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How to Hold on

I've been listening to the same song over and over again for the past few hours. It's been reminding me to hold on. ONE OF 'THOSE' DAYS You know, everyone of us gets one of 'those' days.  The kind of day when you wake up, a part of you wish you could sleep more or not wake up at all. The kind of day when you've lost your appetite or nothing seems to satisfy anymore. The kind of day when you just want to stay inside your room and be alone but at the same time you feel so afraid to be alone. The kind of day you wish you were somewhere else or somebody else. When you feel more lost than found.  Trying to put that brave face on so many times that you kind of forget how are you really.  A part of me doesn't like one of those days but we all get them. WHAT DO WE DO TO HOLD ON THERE? Pray.  No one can really help you but God. No one even yourself can really comfort you.  You can call or text someone and even talk...

Just Ask

Have you ever tried holding your breath? Did you last longer than a minute holding it? Which is easier, to hold your breath or not? “ To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing. ” Martin Luther             Prayer is easier to do than not to do for a true follower of Christ. Maybe that’s the reason why Paul urged to ‘Pray without ceasing’ ( 1 Thess. 5:17 ) like breathing. (P.S. We Sin without ceasing so maybe it’s another reason why we really NEED to pray always). Yet, what if prayer is more than a responsibility we think or as a chore or a habit that’s hard to keep? Let’s admit it that from time to time- even most of the time, we can’t keep our prayer times. What if it’s something very special; a key to a greater place or event in our relationship with God? In Jeremiah 33:3 , God spoke to Jeremiah about ‘ great and mighty things’ which he did not know about that God w...