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How To Overcome Greed
I’ve been a freelancer for some time now and I used to just work and work and work. Around two years into the scene, God had led me to spend most of my time doing volunteer work and render service without pay instead. It was in ministry and it had nothing to do with my…
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perfect vs. progressive: is “messy” okay?
I sat across from a friend. A week ago, she had expressed a welcoming tone for my new found relationship, celebrating a milestone in my life. Yet, now– today, she displays the opposite of being affectionate. My world slowly crumbles. I know not everything is perfect with our current set-up, yet I have peace from…
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“will you accept a broken kind of love?”
Buildings and stop signsSome good pictures,Some tunes that rhymeAfter a few laughsAnd some good foodYou somehow managed to ruin the mood— by joking way too carelesslyStop me if I’m taking it way too seriously,But are you really just playing me? Some posts and flexesHere we go again— that after you show your love for meA…
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you’re not too dirty for God
I stare into space. Minutes before are moments I dare not repeat, but fail to do so every time. How can I receive His forgiveness, yet go back to the very thing that has caused the drastic separation between us? I am a sinful person, asking a merciful God for mercy. In need of grace,…
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For the Skeptical: Why You Should Still Go to Church
Romans 12:5 (ESV) “So we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.” Over the last few years, I’ve been battling with skepticism. Skepticism that mainly revolves around going to church, fellowshipping with believers, and letting people into my life in general. I say this because I’ve gone through the…
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faith is completed by works
James 2:22 (ESV) “..and faith was completed by his works” The Christian world is rampant with dilemmas that can be concerning, if not alarming. Jesus Christ is, indeed, Savior. But, He is also Lord. In one of my previous writings entitled “Does Faith Make People Weak?”, we’ve grazed the issue. And now, hopefully, we’ll get…
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Navigating the In-Between
Hebrews 12:1 (ESV) “.. and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us” We all want to go somewhere. May it figuratively be from point A to point B, we all want to reach a certain destination. I know for myself, for instance, that I have goals. I have dreams I…
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The Illusion of Being Established
It was afternoon. I was on a joyride going to an overnight staycation. I was going to be surrounded by peers around my age. At the back of my head, I ask “who am I going as?“. I’ve recently quit my job. I’ve been unemployed for months already. And inspite doing mighty exploits over the…
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the call to be authentic
Honestly, I do not exactly know how I was prompted to write about the topic of authenticity. For my avid social media followers, you might have noticed that this post has similarity with one of my vlogs. And that’s because this write-up’s a re-imagined version of such. I write to you because I know what…
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the church needs to be a safe place
Bruises and woundsI didn’t know how to stay aliveThe scars you causedLeft me naked and hurting in the wild When I say that — the church needs to be a safe placeI want to expose that sometimes it’s notI guess being a new creation’s– more of an utterance– beyond the fruition I want to see…