Break The Cycle

In my daily life, there have been many times when I recognized that I was going in cycles. There have been plenty of moments where I said to myself “wait, I’ve been in this situation before.” By definition, a cycle is “any complete round or series of occurrences that repeats or is repeated.” I have

Calm Your Worries

For The past several weeks I have been reading and studying the book of Matthew. The book of Matthew is a fruitful and edifying book that looks at the life of Jesus Christ from the perspective of Jesus’ disciple Matthew. Matthew was a tax collector as well as a faithful follower of Jesus Christ. In

Joy In The Morning

Recently, I have been encountering many challenges within my life. Although these challenges are helping me grow, they can become pressuring at times. It becomes easy for me to become bogged down and worried about if I can make it through the challenges I face. God will place challenges in our lives to position us

Who am I Becoming?

One of my favorite things to do in my leisure time is listening to podcasts. I was listening to a podcast named Serendipity with motivational speaker Inky Johnson. Mr. Johnson said something that struck a chord with me. Inky Johnson said, “What is more important: who you become or what you acquire?” After hearing him

Do Not Let Your Friend Fall

Each person who believes in Christ is on their spiritual journey with Christ. While people are on this spiritual journey, they must have a group of people around persuading them towards spiritual development. Every believer is at a different stage in their spiritual development. Some are more disciplined and strong-minded; nevertheless, some are not as

From Immaturity to Maturity

When we were infants we could only eat or drink certain things. Our bodies were too immature to take on meatier foods. Nevertheless, once we got older we started eating meatier foods because our bodies could handle it. As a Christian, I look at this as a correlation to the faith. Some people are spiritually

Fruit of the Spirit

The fruit of the spirit, found in Galatians 5:22-23, contains nine qualities/characteristics: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Galatians 5:22-23 proclaims, “But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.” (KJV). Here are scriptures of the Bible that