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 very interesting to have a favourite blog post when every single one has been a personal blessing. But I figured that today will be a good day to highlight a quality that was the sum of my 2025. My favourite blog post of the year has to be "Praying like Elijah", you can read that here; https://julianaofjehovah.wixsite.com/website-1/post/praying-like-elijah-waiting-well It was something I had studied weeks prior and had little to no intention of sharing but had to because

I had a couple of errands to run in Accra but working a full time job in the Ashanti Region made that quite challenging. I had no other option than to turn to friends. I was amazed by the level of openness they had about my program. Those who couldn't make it because of  genuine reasons always checked in to see whether I had found someone else to do it for me. I work in healthcare and it's an exhausting sector, we usually spend our day offs preparing for the next shift but th

I remember a phenomenon called positive feedback mechanism I learnt in 2nd year physiology class. In simple terms, it is when the presence of one activity instigates the production of a hormone, in turn that hormone keeps the activity running. So it's kinda like a loop. If A is present, it stimulates the production of B. For instance it's going to be a bit technical but stay with me, when a mom gives birth, a hormone called oxytocin is produced. This hormone is responsible fo

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

Slowly her mind drifted to that fateful afternoon when numerous men surrounded her house. Wearing a red robe she had hurriedly put on as they banged the door, she and her lover were running frantically up and down the room trying to find a way of escape. One bang came at the door, then another until the door came crashing down. There stood men, about 20 of them, eyes bloodshot with rage. “There they are”, a lanky looking man screamed. The woman found herself being yanked by t

Remember the whole Bible reading plan I started on January 1st this year? Check out that post here👉 https://julianaofjehovah.wixsite.com/website-1/post/new-year-new-me-i-m-serious-this-is-for-real-featuring-duolingo-and-youversion . This is an update on my progress and some lessons I have learnt. Don't ask me about Duolingo because I shamelessly quit that app many moons ago😭.  Thankfully I was able to show up everyday to do the Bible plan. I hope this one makes up for my D

I saw this caption on an IG post of a christian leader I respect, “Using this as point of faith, ask God for anything.” On a normal day,...

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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