What is true compassion? Is it caring for others? Is it helping others? The dictionary defines compassion as ‘sympathetic pity and concern for the sufferings or misfortunes of others. We live in a world where people are so focussed on their own self that they may not know how or when to show compassion to […]

Matthew 14:13-21 covers the story of the miracle of Jesus feeding five thousand people with just five loaves of bread and two fish. This is one of Jesus’s famous miracles in the bible. Can you imagine being one of the five thousand people there and witnessing multiple fish and bread just appearing out of nowhere […]

We live in a world where selfish ambition often takes precedence over anything else in our life. Selfish ambition is the desire to put one’s own interests before another’s. This happens even in the church and amongst Christians. The reason for this is simple, we are all sinful human beings, and our sinful nature causes […]

The word wisdom is mentioned over 350 times in the bible. It is mentioned both in the New Testament and in the Old Testament. What is wisdom? Why do we need wisdom in this world? Why do we need to seek it according to the bible? Let us take a look at what the bible […]

Labor day is observed on the first Monday in September and it celebrates the achievements of the American workforce. All of us have to work in order to survive in this world and some of us work hard for a living. The fruits of our labor are safety and security for our family. Psalm 128:1-2 […]

We have all heard the story of David and Goliath. When no one else from the mighty army led by Saul was brave enough to face Goliath, David stepped up and killed Goliath on his own. This is what David said to Goliath the giant before he stuck him down in 1 Samuel 17:45:46 “You […]

Isaiah 40:30-31 says “Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall, but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.” This bible verse talks about being tired and weary in […]

We have all experienced our teachers correcting spelling mistakes and grammar on writing assignments as students. These mistakes would often be circled or underlined in red to point them out to us.  Over time as we got better at correcting those mistakes the number of corrections on our writing assignments would decrease. The main reason […]

Communion is a time when all Christians partake in the act of eating bread and wine together to remember the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross. The very first communion was with Christ and his disciples. Matthew 26:26-28 says,” While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it […]

I was recently serving as a volunteer at my Church VBS and one of the lessons that were taught to the kids was from Galatians 5:22-23 which says “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.” The kids were asked […]