Saturday, 8:30 p.m. – Goleta The phone rang for the eighth time that evening. Lying on her bed after spending nearly 40 minutes in the shower, 21-year-old Lisa Awalé had made up her mind not to answer it. She had no desire to talk to anyone—especially not him. Anxiously, she stared at her cell phone, […]
… At 6 p.m., Angela met up with her friend Caroline at a fast-food joint in Agla, a neighborhood in Cotonou. She planned to tell her that she would soon be leaving Cotonou to continue her studies in Goleta, and she knew Caroline wouldn’t take it well. Her friend had always been possessive and couldn’t […]
Wednesday, December 8th, 4:00 PM “If the anomaly is due to a chromosome issue, we call it a chromosomal abnormality. These types of anomalies may result from the presence of an extra chromosome in one of the pairs, or from the absence of a chromosome in a pair (monosomy). Sometimes it’s only a part of […]
Five years ago, a man called me in tears, saying he wasn’t lazy and that his university results had just come out—he had done very well. However, there was one subject in the second semester that he had not passed due to circumstances beyond his control. The reason for this young man’s distress was that […]
Paul goes on to say that we must tear down “every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God.” These “high things” represent internal strongholds that claim to rival God’s authority within us. This includes: In my case, these strongholds tried to establish themselves in the form of distrust: “Don’t trust anymore, don’t […]
And God said: “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness.” Genesis 1:26 The origin, source, and birth of man is a divine Spirit. To unveil the immortal nature of man, we must go back to the very beginning. A Spirit spoke in the eternal past and declared God’s divine plan, one He […]
Indecisive Thoughts “Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe (have faith and be confident) […]
“Do not fret in any way…” Psalm 37:8 Anxiety and worry are two forms of attacks meant to distract us from our service to the Lord. The enemy uses these two instruments of torment to stifle our faith, leaving us devoid of any victory. Some people are so accustomed to worrying that they even worry […]
The flesh is the source of Satan’s influence, which he constantly uses to control the soul of man. Sin thus took root in the flesh of the first man (Adam), and it is considered a poison that he carries within him. The flesh acts like a corrupted infiltrated agent whose mission is to open the […]
In God’s vision for a person’s life, timing is of great importance for its fulfillment. In reality, God does not know “Chronos,” which is continuous time, but He knows “Kairos,” which is the moment of His intervention in a person’s life. When Jesus tells Mary, “My hour has not yet come” (John 2:4), He was […]
