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As we enter Sabbath, I keep thinking about how easy it is to arrive here still carrying the whole week in our hands.The ...
19/06/2026

As we enter Sabbath, I keep thinking about how easy it is to arrive here still carrying the whole week in our hands.

The things we did well, the things we wish we had handled differently, the responsibilities still waiting, the quiet worries we have tried to push aside. Sometimes we stop working, but we have not really stopped carrying.

Sabbath feels like God’s gentle invitation to lay it all down again. Not because everything is finished, and not because we have finally earned rest, but because He is good enough to meet us before we have it all together.

There is something beautiful about remembering that God does not need us to strive our way into His presence. He asks us to come. To pause. To notice Him. To let Him quiet what the week has stirred up and restore what has been worn down.

So as this Sabbath begins, may we choose rest with Him, not just time away from work. May we bring Him the tired places, the thankful places, the unsure places, and trust that He can hold all of it.

Rest is not empty when God is in it. It becomes a return.
🙏

It is often when we have the least that gratitude becomes the clearest.I was never what I would have called “Christian.”...
16/06/2026

It is often when we have the least that gratitude becomes the clearest.

I was never what I would have called “Christian.”
In fact, for much of my life, I walked boldly in the opposite direction.

And I still stay well away from the kind of religion that tells people they must suffer for their sins, while hitting them with judgement and rules they claim God started.

That was never the God who reached me.

When I hit rock bottom, I gave God a chance.
I just started talking to Him.

I offered myself to His leading because I wanted a better life — a life away from addiction, isolation, abuse, and the pain I could no longer carry on my own.

And that very day, something started to shift.

It began a chain reaction of tangible things I could witness.

I stopped imagining God as a big judge in the sky, and I began to know Him as a healer — a doctor, a loving friend, and a steady presence who had not abandoned me.

What a massive shift that was.

What freedom it brought to realise that all the painful, damaging things in my life were not His doing. But that He had been working in the background, offering help, comfort, and a way through — if only I would ask.

It has taken years, but I am now standing in a place where I can see freedom.

I am working to build a life that glorifies the One who has never let me down.

I commit my work, my family, and my life to Him.
And He provides.

Over and over again, the blessings come.

Some days I seriously cannot believe it.

We don’t have fancy riches, but we are deeply spoiled in simplicity.

We have a roof over our heads.
Food at our table that we are happy to share.
And peace in our hearts because we know He is our true Provider.

We can reveal His work every day by the way we live.
We can give testimony to His miracles by sharing the ongoing transformation of our hearts and minds.

We came from broken relationships.
We witnessed damaging behaviours and darkened minds.
We were not perfect, and we do not claim to be.

But we do claim to be changed.

We claim to be choosing, day by day, to look beyond ourselves for help.

Even the depression that once felt so regular in my life has lifted. Most days, I truly worry for nothing, because deep down I remember this truth:

God gives us the opportunity to overcome.

So worry not.

Listen for that small whisper from the One who wants to show you the way through the pain.

“Commit your works to the Lord, and your thoughts will be established.”
— Proverbs 16:3

Devotional Poem : Sabbath RestThere is grace inside this rest,a pause where tired hearts are blessed.The week may still...
06/06/2026

Devotional Poem : Sabbath Rest

There is grace inside this rest,
a pause where tired hearts are blessed.

The week may still have things undone,
but Sabbath points us to the Son.

We lay down work, we lay down care,
and meet the God who finds us there.

Not by striving are we whole,
but by His love that restores the soul.

Maani

Devotional: Taking rest...There is a difference between having a lazy day when the weekend starts and choosing to enter ...
05/06/2026

Devotional: Taking rest...There is a difference between having a lazy day when the weekend starts and choosing to enter rest with God.

A lazy day can numb us for a while. It can help the body slow down, but still leave the heart restless. We can stop working and still keep carrying everything inwardly. The pressure, the worries, the unfinished things, the need to be useful, the noise of the week.

Sabbath is different. It is a day set apart and should be the way we set it apart.

Sabbath is not just stopping because we are tired. It is choosing to stop because we trust the freedom that God offers us. It is laying down what has been in our hands and remembering that the world does not fall apart when we rest.

It is an invitation to come back into rhythm with the One who made us. To pause long enough to notice Him again. To let our hearts be quieted, not just our schedules.

Sabbath rest begins with a choice.

To turn our attention back to God.
To release what we cannot fix today.
To let Him restore what the week has worn down.

Rest with God is not escape. It is return.

And when we choose to enter it, we are reminded again that He can carry what we keep trying to hold.

Sometimes we need to pause and thank God for the moments we did listen.Not perfectly. Not every time. Not without strugg...
04/06/2026

Sometimes we need to pause and thank God for the moments we did listen.

Not perfectly. Not every time. Not without struggle.

But those moments where we felt the Holy Spirit gently leading us another way, and we chose to follow. When we let God lead us back to peace.

Those moments matter.

They may feel small, but every time we listen to the Holy Spirit, something in us is being trained toward heaven. We are learning to recognize His voice, trust His prompting, and surrender the part of ourselves that wants to take over.

So today, maybe we can celebrate the quiet victories.

The unseen choices.
The surrendered responses.
The moments nobody else noticed, but God did.

Because growth with God is not only found in how far we still have to go. It is also found in the beautiful evidence that He is already working in us.

SURRENDER 🙏 How do we make room for God to lead us while we are emotional, hurt, or distracted?🧐Sometimes the hardest pa...
03/06/2026

SURRENDER 🙏 How do we make room for God to lead us while we are emotional, hurt, or distracted?🧐

Sometimes the hardest part of surrender is staying still long enough to actually hear God

We may want His guidance, but still rush ahead with our own thoughts, our emotions, our need to fix or understand everything immediately.

When something hurts, the self wants to rise up quickly.
It wants to be understood.
It wants to take control before the pain feels too big.
We often get lost deep inside the noise of our situation.

But His Holy Spirit does not usually shout over our striving. He leads in the stillness that is made available to Him. When we take a little breath, find a silent space (physical or mental), and choose a moment outside of our noise, we can ask God to enter and move on our hearts and heads with something better than what we are doing for ourselves.

Oftentimes, applying the lesson is hard. Pain can be loud. We can be distracted easily. Following the Holy Spirit is not about having perfect attention, but it does require intention. It can look like pausing before reacting. Praying before speaking.
Letting God search the heart before deciding what the moment requires.
And maybe that is where surrender begins to become practical.

When we stop asking God only to change our circumstances and begin asking Him to reveal what within us needs healing, growth, or transformation, we open the door for Him to do the deeper work. And that can only happen when we invite Him in.

“Lord, help us surrender ourselves long enough to hear You.”

Sometimes pain can make everything in front of us feel dark.It can narrow our vision until all we can see is what hurts,...
01/06/2026

Sometimes pain can make everything in front of us feel dark.

It can narrow our vision until all we can see is what hurts, what changed, what broke, or what we wish had been different. And in that place, it is easy to believe the pain is the whole story.

But when we bring our pain to God, something begins to shift.

Not always all at once. Not always in a way we can explain. But slowly, He starts to lift our eyes beyond the ache. He reminds us that there is still light ahead. There is still love ahead. There is still goodness that pain cannot cancel. Goodness in the support of friends or family. A fresh perspective from a change of scenery

Offering our pain to God does not mean pretending it did not hurt. It means trusting Him with what we cannot heal on our own.

And maybe that is where hope begins again.

When we stop clutching the hurt so tightly and place it in the hands of the One who knows how to redeem what feels broken.

God does not waste what we surrender to Him. He can take even the tender, bruised places and lead us toward something softer, wiser, and more whole.

There is a love-lit horizon on the other side of pain.

Not because the pain was good.

But because God is.

“Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.”
Psalm 30:5, KJV

There are some things we only learn about faith while our hearts are still hurting.Not after everything makes sense. Not...
01/06/2026

There are some things we only learn about faith while our hearts are still hurting.

Not after everything makes sense. Not after the emotions settle. Not after we have found the right words or the neat ending. Sometimes we have to learn how to come to God while the ache is still there.

That is where many of us struggle. We think we need to be calm before we pray, clear before we surrender, or healed before we can draw near. But God has never asked us to clean up our pain before bringing it to Him. He meets us in the middle of it. In the tears, the questions, the silence.
In the moments where we do not know how to feel, what to say, or how to move forward.

Working through heart pain with God does not always mean the hurt disappears straight away. Sometimes it means He keeps us from hardening while we are hurting. He helps us grieve without becoming bitter. He gives us enough peace for the next breath, enough wisdom for the next step, and enough grace to not let pain become our guide.

So if your heart is hurting today, you do not have to pretend it is not.

Bring it to Him honestly.

Not perfectly. Not polished. Not with all the answers.

Just honestly.

Because God is not waiting at the end of your healing. He is willing to walk with you through the middle of it.

Devotional: God is our refuge before He is our last resort.“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in troub...
31/05/2026

Devotional: God is our refuge before He is our last resort.

“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.”
Psalm 46:1

I think we sometimes forget that God is not only there for the big storms, but for the quiet heaviness we carry through ordinary days.

The worries we do not know how to name.
The tiredness we try to push through or take out on others.
The burdens we keep picking back up.
The old wounds in us that still need healing.

So often, we try to manage things in our own strength first. We think harder, try harder, explain more, carry more, and only when we feel worn out do we finally bring it to God.

But He was never meant to be our last resort.
He is our refuge.

The safe place we can return to before the striving begins. The One who sees what is underneath, carries what is too heavy, and brings peace where our own effort cannot.

We are invited to pause and remember where our help comes from.
Not from having everything together.
Not from being strong enough.
Not from fixing every part of ourselves.

But from the God who can do all these things with us. Who is present, steady, and able to meet us right where we are.

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