Flowers from the Garden of God

Hey👋🏾, Father if you could take this cup from me, but not my will but yours." A cry of our Saviour. Accused, dragged and stoned. But yet, "Lord forgive these people, for they don't know what they are doing." Stephen Called him a disciple, invited him to be a friend and brother, broke bread with him. Kissed, Betrayed and sold for 30 pieces of silver. Our Saviour. Happy, the dreamer, Favored, a younger brother. Clothes torn, pushed into a well, sold and reported as dead. Meet Joseph  A married man. Fisherman by trade. Left his source of income, left everything. To follow a Man who would make him a fisher of men. A trade with no physical income. Peter A shepherd boy, ruddy yet handsome  Alleged to want attention instead of watching the sheep. Adulterer, Afraid and Father of a home set against itself. Yet still called the man after God's heart. Meet David  21st century born. Social media. Cyber bullying. Peer pressure, Fear of failure. Mental health aware. What ar...

Hey, He is risen.  Old things have passed away and behold all things have become new. I read a book recently of a woman who suffered the loss of her husband and son and was left with just her daughter. It was a Christian fiction.  One thing the woman said that stuck to my head when asked how she coped with the loss, she said she gave herself a lot of grace to herself. Sometimes we contemplate a lot and distribute blame so easily and sometimes we're our own worst judge. And if you're like me, we don't really excuse some of our errors, upset that we didn't do better or just didn't do it well enough.  And in truth we don't even need the talking down from others because we do a good job on our own. Forgiveness is not only to be given to others, even you deserve grace and forgiveness. This Easter let's acknowledge that the price of our salvation has been paid. Galatians 2:21 NIV [21] I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained throug...

Hey 👋🏾,   Saved once, saved forever? A timeless debate that keeps on arising and wondered upon. When we give our lives to Christ, do we have anything else to do to retain this salvation? The answer is No, in the sense that salvation is given and all we have to do is receive. We cannot boast of getting salvation by our works and neither retain it by our works too as the Bible says in "Ephesians 2:8 NIV [8] For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—  Salvation is through grace. The question now is how do we maintain the attitude and way of life salvation brings? I'll be basing this on the parable of the Sower and the seeds. The seeds were cast out, some didn't receive and the seeds died, some received but the cares of the world choked the joy of salvation and that also withered and died, some received but on very shallow level, James says "...like one who looks into the mirror, turns away and forget wh...

Hey "I was blind but now I see", was the answer of the man who was blind from birth when questioned by the Pharisees on who he thought Jesus was. John 9:25 NIV [25] He replied, “Whether he is a sinner or not, I don’t know. One thing I do know. I was blind but now I see!   This encounter of healing brought about the salvation of the man. John 9:38 NIV [38] Then the man said, “Lord, I believe,” and he worshiped him. As Christians we're encouraged to have personal relationship with Jesus but how can you make time for what you don't value? The Blind man didn't care what the Pharisees were insinuating what he knew was that he was blind but now he could see. For a man blind from birth that was a big gift to him and through that he wanted to know who the Son of man was. What brings you into the presence of the Lord? What is your reason for dressing up to worship the King of Kings? If you don't have a reason, then you can't justify spending time in His presence ev...

Hey By God's grace I'm a year older physically and I believe I am growing in Christ too just not up to a year yet🤍. This is the day I am to be accountable to myself and make sure that no matter what, this is the day that the Lord has made, I will rejoice and be glad in it.  I'm grateful for the gift of life and for the gift of writing. So many things I wouldn't be bold enough to speak out can just be poured in these pages of reflection as both a warning and encouragement to I and many others because not only do I write. I try to reflect on the message, I don't bother to make it very flashy but try to make it reflect my heart. 1 Corinthians 1:17 NIV [17] For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel—not with wisdom and eloquence, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.  With more consideration of the latter part of the verse.  Don't worry, trust and obey, have faith, stand firm most of them are messages to myself but Apostle Paul lets...