Author: Ebos Aifuobhokhan

Exceeding Joy

Praise the Lord, for it is good to sing praises to our God. Yes, praise is pleasant and appropriate. —Psalm 147:1 I just read the whole of Psalm 147 and I can literally feel joy and sweetness in my heart. I am making a commitment to myself now that anytime

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The God of Hope

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in him, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. —Romans 15:13 One of the sweetest, most amazing, touching aspects of our relationship with God is how, in

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Wholehearted Trust

Truth be told, the account in Genesis breaks my heart. I see a people so loved by God; I see Rebekah whom God had already told what her sons would become; I see Isaac favoring one son; I see Jacob going along with the deceit, and my heart breaks because

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A Life of Faith

There was a season of my life when I was my own boss, and that season came with a lot of tears, mistakes, pains, and regret.  Scriptures tell us that we were created to give God pleasure. The entirety of why we are on earth is for the will and

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Received

Receive one another, then, just as Christ also received you, to God’s glory.  -Romans 15:7 I turned 30 in January, and if there is anything in my early years on earth that I have been petrified about, it is being rejected by people. Growing up, I always felt out of

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His Plans

Our reading in Genesis today is kind of nostalgic for me. I love that the people of the earth all spoke the same language and were in one accord. I really love that setting. But because of the nature of sin that had already begun to eat deeply and consistently

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From the Beginning

When we read Genesis 4:23 we see how, sadly, history repeated itself in a descendant of Cain. It broke my heart to read this. Humanity hadn’t existed for long and evil had already begun replicating itself in a family. But as I read verse 26, hope surged in my heart

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Have Faith

“So he got up and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Be quiet! Calm down!” Then the wind stopped, and it was dead calm. And he said to them, “Why are you cowardly? Do you still not have faith?” They were overwhelmed by fear and said to one

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The Shame of Exposure

It is Scriptures like John 8 that completely keep me in awe of God, His love, and His pursuit of me and you. This woman was brought before the King of kings, before the one who hates sin but loves the sinner so much that He left His glory to

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The Promise of Descendants

Abraham, to me, is one of the greatest fathers of faith! Not because he did much, but because he dared to believe God would give him descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky when he did not have a child. How could he believe a God he did

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