The Thur Collective

                           These are devastating times: 1.75 billion people are desperately poor, 1 billion are hungry, millions are trafficked in slavery, and pandemic diseases are gouging entire nations. Every year nearly 2 million children are exploited in the global commercial sex trade. And in the 4-5 minutes it took you to read this post, almost ninety died of preventable diseases . More than half of all Africans do not have access to modern health facilities. As a result, 10 million of them die each year from diarrhoea, acute respiratory illness, malaria and measles. Many of those deaths could be prevented by one shot. Yet in the midst of the wreakage, here we stand, the modern day version of the Jerusalem church. You, me, and our one-of-a-kind life times and once-in-history opportunity . Ours is the wealthiest generation of the Christians ever. We are bright, educated, and experienced. We can travel the world in twenty four hours or send a message to someone at the othe

So I stumbled on this piece of his and I believe it will bless you too. I don't do this often though  (but it pleases him aswell for you to hear this).  Well, here you go: "Trying to break that HABIT through SELF?? News flash. It Never works! Self can't cure self. You need to sink in the Love of Christ for you, You need to acknowledge the gift of no condemnation in CHRIST, because condemnation brings you into an endless-circle. You need to see in that your down moment, when you beat yourself in regrets and curses, HIS LOVE FOR YOU: NEVER FAILS, NEVER GOES UP, NEVER COMES DOWN, But that He loves you the way you are. YET, loves you so much to let you remain the way you are! What should I do now? You may ask. GIVE UP. Yes, GIVE UP YOUR EFFORTS, to stop. You've been thinking He has been so disappointed in you, I have goodnews for you, "But God demonstrated His OWN LOVE for us in this: while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us" Roma

By the time you knew what to call it, you were neck deep in it. You’d toddler-walked and talked, smelled crayons and swung bats, gurgled and giggled your way out of diapers and into childhood. You’d noticed how guys aren’t gals and dogs aren’t cats and pizza sure beats spinach. And then, somewhere in the midst of it all, it hits you. At your grandpa’s funeral or staring right in the face of the aftermath of a mistake you made perhaps. Maybe when you waved good-bye as your big brother or sister left for the university or to their new home with their spouses. Then you realise. You realized that these days are more than ice cream trips, homework, and pimples. This is called life. And this one is yours. Complete with summers and songs and gray skies and tears, you have a life. Didn’t request one, but you have one. A first day. A final day. And a few thousand in between. You’ve been given an honest-to-goodness human life. You’ve been given your life. No one else has your versio

"LOVE thy Neighbour" LOVE thy   Muslim neighbour LOVE thy   disabled neighbour LOVE thy   immigrant neighbour LOVE thy   addicted neighbour LOVE thy   atheist neighbour LOVE thy   inconsiderate neighbour LOVE thy   black neighbour LOVE thy   so-called heartless neighbour LOVE thy   selfish neighbour LOVE thy   ungrateful neighbour LOVE thy   insultive/abusive neighbour LOVE thy   deceitful neighbour LOVE thy   self-righteous neighbour LOVE thy   gossipful neighbour.                     No Exceptions! It's pretty basic, but its something we all  need to remind ourselves of, not just "sometimes" but "everytime" -- as you walk down the street, run errands, drive on the highway, walk into a grocery store or mall...etc. It's the commandment of  Love . We often hastily quote the first few words of this verse of scripture just to focus mainly on the ending part without taking into cognisance the preamble and building