Inspiration Motivation and Encouragement for Christian Women
Do you sometimes question how the armor of God will provide protection for you in a world that is fraught with wars, natural disasters, and economic factors beyond your control? The world is full of danger and try as we may, we cannot always protect ourselves. We need God. A key, well-known scripture is Ephesians 6:10-18 which talks of the… Read More
How to Pray Effectively Do you believe there is power in prayer? Our prayers should control our lives, not the other way round. God loves it when we pray and prayer costs nothing. It is one of the few free things in the world and yet it has the highest returns. In the post Conversations with God, we discussed how… Read More
Quiet Times in God’s Presence When I was a newbie Christian, I had no idea what a Quiet Time was or how to have a conversation with God. Prayer had always been a one-way street. Since then, I have picked up a few tips and while our times with the Lord are unique to each one of us, I would… Read More
Living a Life of Obedience The dictionary definition of obedience as “dutiful or submissive compliance to authority” is enough to send most people running. It screams loss of independence and a threat to our freedom, which is in contradiction to much of what the world advocates today. We are conditioned by society to think negatively that obedience implies an attempt… Read More
To Fear God is the Beginning of Wisdom Fear can be one of 2 things, a Godly fear or a worldly fear. In the blog post on How to overcome fear in life, we looked at worldly fears, in this post we look at the fear of God. The church has become weakened by humankind’s need to please and fear of… Read More
Overcoming Fear We all have to face up to fear at some point in our lives, if not every day. Friends, it doesn’t have to be this way, there are ways to overcome unnecessary fear in your life. I say unnecessary because a certain level of fear (anxiety) is normal. Our bodies are biologically programmed (by God) to react with… Read More
What does it mean to forgive others? It seems that people think, when we forgive others, we are letting them off the hook and they are getting away scot-free. Our minds scream: justice should be done, the person should be taught a lesson and punished for their indiscretion. But forgiving is not letting a person get away without judgment because… Read More
Does Proverbs 31 scare you? Do you read Proverbs 31 and think it is a ridiculously high standard for anybody to achieve? The Proverbs 31 woman is probably one of the most talked about women in the Bible. She is often made out to be the epitome of the perfect Christian woman which doesn’t always go down so well. We compare… Read More
Encountering God Have you ever had a personal encounter with God? Do you know what it means or even that it is possible today in our everyday lives? God wants to bless and communicate with His people and we need to be ready. It is especially important when we are feeling wrung out, depressed, confused or any other myriad of… Read More
Letting go vs Holding on to past hurt In our post Trusting God in the midst of suffering, we talked about trusting God during painful experiences in our lives. You may be in that place right now, where you feel completely numb, where the pain is so deep, you cease to feel. If this is you, then take a look… Read More
