Photo credit: My book of Bible stories We talked about Joseph's single act of forgiveness yesterday, today we're going to talk about his brothers’ act of repentance. Joseph stands out as the main figure in this story, suffering years of abuse and cancelling all the consequences with one act. The story would be incomplete if we fail to recognize the little changes in the behavior of his brothers. Over thirteen years after Joseph's “death”, the brothers had to make a trip to Eg

Photo credit: My book of Bible stories The story of Abraham's family is riddled with schemes, deceptions, abuse and hurt. In the first generation, Abraham (then Abram) deceives Pharaoh that Sarah (then Sarai) was his sister. His son Isaac does the same, years later.  Jacob and his mother deceive his father Isaac, robbing Esau of his inheritance. And the sons of Jacob deceive their father about Joseph's supposed death.  Hagar suffered abuse and rivalry with Sarah. The wives of

For our final installment in this series, we'll be looking at the story of Jesus in the wilderness.  If the Israelite experience is a warning of failure then Jesus' experience is a signal of victory.  Prior to commencing His earthly ministry, Jesus was whisked away by the Holy Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.  Matthew 4:1 NIV [1] Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.  It was not a mistake, this was an intentiona

If Moses' wilderness experience was an introduction, the Israelites’ experience is the main body. They are the textbook example of human nature at work in the wilderness. The Israelites are an example of what happens when we fail the breaking and building of the wilderness. They were a people who encountered the power of God over and over again, yet refused to let the One who encountered them change them. Physical deliverance at last but deliverance of the mind took awhile. U

The wilderness is all too commonplace in the Bible to be ignored. From Moses to Jesus,many famous Bible people had a stint there. The wilderness is desolate, uninhabited and uncultivated regions (Bible hub). In the Bible, the wilderness is a place of both hardship and hope, where divine testing and provision shape humanity’s faith (The Bible project). It was the place between Moses’ life in the palace to his life as a deliverer. It was the place between Jesus' early life and

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

The Bible from Genesis to Revelation tells a single story of how God saved mankind. Throughout the Bible we see God for tell His redemption plan through types and shadows or straight up word for word prophecies.  Let's take a look at some of them today. 🎄 Genesis 3:15 NIV [15] And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.” This was right after we had messed up and before being kick

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 had the honour of using a public restroom last week. The toilet paper was positioned on top of the toilet tank (that thing that contains water for flushing). I observed that there were two of them (t-rolls). “Do they have a thing for wastage or they're just generous?”, I asked myself. Then I took a closer look and realized that the colours were different; one was white and the other was cream - similar enough to confuse me. Then I noticed another thing,the textures were dif

You wake up one morning with a serious urge to use the toilet. You rush to the toilet, do the needful, reach out to take the tissue paper after your business and realise you’ve run out. Tell me, how will you feel? That little inconvenience is able to change your mood. It is in that moment that you'll realise how important tissue paper is.  If cheap lifeless tissue paper has a purpose, how much more you- a living breathing image of the one true God? Hi there, we're gonna talk

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