Daughter of Encouragement

 
This morning, as I was praying about what to share with you my friends, the Holy Sprit dropped this title into my heart. It startled me! I wondered in my heart what this was all about, until He started to show me what “out of the box” is all about.
 
God is never happy when we [...]

If any one should ask me what thing I have in common with my mum, I would respond by saying that we both love to read books. I remember very well that by the time I was eleven years old, I was always going to my secondary school library to read novels. I love reading [...]

 I once read a book of a Pastor’s wife who narrated her experience of what life was like for her as a minister’s wife when she got married. According to her, she got married when she was 21 years old and therefore was not really prepared for what came her way in ministry; the road [...]

No matter your country, race, or culture, facing temptation is an issue and everybody at one point in time or the other has been faced with the choice of either holding back or giving in to it. 
I have been faced with temptation to take certain actions in my life. Some I yielded to and to [...]

 
When do you like to give thanks to God ?Do you think we should only give Him thanks when He does what we ask for in prayer? I know we see things differently but I would like to talk about thanksgiving from a different angle.
 
Being thankful to God for everything that happens to us can be difficult especially [...]

Have you ever been faced with indecision over an issue or a situation where by the most appropriate action to take happens to be very risky with a 50/50 chance of success? If you have taken such decisions then I believe God would have been well pleased.
Have you ever been faced with indecision over an [...]

 I have discovered that with many of us, it is easier to feed our doubts and fears than feed our faith. No wonder the bible contains 365 “Fear Not’s”.  The bible says “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind” (1 Tim [...]

  
We all have heard this word countless times. We say it but do we show or demonstrate it? If I may go a step higher do you receive it when it is being given to you or do you just ignore the person showing it?
 
Love is not just a four letter word; to me it [...]

I want to thank God for giving me the home that I have. Having been married for over a decade could only have been by His grace. More so as I see what others are going through in their home! I once asked a friend of mine who has been married much longer than I [...]