Sowing on good soil

In the parable of the sower, Jesus provided four examples about the way people respond to the Kingdom message. He gave the analogy of a farmer who sowed his seed. Some seed fell along the path (eventually eaten up birds); some fell on rocky places (sprang up quickly, but the plants later withered because of lack …

Sword of the Spirit

It has been a long time since I have committed a long list of Bible verses to my memory. From time to time, I try to memorize verses, but somehow usually end up relying on my Bible for the exact words. How convenient would it be if the verses were always in my mind and …

Storybook of one’s life, as seen with thanksgiving

When a problem comes in our way, where do we focus? Do we casually say that we have surrendered our situation to God so that He can step in to help us, but in actual fact we end up channelling all our energy into trying to resolve this problem by ourselves? God has a perfect plan for …

Tenacity, Issue 1: How blogging on WordPress introduced my mum to the world wide web

Hi folks! You must be wondering...what a strange title I've given to this post. Allow me to explain. I recently started this blog site ("Light Always") to write about my faith and life, and to date, I have published 10 posts here. Surprisingly, the ideas keep flowing easily -- which is a good thing as …

Few (more) things I learned from the parable of the good shepherd

Have you had moments when you are reading the Bible and you realise that God is giving you a fresh insight into Scripture which you have read before? It happened to me today as I was reading chapter 10 of the book of John where Jesus gives the analogy of a good shepherd and his …