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Why am I? What is my purpose?

Why am I here? What is life all about? What is the meaning of life? How we answer these big-picture questions is important so we can live with hope and a sense of purpose in times of uncertainty, pain, and frustration.

What is the meaning of life according to the Bible? According to the Bible, knowing God is the meaning of life because He is the “author of life” (John 17:3). The meaning of life is not based on things we see in the world “for life is more than food, and the body more than clothing” (Luke 12:23).

What does it mean to know God? Why can’t we base the meaning of life on relationships, career, or personal happiness? Understanding the answer to these questions in the Bible gives a sense of purpose and fulfillment in our lives.

https://www.openbible.info/topics/why_do_i_exist

What is the meaning to life? Why am I? What is my reason/purpose? A routine question that strikes us at moments of reflection/trial. What is “Life”?

God, as The Author of life, brings meaning to life. Everything God created was meant to show what God is like. God created a world with a purpose, by His design. The world we live in and the life of every person has a purpose and is not just the product of chance, random events, and biological selection.

What Is the Meaning of Life According to the Bible?

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Prayer helps you develop a relationship with God

Just like your parents here on earth, your Heavenly Father wants to hear from you and talk to you. When you pray, He listens. Then He answers your prayers in the form of thoughts, spiritual feelings, scripture, or even the actions of other people.

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Prayer helps you gain an understanding of God’s loving nature

The scriptures teach, “God is love” (1 John 4:8). You can feel that love as you speak daily with Him through prayer, seeking His guidance in your life.

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Prayer provides answers

Praying and listening to the answers God gives you can help you better understand your purpose in life. God will help you understand why you are here and what you can do to return to live with Him after this life.

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Prayer helps you find direction in your life

When you privately pray to God, you can work through serious decisions in your life. God always listens and often provides the specific answers and guidance we seek. Even when He chooses not to answer immediately or in the way we might have hoped, prayer itself is a way to find peace.

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Prayer gives you strength to avoid temptation

Jesus counseled His disciples, “Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation” (Matthew 26:41). Through prayer, we can overcome temptations to sin. Pray for God’s help to keep you from making wrong choices. This will give you the strength to do what is right.

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Prayer aligns your will with God’s will

The purpose of prayer is not necessarily to tell God how you want Him to do things. Rather, it’s to better understand Him and His ways, bringing yourself into alignment with His will. As C.S. Lewis is often attributed as saying, prayer “doesn’t change God. It changes me.”

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Prayer and regular fasting can help you accept God’s will

Jesus fasted for 40 days and 40 nights before He began His ministry on the earth. As He did this, He communed with His Father in Heaven in prayer. Likewise, if you pray and fast, you can feel closer to God and better understand the things He wants you to do.

 

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Prayer can work miracles

Throughout the scriptures, we see many examples of the Lord working miracles as an answer to prayer. In Old Testament times, the prophet Daniel was thrown into a lions’ den because he refused to stop praying. When he prayed to God in the lions’ den, angels appeared and closed the mouths of the lions. Through daily prayer, you can also experience personal miracles such as healing, peace, and forgiveness for sins.

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Prayer invites the Holy Spirit into your life

As you pray daily, you invite the Holy Spirit to be with you and to comfort and direct you. The Holy Spirit can give you answers, help you feel God’s love, and bring feelings of peace and joy into your heart.

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Prayer helps you become more like Jesus

Jesus set the perfect example of prayer. If you try to follow His example through prayer, you will become more like Him and develop a better relationship with Him and Heavenly Father.

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Be blessed. Because we ARE! Amen

For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure.
Do all things without murmurings and disputings: That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world.
Philippians 4:13-15

For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure.
Do all things without murmurings and disputings: That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world.
Philippians 4:13-15

And we pray 🙏🏾

Amen 🙏🏾

Jollof rice. Dodo, and goat meat!

What’s the best local dish you’ve ever eaten while traveling?

Jollof rice paired with tender goat meat and steamed moi-moi is a classic, celebratory West African meal. The savory, spiced rice gains incredible depth when cooked in rich goat meat stock, while the protein-packed bean pudding (moi-moi) serves as the ultimate side dish.

Cooking the Goat Meat and Jollof Rice

  • Prep the Meat: Season your goat meat with onions, garlic, ginger, scotch bonnet peppers, and spices, then cook until tender. Reserve the rich stock. Fry or oven-bake the cooked goat meat if you prefer a browned, textured finish.
  • Make the Base: Blend tomatoes, red bell peppers (tatashe), and onions, then fry them in a pot with oil and tomato paste until reduced.
  • Cook the Rice: Pour in the reserved goat meat stock and water, add washed parboiled rice, and season to taste. Cover tightly—often with foil paper—to trap the steam and build a smoky flavor on low heat until the grains are soft.

Preparing the Moi-Moi Side

  • Blend the Beans: Soak peeled beans briefly, wash away the skins, and blend them smooth with onions, peppers, crayfish, and a splash of stock or water.
  • Mix and Fill: Stir in vegetable oil or palm oil, salt, and seasonings. Pour the batter into traditional moi-moi leaves, foil bowls, or ramekins, adding slices of boiled eggs or bits of fish if desired.
  • Steam: Steam the wrapped portions in a pot with a little water at the base for 45 to 60 minutes until fully set. [1, 2, 3]

Who do YOU serve? What makes you ‘tick’???

In Bible teaching, believers are called to serve God and love their neighbors. Scripture emphasizes that a person cannot serve two masters, and a follower’s ultimate devotion belongs to God alone, expressed through humble obedience and care for others.

Serving God

  • The Lord: In Joshua 24:15, Joshua challenges the people to choose whom they will serve, declaring, “As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” [1, 2]
  • Christ as Master: Colossians 3:23–24 instructs believers to work heartily as working for the Lord Christ rather than for human approval.
  • Wholehearted Devotion: 1 Samuel 12:24 urges people to fear the Lord and serve Him faithfully with all their heart considering His great works. [1]

Serving Others

  • The Example of Jesus: Mark 10:45 states that Jesus came “not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
  • Using Spiritual Gifts: 1 Peter 4:10 explains that believers should use whatever gifts they have received to serve one another as good stewards of God’s grace.
  • Love and Humility: Galatians 5:13 calls believers to use their freedom to serve one another humbly in Love.

In the context of the Bible, what makes a person “tick” is their inner heart, deepest desires, and core motivations. Scripture shows that a person’s private thoughts and spiritual focus dictate their outward life.

Core Motivations

  • The Heart: Proverbs 23:7 states, “As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he,” highlighting that our hidden thoughts control our actions.
  • Living by the Spirit: Romans 8:5 explains that people set their minds on either the flesh or the Spirit, which determines their life’s path.
  • Devotion to Christ: For the Apostle Paul, the ultimate driving force was knowing and serving Jesus, summarized in Philippians 1:21: “To live is Christ”. [1]
  • Worship in Daily Life: Romans 12:1 describes turning everyday acts and work into an offering and form of worship to God.

THE TIMELESS MIRROR.

📌What do you see in relation to wearing a pair of unmatched shoes?

Here is a major teaching of Jesus about attitudes toward God and earthly things:

“NO ONE CAN SERVE TWO MASTERS; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or… be loyal to the one and despise the other. YOU CANNOT SERVE God AND MAMMON.” Matt. 6:23.

Practically, it’s awkward and chaotic to wear two different shoes together. Two different bases. Two different lives. Two different fruits??? Incompatible with the will of God. How do we define such a life? A meaningless and shapeless life!

Reflection: Every attempt at addition to Jesus’ life amounts to idolatry!

Today, there are many masters enthroned in people’s hearts which generate most of the crazy ideas that are trending to worsen the societal decadence.

Who reigns in your life?

The truth? Those who want to eat their cake and still have it; usuaally end up wearing two different shoes of lukewarmness/falsehood. God hates a divided life…

A divided life—split between serving God and worldly desires, or living with a double mind—lacks spiritual anchor and strength. Scripture teaches that a person cannot serve two masters, and that a house or kingdom divided against itself cannot stand.

Biblical Principles on a Divided Life

Serving Two Masters

  • Jesus states in Matthew 6:24 that no one can serve two masters. You will love one and hate the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other.
  • Trying to balance God and worldly wealth or pursuits leaves a person spiritually exhausted and unstable. [1, 2]

The Danger of a Double Mind

  • James describes a double-minded person as unstable in all their ways.
  • True devotion requires a whole heart rather than split loyalties between God and the ways of the world.

Unity vs. Discord

  • Proverbs 6:16-19 lists seven things the Lord detests, concluding with the one who sows discord among brothers, showing that God places high value on peace and unity over fractured relationships.

So, let’s repent as needed.

Shalom.🙏🔥

Every morning proclaim your blessings 🙌

Amen, in Jesus’ Name.

And we pray 🙏🏾

We decree, in the Name of Jesus, Amen.

“Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee” comes from Job 22:28.

In context, this was spoken by Eliphaz the Temanite advising Job to return to God, rather than meaning human decrees automatically override objective truth or scripture.

Biblical Context of Job 22:28

  • The Speaker: Eliphaz is counseling Job during his suffering.
  • The Meaning: Translations like the ESV render it as “You will decide on a matter, and it will be established for you,” denoting wisdom, success, and clear direction in one’s personal decisions and path when aligned with God.
  • Interpretation: Traditional biblical theology views this as a promise of God supporting the wise, righteous decisions of a humble person, rather than granting humans absolute power to invent or redefine universal truth by personal declaration.

In the Bible, humility is a core virtue meaning you do not think too highly of yourself. Instead, it means you depend completely on God, serve other people, and put the needs of others first.

Key Lessons and Examples

  • Jesus is the ultimate model: Jesus gave up His place in heaven to live as a human, washing His disciples’ feet and obeying God all the way to death on a cross (Philippians 2:3–8).                        Key Teachings in the Passage
    Value others: Do not act out of selfish pride; instead, treat other people as more important than yourself.
    Look out for others: Pay attention to the needs of the people around you, not just your own interests.
    The mindset of Jesus: Have the same humble attitude that Jesus had.
    The sacrifice of Christ: Though he was equal with God, Jesus made himself nothing, lived as a human servant, and died a criminal’s death on a cross.
  • Exaltation follows humility: Jesus taught that people who lift themselves up will be humbled, but those who make themselves low will be honored (Luke 14:11). https://www.heartlight.org/spiritualwarfare/en/1129/
  • The Pharisee and the Tax Collector: A proud religious leader bragged about his good deeds, while a tax collector begged God for mercy. Jesus said the humble tax collector went home forgiven (Luke 18:9–14). https://dailydosewithdrshermaine.wordpress.com/tag/luke-189-14/
  • Grace for the humble: God opposes the proud, but He gives special grace and favor to those who have a humble heart (1 Peter 5:5–6).

How to Practice Humility

  • Serve others: Treat everyone as equal and look out for the needs of the people around you.
  • Acknowledge mistakes: Admit when you do wrong and confess your faults to God and others.
  • Depend on God: Remember that your talents, life, and breath come from God, not your own power.

As we go forth in Jesus, victorious. Amen.