Devotionals

Whether you’re thirsty or hungry, take a seat at the table and receive these beautiful truths from God’s Word, verse by verse.

Easter

Passion Week: Why did Jesus curse the fig tree?

Imagine you’re at the food court. A customer is unhappy because the ban mian auntie has yet to open her stall, even though opening hours haven’t started yet. “May you never have...

Discipleship

God hears your every word

Last night, I was praying before bed when I ended with an “Amen”. Amen. That word immediately triggered the question of why we end prayers with it. Why do we say: “In Jesus’...

Discipleship

Why should I bother reading the Old Testament?

Paul told the Christians in Rome that they would be encouraged and find hope as they read the Old Testament (OT). “For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that...

Devotionals

Setting the slave free

Slavery is an awkward topic to broach in any Christian setting. To our modern minds, the only kind of slavery the Bible should talk about is the “spiritual” kind. Who today would want to...

Devotionals

4 signs that God first loved you

Having recently read an article titled 4 signs that God isn’t your first love, it made me consider how God first loved us. God first loved us. He loved us first (1 John 4:19) and died for us...

Devotionals

A glimpse of God’s goodness and mercy

For the first time in my life, I believe with all my heart and soul that God is good. Not the fleeting “God is so good” when a prayer is answered. Nor the reluctant “God I choose...

Movies & TV

The black holes of my heart

I remember being stunned the first time I watched Interstellar. If you’ve watched it too, it was the scene with the black hole that left me particularly speechless. I remember hitting pause on...

Devotionals

The things we need to throw away

There has been a lot of hype recently about Marie Kondo and her “does it spark joy?” movement. Being someone who also likes to keep things tidy and neat, I concur with her that decluttering is...

Devotionals

Have you traded Jesus for the things of this world?

Oh, how often we trade Jesus for other things! We give up His promises and His goodness for things that seem better in our worldly eyes.  On this topic of exchange, there were 2 such instances...