget when I think of modesty among us women. “In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety;…
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Embracing New Roads of Life
People say that life can change in an instant. Parents who lost their son due to an accident, a woman who was diagnosed with incurable disease, a failing marriage that led to divorce, a father who met a severe accident, a young woman who suffered with depression and anxiety – all are real stories that…
