This and That with DrAnimwaa

 FEELING LIKE A FAILURE IN YOUR 30s?| HOW TO OVERCOME IT Hello, Welcome to my world. Today let's talk about the feeling of failure, underachieved, worthless and hopeless when you are approaching the age of 30. Interestingly, when you hear people say they are approaching 30 and they have failed, it is usually because they are unmarried and have no children yet. My questions are, who determined that 30 is the goal or the age of achievement? Why are you putting pressure on yourself because of a mark someone else has set? My guess is, it is probably someone that sat down one day and said, if you are unmarried and you have no children, then you have failed. Then people just run with it. I feel like there is so much pressure on people to achieve so many things by the age of 30, when they have not been set up financially or adequately to succeed. The statement that, "breakfast is the most important meal of the day" is a slogan that a company came up with to s...

 Where does your help come from?  Bible Devotion Daily Devotion: 30th October 2023 Introduction: Let me share my devotion today with you. As a believer where does your help come from? Who do you go to when you are in need? As humans, it is normal for us to go to other humans in times of need. We want to speak to someone who can also speak back to us, comfort us or assure us Who do you go to when you are struggling or overwhelmed? Personally, I will pick up the phone and call my husband and after he listens to me, he will encourage me, ask me to pray or pray with me. I will rarely call friends and share my issues with them because I know they cannot help. So who can help us? This bible passage came at the right time and it is very timely. Bible passage: 2nd Kings 24 - 27 Famine in Besieged Samaria 24  Some time later, Ben-Hadad king of Aram mobilized his entire army and marched up and laid siege to Samaria.   25  There was a great famine in the cit...

9 THINGS TO DO WHEN YOU ARE OVERWHELMED OR STRESSED: CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE Hello, Welcome to my world, I hope you are doing well? So we know as humans, we are not always happy. There are ups and downs in life, sometimes we are up and some times we are down. And sometimes we are truly overwhelmed! When I am overwhelmed, these are some things I do to calm down and keep sane.  Praising/Worshipping As a christian, I praise. I listen to gospel songs and just soak myself in his presence. I thank him for what he is about to do. Praising helps me calm down. Try it! Some current songs on my list include  darling Jesus , Yah , Kadosh , Aseda and etc. Psalm 42:5-6 5  5  5 Why, my soul, are you downcast?      Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God,      for I will yet praise him,      my Savior and my God. 6  My soul is downcast within me;      therefore I will remember...

CHRISTIAN GRATITUDE JAR: ANOTHER FORM OF JOURNALING - PERSONAL EXPERIENCE Hello, Welcome to my world. The gratitude jar is something you can do for the new year or any day. We go through life and we sometimes think, we have failed, God has not be kind to us and w are not worth it. When you get to this point, having a gratitude jar is helpful. What is a Gratitude Jar? Gratitude Jar is a  jar that you put your answered prayers, prayer topics and the miracles that happen your way into. It serves as a reminder of all the things you need to be grateful for. For example, on your way to work you nearly had an accident but God saved you. You write it down and put it in your gratitude jar. Whenever you are going through a problem, you can write it on a piece of paper and put it in the jar. When your prayers are answered, you write your answered prayers on to a paper and place them into the jar.  At the end of the year or when you feel overwhelmed/unloved/stressed, pour out the pie...

  I don’t know what you are praying about but prayer works. Today, I share my story of how I received financial breakthrough and the exact amount I was praying to God about. Do not lose hope, your breakthrough is around the corner. #faith #prayerworks #financialbreakthrough #pray #prayer #christian #christianity #testimony

 5 Things that make me stay grounded in my faith Today, I share some of my beliefs and responses to what people say about my faith. Maybe, you have been asked a couple. Leave your comment if you use any of these or if you have any other responses you use. 1. Them: The bible is made up of stories. Me: You always get encouraged and motivated by people’s stories and apply it to your life. This could be people that you have never met, but their stories inspire and encourage you. So, let the bible be made up of just stories, it’s okay because I chose to be inspired by them. Everyone has a choice to choose what will inspire them.     2. Them: You took after the God of your colonizers. Christianity was forced unto Africans by their colonizers.  Me: Ethiopia was not colonized but they are Christians and a very religious country. What is your argument again? 3. Them: God is not real. Me: I will rather believe that God is real and die to know that there is no God. Than to beli...

  How to demonstrate the Christlike love: Give to the needy    Quiet time (notes taken on 23/01/2018)   Introduction Today, let’s talk about how we can love like Christ did.   Prayer: Father, help us to be able to love like you do. Teach us not to be judgemental and help us show love to those who need it. Amen.   Bible Passage 1 John 3:16 – 24   How did Christ demonstrate his love for us?   16  This is how we know what  love   is: Jesus Christ  laid down   his  lif e  for  us .  And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.    We can’t do the above, so then, how can we also demonstrate love? The verse 17 below shows us how we can do that.   17  If  anyone  has  material possessions  and  sees a brother or sister in need  but has  no pity  on them, how can the  love of God be in that person ?    Thus, the b...

Religious Manipulation Introduction This can happen when pastors or leaders of religious organizations use religion, christianity and the name of God to manipulate its member to be loyal to them or to scam them of their money and resources.  It is very subtle and one might not notice it happening. I would know because I almost fell a victim to it.   Three things that can help you not to fall a victim to Spiritual Manipulation Stay in in tune with the holy spirit through  1.       reading the word of God  2.       praying          fasting        worshiping and praising Based on my experience, these are some ways spiritual manipulation can happen in churches/christianity: Constant Teaching on Giving The leader constantly teaches about giving. It is usually focused on giving to the church and the pastor and less about giving to the needy, orphans and the fatherless.  Matt...