Don’t Tell Me to Just Be Happy: 5 Verses for When Joy Seems Impossible

Some days it seems there is no reason to be happy at all: your heart is about to break from some tragedy, only bad news angrily spatters across your TV screen, your Facebook timeline is full of negativity, your loved ones have let you down or hurt you, you just cannot seem to get any … More Don’t Tell Me to Just Be Happy: 5 Verses for When Joy Seems Impossible

Love Wins, Every Time

Upon reading an article about one Singaporean pastor’s reaction and opposition to the LGBT Pink Dot festival held in Singapore (whose behaviour I must admit, sounded pretty irrational), one of my coworkers made a remark about how unloving some people were, then turned to me and said, “What would Jesus do?! He would just love everyone … More Love Wins, Every Time

Hannah Giselbach: “Serve God with Your Whole Heart and Just Be You”

Hannah Giselbach (previously Hannah Colley) is a beautiful young wife and mother who is an inspiration to many. This incredible woman regularly speaks at ladies’ days, keeps a blog, looks after her beautiful boy Ezra, and is a devoted wife to her husband Ben. She has also written a book, GIFTS (which is wonderful, by … More Hannah Giselbach: “Serve God with Your Whole Heart and Just Be You”

Miriam Sparks: Using Your Talents and Shining Your Light for the Lord in Your Youth

Lately I’ve been sharing the stories and thoughts of some young women here at Worthy Woman Wednesdays, to encourage us all about the future of the church and be more aware of the struggles young women face. I’m really interested in what keeps young people in the church and interested in the church. Today I … More Miriam Sparks: Using Your Talents and Shining Your Light for the Lord in Your Youth

[Video] Self Control and Maturity {1 Corinthians 7}

How do some ladies become sweet, and helpful while others end up bitter and inactive? How can we grow in self-control, and how does self-control help us grow to maturity? In this video, I talk to the ladies at Jurong church of Christ, Singapore about the practical applications of the truths and principles contained in 1 … More [Video] Self Control and Maturity {1 Corinthians 7}

Blessed Are They That Mourn: Having the Right Attitude Towards Wrong {Video}

{This video is for ladies’ viewing  only. Thank you!} “Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted” (Matthew 5:4). How does this verse make any sense? What could the Lord possibly have meant by “Happy are they that are sad?” In a world that thinks little of right and wrong, and certainly of … More Blessed Are They That Mourn: Having the Right Attitude Towards Wrong {Video}

Turning the World Upside Down: Lessons from Our Muslim Friends

This topic is something which may make a few of you squirm in your seats. I know that this is  touchy subject—though I still do not fully understand why—as this is a topic which I have brought up a few times in conversation to some Christian friends, and almost every time I do I am met … More Turning the World Upside Down: Lessons from Our Muslim Friends