I once worked as a waitress, for quite a while I must admit, but during this time I had in my mind a colourful picture of where I wanted to be. I carried this picture with me everyday. Two years after university, my picture hadn’t materialised yet but I kept adding bits and pieces to…
During our past Sunday services, we have been going through the ‘discover series’ in order for each of us to become aware of our spiritual gifts and thus fan them into flame. These gifts are freely given by our Father to each of us who believe in Jesus Christ as our Lord and saviour, with an…
Many people fail at work and in life because they focus too much on problems rather than opportunities. Perhaps it is true in your life too. When something goes wrong, we spend hours chewing on it and dissecting it. I am not suggesting we should stick our heads in the sand. But I do think…
I’d like to share this story I read a while back, about a young boy, that got me thinking: Once upon a time there was a little boy who was talented, creative, handsome, and extremely bright. A natural leader. The kind of person everyone would normally have wanted on their team or project. But he…
I was watching a Greys Anatomy TV episode the other day, where neurosurgeon Dr. Amelia Shepherd while at work comes face to face with a friend from her past who she had met in a Narcotics Anonymous meeting. When her “friend” learns that Amelia is set to operate on her parents who were injured in…
On Monday we launch Smyrnas 21 days of Prayer & Fasting, from the 11th to the 21st of January. What a great way to start the year focusing on hearing from God??!…it’s going to be a great year!!! We dedicate this blog post to give some important tips and information. PRAYER & FASTING Here is…
I don’t have my own biological children so I might seem as the most unqualified person to be writing this article. However, when I look around, I can’t help but wonder whether parenting skills vanished with a generation. There seems to be such a lax approach to parenting in today’s age; I call it parenting…
I’ve signed up for a 10km run, not as something i’m dying to do but more of a group activity (home-group peer pressure 🙂 ). It still doesn’t make sense to me why you would pay to run as opposed to just making up your mind to run whenever, at no cost…but I still paid…
“My wife got sick. She was constantly nervous because of problems at work, personal life, her failures and problems with children. She has lost 30 pounds and weighted about 90 pounds in her 35 years. She got very skinny, and was constantly crying. She was not a happy woman. She had suffered from continuing headaches, heart pain…
JUNE!!! I’m guessing some panic buttons may have gone off while some of you are questioning God and muttering at Him, “time is running out and You haven’t answered me yet!” By the end of this month, half of 2015 will have rolled by and some of you are yet to see any items from…