When we are working, we are actually serving! The Hebrew word for work is “Avoda” or “Avodah” (עָבַד),. It literally means work, worship and service. In Genesis 2:15, the word “avoda” appears when God placed Adam in the Garden of Eden to “work” it. (Thus dispelling any false ideas that work is a punishment that
You may have set a goal for yourself to achieve. The goal will not change – but the way of achieving your goal may change. But your indecisiveness in choosing the way to accomplish your goal will be a hindrance to achieving your goal. Learn from Lot’s wife. Do not look back. “But Lot’s wife
“Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.”” Luke 10:42 NIV At one end of the house, Martha had chosen to physically prepare the food and rooms for Jesus and His disciples, so that they could be comfortable at their house. This was what Martha considered to be
I asked my child, “Do you like going to school?” “I don’t know,” she replied, “I go to school because I do not NOT feel like going, so I go.” “Do you feel your daddy’s love when he sends you to school?” I continued. “Yes.” “Do you feel happy enjoying bonding time with your sister
It has been about 2 weeks into the start of the new year and many have returned to work and school, after a fantastic and enjoyable time of holiday and rest with your family and loved ones. Maybe you are one of those who feel the Monday blues every day of the week, thinking that
Just as the German proverb says, “Clothes maketh the man”, the words that you speak are like the clothing you wear on your body. Say, you consistently use a certain four-letter word when something bad is about to happen. Because of your constant use of that word, it becomes easily extrapolated from your subconscious mind
Distinguishing ourselves as humans from animals is the crux to knowing how to dress. Some fashion trends suggest that showing more and more skin makes us look more trendy and appealing. However, we might not realise that we may be falling into a subtle degradation of looking more like animals and losing our vital human
Good begets good. A good turn deserves another. Well-known phrases we have all heard and used in our essays. It is every man’s innate need that the good that I do is rewarded with good. Even Cain who was hap-hazard in giving God a gift, wanted to find favour with God after giving his gift.
Perfect. That’s what I want this article and every article to be. I want my every decision to be PERFECT. When I say I want the BEST, I am really thinking, I want PERFECT. Do not pursue perfection. Why? Because there is no such thing as perfection. There is only what one can achieve that
Is there “retirement” in the Bible? There is no “retirement” in the Bible. And according to ancient Jewish wisdom, if there is no such word in Hebrew, then the concept does not exist. So to the Jews, there is no such concept of retirement. The Jews believe that no matter what age you are at,
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