Help others help you
This post was originally published on https://johnmusyimi.com/blog/f/help-others-help-you Every so often, dear saint, you will find yourself in the midst of a trial and in need of others to step in and offer care. At that point, there is much grace which God will bring to you through the thoughtful, loving service of others towards you. But have you ever considered that there may be an opportunity on your part as the receiver to glorify God and commend the gospel of…
Your Past Doesn’t Define You, It Explains You
Click. Open. Delete. Go to the recycle bin and delete it permanently. If only it were that easy to delete our past, things we regret, things that have scorched us so badly, both physically and emotionally. If you are like me, there are things in your past you wish would never haunt your mind again or see the light of day. The past can be those skeletons in our closets we don’t ever want to bring out. Because of this,…
Can We Really Trust God? Reflections on Jerry Bridges’ Classic
Dews of blessings are visitors we like and embrace wholeheartedly. Trials and suffering visits are also inevitable in this christian sojourn, yet we would rather not open the door to them. Even the strongest of christians can crumble under the weight of trials or suffering when clouds gather and the rain beats down hard. In this article, I aim to persuade you, through a review of Jerry Bridges’ book Trusting God, that the most effective way to respond to trials is…
Bridging the Mind-Heart Gap in Faith: 3 Tests
Do your actions align with the convictions in your heart and mind? Do you walk your talk? Do you drink water while preaching the same water? These questions can be daunting when we genuinely examine our hearts. In this post, I want to focus on the struggle we all face every day, the challenge of taking what we know in our minds and truly believing it in our hearts. It’s the distance between our minds and our hearts. Is our…
Don’t Cherry Pick: Savor the whole counsel of God
This post was originally published on infalliblejoy.com When I became a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ, I was eager to drop the cherry-picking ways I had previously taken with Scripture. I was filled with excitement to dive right in and read the entire Bible from cover to cover. In my mind, I assumed that true followers of Christ would have read the entire Bible more than once. With this belief, I found myself asking every believer I met, Have you…
A Guide to Sexual Desire for the Single Woman
This post was originally published on africa.thegospelcoalition.org There are many wonders in the world that leave us astounded. Among those fascinating and awesome wonders is how God created the human body; how he wired it to operate. It’s a wonder of wonders. Specifically, I find the female body astonishing—because, well, I am a woman. In any given month, a woman goes through four phases, each phase dominated by different hormones. No wonder they say women are complex; we most certainly are….