Growing in the faith

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4 Benefits of Being Weak

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Every society aspires to be successful or strong. In my tiny city-state, that has meant a constant effort to survive and to find stability and security over the past 50 years.

When Our Success is Actually Failure

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Everywhere I go, I see people around me striving after something. Some study hard to get the grades they want, some work hard to get promoted in their jobs, while others earn extra to buy nice cars and houses.

7 Steps for Successful Christian Living

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We know what success looks like and how to achieve it. Whatever form it takes, a successful life is one where we rely on God and draw closer to Him.

Dealing with the “Death Knock’”

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The words “death knock” is enough to make my knees go weak and my hands go clammy. A “death knock” involves a journalist showing up on the doorstep of a family who has just lost a loved one for a story.

When Good People Suffer

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Ever regretted giving a testimony? When I was 19 years old, I prayed really hard to get into a scholars programme at a local university. Only three per cent of the undergraduate cohort was accepted into the programme each year.

Will God Give Me More Than I Can Bear?

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“God will never give you more than you can bear. He will give you only what you can handle.” In the early years of my walk with Jesus, I found these words comforting whenever challenges arose.

Still Grieving 18 Months on

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It’s been a year and a half since my grandmother passed away, and I still cannot bear to think about her. It is said that you should not deny your feelings or suppress them, but confront them and deal with them. But I can’t.
lady raising her hand to the sun's ray

3 Ways to Nurture Humility

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Humility—a word easier said than done. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, it is “the quality or state of not thinking you are better than other people”. This is how the world understands the word.

How I Got Rid of Self-Pity

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I have many reasons to feel sorry for myself. The biggest one is my physical disability: I was born deaf. I could not speak until I was seven years old, when my parents sent me to a special elementary school for handicapped people.