Faith

  • Faith Fatigue Blog Ruth Osei-Agyeman
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    Faith fatigue: when faith becomes routine

    I’ve been dreading to write about my faith for a while now. Perhaps I was scared that typing it out would make it all so real. I’m tired of my faith. Not in the sense of wanting to denounce it, but rather feeling like there isn’t much more to learn and a lot of things seem repetitive. I started my “serious” Christian journey in 2011. Life was in shambles (almost didn’t pass the first year of university) and I knew that faith would give me stability. One day I prayed and asked God for something specific. Then one Sunday, not too long after, a guest preacher came to my church…

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  • Remember God banner Ruth Osei-Agyeman
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    Remember God

    Have you ever read the Old Testament of the Bible? I used to not like it, because I like it more when things are straight to the point, just like in the New Testament. You know, where things are just made clear like “Love God, love your neighbor as yourself”, etc. I don’t have to think too much, I can just read, understand, and obey. But last year I finally made time to read the Old Testament by means of a YouVersion (the best app, hands down) Bible Plan. And I wish I had done this sooner, because I started looking at things from a different point of view.  I…

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    The Lord is My Shepherd; am I His Sheep?

    Psalm 23 is a chapter that I’ve learned by heart. I’m pretty sure a lot of Christians have heard about this chapter. As familiar as I was with it, I never really understood the meaning of it until a few years ago. In Children’s Sunday school our teacher would help us to remember and recite every single line. My beloved Sunday school teacher, however, is a big fan of the King James Version (KJV) and, therefore, that is the version he taught us. The first verse of Psalm 23 in KJV says “The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want”. Little me thought it meant that I didn’t want…

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