Faith + Hope + Love

You are a Masterpiece: Young queen, your worth is not determined by the number of heads you turn on a given day. It is not determined by the number of "boys" who ask to buy your drink at the club or take you home. It is not determined by number of "boys" who ask if you are on Whatsapp or who send you request of Facebook or follows you on Instagram.  It's NOT determined by the designer clothes,hair, or makeup you purchased attempting to perfect your outer appearance.You are already perfect through the lens of God's eyes. Hear me, I understand all you've ever wanted is to be loved, respected,protected and cherished. Listen to me: You are already a treasure to be treasured. Your heart is a priceless possession. Your beauty is unmatched. Your Crown is magnificent. You are so loved RIGHT NOW by the true King who willingly, without question, gave His life to be with you and to show you just how loved you truly are. Don't take off your crown for...

I want to make it clear that if you want to invoke Bible verses to control and manipulate your wife, the Bible is against you. If you harm your wife physically, sexually, emotionally, or materially, Jesus stands against you. To hide behind the Bible in order to justify how you treat your wife is vile. Justifying your attitudes and actions with the Bible is like blaming the cook book for the food poisoning you caused when you cooked a meal with putrid meat. The issue isn’t with the book, but what you brought out of your fridge. You are destroying your family, dishonouring God, and deceiving yourself. I have met men like the ones described in Julia Baird’s article—not many, but a couple. When their anger was exposed they became even more heated. When we assisted their families, they stormed out. When we called on them to repent, they admitted no wrongdoing and instead tried to play the victim. When we told them to leave the church, they were vindictive and spread all manner of falsity. T...

The Bible doesn't actually mention flirting, but it does give us principles about how we should act toward one another and we can use those for a comparison. What flirting comes down to, in a nutshell, is to behave in such a way to attract another person but without serious intent to pursue them or only pursue with sinful intentions. When it comes to our attractions to other people, sometimes we can't help it. While it is  not a sin to be attracted to another person , how we RESPOND to those attractions may lead us into sin. As believers, we should check our motivations before emotions get us flirting carelessly with some unsuspecting person ( Proverbs 4:23 ;  Proverbs 6:25 ). The purpose for flirting is rarely one with godly intentions. You know how they say you'll attract those who act way you act? If you're being flirty, you may only attract more flirtiness, and while it may be fun at first, it is likely to lead to, at best, hurt feelings, or at worst, em...

The Apostle Paul warned Christians, "Therefore, my dear friends, flee from idolatry" ( 1 Corinthians 10:14 ). I don't know about you, but when I hear to flee something, I think of fleeing from snakes, bears, and masked, chainsaw-wielding maniacs! So when the Bible tells me to flee something, I take notice. This must be a big deal. But what is idolatry? What does it look like in our modern culture? How can we recognize (and break) a cycle of idolatry? Let's break it down a bit so that we know what idolatry is, how to recognize it, and how to rid our lives of it. What is idolatry? Idolatry comes from the Greek word  eidōlolatria , and means "the worship of false gods." If you have read any of the Old Testament, you know that the Israelites were constantly worshipping false gods, making statues of them, and being warned to stop (they never did). Then God would rain punishment upon them, they would beg forgiveness, and God (because He loves us like that) always ...