“Don’t wait for the government “ I've heard this statement countless times and anytime I hear it my feelings about it doesn't change; I hate it. Last month, someone I respect repeated this statement. I cringed just a little bit but I fixed my attitude fast fast. I know you might be wondering why this didn't yield the same effect of disdain. First reason is that my bias was active.  Yes, I was being selective with my reactions. I was surprised by the sheer audacity of the firs

For a world obsessed with speed and fast paced living, slow living is rebellion. In a generation where everyone is a founder, an owner, a facilitator, a host or something of that sort, choosing to live an unambitious life can be branded as abnormal. In a world where everyone is running around, being still sounds crazy. We claim to “want to do the will of the Lord” but what if the will of the Lord looks like being a faithful wife and mother of kids. What if the will of the Lor

It's January and I welcome you all officially to the Great Lock-in. The season where most people are excited about making sure that the new year is their best year yet. A lot of activities will be recommended, two of them are fasting and to disappear from social media. I wonder who started the trend of fasting in January. It is understandable though. What better way to start the new year than to deny yourself of food and draw closer to God. This phenomenon, spearheaded by som

Hello fam, how's everyone doing? I asked my friend Maria to share some lessons she has learnt so far with me some months back. Well, what better time to share those lessons than this time of the year. Hope this blesses you as much as it did to me. On faith I wish I knew how the Holy Spirit communicated to me very early in my christian journey. I’m very certain now more than ever that he’s always been talking but I never heard or listened. Most of the time,it was a still smal

Ever wondered whoever came up with the concept of a year. Like whose idea was it to segregate the days into years? We could have just been living our lives everyday, getting older but without an accurate measure of how time is flying. The concept of a year is a very wise one in my opinion; a good indicator of how fleeting time is. Instead of dreading the passage of time and irreversible aging, why don't we take responsibility and make good use of it. Why don't we learn from p

It's not as if I forget that the Lord is good or that He's capable of turning the worst of situations around, I just wish to have it re-echoed by another human. A gentle touch, a set of genuine eyes looking deep into my soul, a warm hug, a pat on the back and these beautiful words flowing from their lips;"Juliana, God will do it",”Be strong and of good faith, your God has gone ahead of you", "This too shall pass".  That seldomly happens because I tend to carry it all in silen

I wish preachers would spend more time preaching the Word than telling us their experiences. This is a slippery one because I think many of them genuinely have good intentions and are just trying to make sure that whatever point they're making is practical to their audience. But you'll look back at a 2 hour sermon and there's one solid hour of “when we were in school”, “there was one time”, “I remember”. Then it begs to ask, is this a personal story telling session or a place

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The Forge tells the story of a single mom and her 19- year- old son , Isaiah . Chronicling his journey from an ...

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What is the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word, “resolutions”? I think of New Year's resolutions. Our society has a...

Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been thinking, “Is work really necessary?” Partly because the reality of my job coupled with the...

From personal experience, I have realized that in seasons where I was busy my devotional life suffered compared to seasons where I was...

Keeping our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith. For the joy that lay before him, he endured the cross, despising the...

In hindsight, I have realized that most of my relationships happened by chance. We went to the same school, we sat next to each other in...

Every wise woman builds her house but a foolish one tears it down with her own hands. - Proverbs 14:1 This scripture is usually applied...

In the Christian community, everyone is going through something. It gets even louder at the beginning of a new year like this. There’s a...