Are you still trying to get in God’s good books? Quit trying! If you are a Christ follower, you are already a beloved child in your Father’s good graces. An excerpt from “Dare to Call Him Friend” one of my devotional books, available in print or e-book formats. Is God about to drop the other […]
Manipulation
Lord, Help Me Be Kind When I Don’t Want To!
![Be kind! Especially when everything in you screams to react in anger, be kind. Ask yourself, what is lying behind that internal outrage?](https://www.katherinewalden.com/wp-content/uploads/Be-Kind-WP-710x335.png)
Years ago, while helping to lead a children’s outreach with Youth With a Mission, I learned a children’s chorus based on Ephesians 4:31-32 (KJV). “Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: And be ye kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, […]
The Dark Side of YouTube
![There is a dark side to YouTube and TikTok where manipulation reigns and where creators and followers create a toxic environment. Be a light.](https://www.katherinewalden.com/wp-content/uploads/The-Dark-Side-of-YouTube-and-TikTok-710x335.png)
There is a dark side to social media, especially on YouTube and TikTok. A toxic culture arises when the creator and viewer feed off each other. If a creator has a leaning toward narcissistic behaviour, they will give their followers a false impression that they are in their inner circle, that somehow they made it […]
Is it a Prayer Meeting or a Kitten Round-up
![Leading a Prayer Meeting should not be like herding kittens](https://www.katherinewalden.com/wp-content/uploads/Prayer-Meeting-Herding-Kittens-710x335.png)
Ever wonder if you are attending a prayer meeting or if you are witnessing a bunch of kittens resisting being herded? “It’s easy to follow when we want to go where the leader is taking us, but what about when He takes a turn we’re not in favour of?” – Lisa Barry. Lori eagerly arranged […]
But Jesus Remained Silent
![God's declares himself to be our defender and promises to battle on our behalf. But he can only do so when we relinquish our carnal weapons of self-defence.](https://www.katherinewalden.com/wp-content/uploads/He-Never-Said-It-Will-Be-Fair-710x335.png)
Isaiah 53:7 – “He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he opened not his mouth.” As the middle child in a family with five children, I had my fair […]
Don’t Give a Bad Attitude Along with Your Offering
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There is nothing worse than being given a gift by someone who had a bad attitude about gifting it to you. Maybe they felt obliged, maybe they were doing that old ‘reciprocal gift’ thing and they are only giving you a gift because they felt obliged to do so. Whatever the case may be, their […]