Weekly Devotion: When he shows up.

“But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord,

     whose confidence is in him.

Jeremiah 17:7 NIV

I need you to get up and get on your knees and admit that you need God. Many of us have made room for doubt and confusion. You have already jumped to a conclusion that shouldn’t be there. Even with so much evidence that God is present you have allowed it to take over.

Her story is not written but it is told by the people she lived with; readers let me introduce to you Noah’s wife. You can tell me of Deborah, Esther, Ruth, etc. but the power of this woman playing in the background is magnificent. You see she is the evidence of the power in silent conversations with God. Imagine years of building an ark, a husband who is constantly preaching to a broken world a message that seems irrelevant and unrealistic she somehow manages to keep the family together and face the bullies every day. Noah’s wife‘s story might not be written but I am sure damned that woman prayed. Understanding the giants her family had to face, she knew they had to take God to meet the gods these people had drowned their souls in. For decades God showed up in her life fought her battles and kept her in line. Her support, her patience, and her warmth on cold days that seemed hopeless, God came through. Sometimes we do not understand that it takes the people in the background to plead with God to see you through those mountains you cry about. Having a cheerleader in your life like Noah’s wife tells their story through you. Her unwritten story teaches me one lesson I want you to keep in mind ‘ no matter what, no matter how long it might seem God showed up from the start.’ Our conclusions to God’s matter should be based on the belief that we started with. In other words, God’s plan of the ark did not start when he shut the door it all begun when he gave every man and woman a choice to be part of an ark that was still the sermon of repentance.

When you feel like falling remember it’s okay to fall because God is always close enough to catch you. He is always on time, he is still on time, and he always shows up. But many at times we do not have the patience, we do not want him to show up the way he does, or we want him to do it our way. Sometimes he allows certain things to happen before he shows up, or he could be there just waiting for you to call him. It’s so sad that many of us give up on God before he even plays his role. We make decisions for him.

Recently while reading my bible I asked myself is there a time when God didn’t show up? A time he just didn’t make it to his appointment? Well maybe I am misinformed on this one but in all incidents, God was there even when it seemed he ain’t doing nothing he was doing something.

At times things may seem like they are falling apart, nothing seems to be going right and you are just there confused. With so much going on you want quick solutions and means to make you feel less vulnerable; you suddenly decide to pack God away and you go searching out there. My question of curiosity to you ‘Did God not show up?’

The book of Proverbs 15:3 says ‘the eyes of the Lord are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good.’ Take note of the word everywhere meaning that he never walks away until we push him away. We are not valueless or invisible to his eye we just need to allow him to take over. God will show up if we allow him to. We just need to trust him a little more.

Sending love, prayers and blessings Rutendo.

Weekly Devotion: Don’t forget

I sought the LORD, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears.

-Psalms 34:4

I don’t know about you but there are times where the word leaves me exhausted. I am trying to understand or see the point that the preacher was trying to make and nothing seems to make sense because probably I don’t see the story from his angle (cases where he sees a curse I see a blessing). Times where we simply do not understand why God allows good things to happen to bad people. I can recall times when I would pray for something so hard and that thing is given to somebody who does not care or seem to need it. Well, this is life. A phase of situations we can never seem to understand because God knows what’s best for us. Some of you can recall the struggle of trying to explain to people why you worship God the way you do and most of the time you have no idea or tangible facts expect ‘I was born in this system.’

Sadly that’s how careless many of us are, we have no idea why we worship God or attend the churches we do. We are so ignorant that we allow people to tell us what they believe and as stupid you might have become you believe. Commitment to a dead faith that is unstable. I am not saying do not listen to your pastors, preachers but I am saying that you need to have time out where you ask God to make you understand scripture and the word that we frequently receive each every day. Be committed and build in God, not the church. Not having your backbone will not help you stand; you need to be able to learn parts of yourself and have that walk with the Lord, not the church. After all, we were not created to dependent on what somebody says about the bible but we were given the bible to communicate and feed upon God’s word one on one with him. Company is there to help you out not spoon feed you. I am not here to condemn your beliefs and practices but I just want to ask you do you still remember?

There are so many bible characters in the bible that had a one on one with Jesus/ God but remained ignorant. It is our nature to forget as humans. When things don’t seem to go our way we forget who is in control and we suddenly want to play God.
Let me take you to the book of Jonah, a prophet who is sent on a mission to preach a message of repentance & forgiveness but he decides to change the route. You see Jonah ends in a fish’s belly not as dinner but as a reminder from God who is in still control and probably highlights the impact of the message he is meant to give. But Jonah missed the point. He ends up where was supposed to go but still, Jonah forgets. Full of hate and bitterness, Jonah preached a message of love, forgiveness, repentance with a wounded passion. Remember it’s not all people who pray and are religious who tell God’s wors  from a heart of love. Sometimes it’s a curse.  Jonah forgot God’s forgiveness and love. That’s us, a people who forget that we are all sinners and require God’s love, grace, and forgiveness every day of our lives so much that we are quick to judge and remind God who is better.

Do you still remember?

Our main text reminds me that each time I seek the lord he delivers me. So whom am I to infringe somebody else that right to be delivered from their fears? Don’t you think it’s time you allow God to be God? When life puts us in unknown places of not understanding certain particular things do not forget the same God that saves you is the same God that can deliver that person you think is beyond redemption. Today God wants us to reconcile with him and forget not about love and grace. We need to accept that we do not have control of the outcomes of life situations but we should not forget that thus far the Lord has brought us. In every opportunity, you get do not carry a heart and scriptures in a mouth full of hate to deliver to people. Allow God to use you and don’t forget when we seek him he can deliver us.

Sending love, prayers and blessings
Rutendo🥀

Weekly Devotion: Healing Chaos

Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

–Psalms 23:4

We have all been broken at some point, whereby everything seems chaotic. You can’t concentrate or explain why you are crying. No place feels safe. You just cannot seem to move on or let go. It’s probably that time life takes that person dear to you and you don’t get to say goodbye. It’s so easy to run to Jesus while everything is falling apart but is it enough to keep him when you heal from the chaos?

Sometime this time last year I remember going through a time when I desperately needed the LORD. Yes, I had packed him in a bag I kept in the corner of the room and only let him out when needed. I can’t go into detail but I was so broken and depressed but life has to go on. God can move you from a place you never thought you could ever move from. And a year later I admit I should’ve allowed God to stick more often and allowed his word to speak to me. No matter what storms hit me now, I am well assured not to be too anxious because I know he is my sailor. I decided to make this devotion a little personal to probably encourage somebody who needs to hear this, Trust only God in dark times.

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I remember when I looked up the calendar and realized 16 October is this week I wanted to feel numb and upset but instead I found myself recalling Psalm 34:4 which said ‘I sought the Lord, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears.’ How many times do we pray for something and even when we already have the answer we want to go back there because of the attachment to the memory we have? It is so sad that even the disciples who walked with Jesus could not even appreciate or understand the power of Jesus. We are humans and it is normal to doubt and fear. I understand why it is so easy to remember the chaos and not the healing. Many at times we do not allow the healing to have an impact on us like the chaos. We find it easier to come closer to God in pain. But how long will you only run in God’s arms when you are falling apart?

Let me introduce you to a man who made history with just two verses in the bible. Jabez, (1 Chronicles 4:9-10) cursed at birth but he found his way to blessings through it all. You see Jabez used his grief and pain to make his soil soft enough so that he could grow into something beautiful. He refused to be attached to what his mother wanted the world to define and see him. We all have a choice to let go and move on or to hold on yet moving on. Jabez’s prayer was not just any ordinary prayer. It made me realize that your words can build or destroy your world. God knew what he was going through, God was there when his mother named him pain but God never enforced love to change. He gave him the chance to find him (God) and heal in that chaos. Sometimes God allows certain things to happen to us not because he doesn’t love us but because he wants us to see our worth and purpose. We can never achieve more or open those doors if we talk in doubt and fear in every prayer we utter. Instead of constantly seeing chaos and allowing it to suffocate you, grab it by the collar and tell it I am not in charge anymore, I have handed my problems to the bigger guy.
Healing is a process but the gentleness in finding peace and allowing God to take over is rewarding.

This week’s challenge

1. Read your Bible daily to find means and scripture that keep your chaotic moments at peace.
2. Pray every day and find a song a hymn that keeps you calm
3. Try to speak and associate yourself with biblical verses that help you during your journey of healing

Weekly Devotion: I am your home.

By wisdom, a house is built, and by understanding, it is established; by knowledge, the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches Proverbs 24:3-4 ESV

The home creates and brews different emotions and thoughts to everybody. For me, it creates this ache and yearning. It’s not just a place but an attachment, feeling, and bond of being safe, finding love, and knowing this is where I want to be. After a long day of toiling with the burdens that weigh me down, I just want to walk in there and embrace that little luxury of comfort. A home is a place where I find people who make me feel at home and call the building home. You see that’s my feeling and yearning each time I spend time with Jesus. He reminds me that wherever I am, whomever I am with; he is my home.
Our text for today reminds me that the way we build our homes should be founded on wisdom. The feeling, yearning, and connection we find with what we call home are based on our decisions today. We choose to keep it warm or unbearable to live. When the mind and soul grow intertwined and connected to Jesus there is peace of understanding established. We fill every part of us and our home with pleasant and precious riches. And no, not these earthly vanities, but the fruits of the sprits. Imagine being made of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. It’s a part we never want to let go or live without because this is what you are meant to be or part of.

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Psalms 132:14(NLT), says “this is my resting place forever,” he said. “I will live here, for this is the home I desired.” Home is not just a building it’s your body. Imagine Jesus dwelling in us with us, our bodies being his temple. Being able to find somebody we tell and he just fixes it. Jesus allows you to be whosoever you want to be. He doesn’t stop you from messing up and he always comes back to help you clean that mess. But we need to consider that at some point if a home is not well maintained it falls apart. So while you are still together give Jesus that chance to make it right with him.

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What’s fascinating about homes is what we make of it, whom we welcome in it, and how we think of it, defines it. This reminds me of one of my favorite bible characters the Shunammite woman in 2 Kings 3. She has the ideal kind of home many Christians cannot offer. She manages to build and offer hospitality to Elisha with no desire of wanting anything in return. How many of us are willing to welcome people we know into our homes and make them feel at home? Half of the time we treat them like strangers and find means to make them leave earlier than planned, because they do not have much to offer. If we cannot love the people we know how can we love Jesus? When you are blessed with means of welcoming people into your home; make them feel at home enough to share that peace and wisdom of understanding that what makes a home, home. Allow Jesus to be a part of that home, let him be the home. The small things that we do and offer to the ones we welcome into our homes can take you far. The Shunammite woman further teaches me that sometimes a blessing can be a burden for a reward and renewal of faith. Just those few moments of love and care gave her a son. It also gave her a purpose and faith that enabled her not to question God but to find refugee in him when nothing seems right. In her brokenness which she refused to share with the world, she ran to the giver who put her back together and made her stronger and better than she was. Faith enables you and me to understand that God is with us even when we don’t see him in the picture because he is home.
Today right now Jesus is saying “ I am your home”. Find courage and wisdom to share that with somebody who has been put in the picture for you to give them that chance. By blessing them you are blessing yourself.

Weekly challenge

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1. Read your Bible daily to find means and scripture that allow Jesus to dwell in us.
2. Pray every day and find a purpose in that scripture of the day that links you to the fruits of the spirit.
3. Try to speak and associate yourself with biblical verses that encourage good hospitality like the Shunammite woman.

Sending love, prayers and blessings
           Rutendo🥀

Weekly Devotion: The Sovereignty of Thoughts.

Whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable — if anything is excellent or praiseworthy — think about such things.

–Philippians 4:8

There is so much power in thoughts; for through thoughts, words are formed, emotions are built and actions are put into place. And what’s sad is we do not realize that it’s the little things we think do not matter that control our thoughts. Many of us have even lost control and will in what we do or how we do certain things.
When Paul writes in Colossians that we should ‘set our minds on things above…’ he understood the sovereignty and manipulation that came when we focused on earthly things. The devil has designed a system to get into our minds and influence the things we think do not matter. What we eat, read, and watch build us. They have a way of creating our perceptions, judgment, and how we tend to make decisions.


Let me take you through an amazing effect of social media:
You pick up your phone to scroll through Facebook or Instagram. There is this person you unconsciously stalk because of envy or maybe you are curious how are they doing in life. At first, your thoughts are clean and genuine. It doesn’t bother you much until you realize something that makes you mad and suddenly something plants a seed that slowly develops to thoughts that start running in your mind. ‘ why is she so pretty, she is from a poor family how is she keeping up with this lifestyle, omg why are her ugly images getting so much attention’ etc. Before you realize it you have planted grapefruits instead of oranges. Already you are killing your esteem and you are attaching yourself the sins that the Lord hates (refer to Galatians 5:19-21, Proverbs 6:16-19) At this point you are meddling in people’s lives but your own, struggling to understand ‘why are they better than me? Or who am I kidding I am better than them’ remember this is all in your head. So instead of being that fire that warms you find a meadow with dry grass where you spread that hate that grew from a thought you just saw through an image. Thoughts are so powerful that they can make you kill a part of you just because you got caught up in somebody’s situation that has nothing to do with your responsibility. By catching offense you reap an attitude of frustration and suddenly you are questioning GOD ‘why are they so blessed when they do not deserve it?’ Your thoughts just check mated you and convinced you in believing an illusion that does not exist.


I know somebody out there is getting where I am going. We need to practice mindfulness of being aware of the contents of our consciousness- that is understanding our internal conversations and learning to observe without judging before you know the whole truth. If we are not careful with our thoughts you will find yourselves masters of the seven deadly sins God despises. Not because a person has wronged you but because of the thoughts an image has created in you. What’s intriguing about judgment is it has a way of reflecting self. This reminds me of a story in the bible in John 8:1-11 of a woman who is accused of committing adultery. It brought so many questions in my mind rushing and the major one was “who thought of this and how did they know?” Many of us like the Pharisees always scheming and growing hate. Most the time its to feed that anger, ego, envy, and thought of wanting somebody to give you a pat on the back of good job. You want better and more so much that you are willing to hurt anybody to get those praises and be the better one. Only running to Jesus after creating trouble or believing somebody does not deserve mercy or an opportunity to change. We should be careful of where our thoughts come from because they will determine where they will lead us and what will become of us.

When Jesus read their thoughts and realized their intentions, he allowed that those thoughts reflect the judgement they desired to inflict on this woman. ‘Yes she is a sinner but what makes you think you are better and deserving?’ Imagine their humiliation of walking away because their thoughts made them narrow-minded and evil. Because of the thoughts of the Pharisees, this woman found mercy and love in Jesus. Maybe sometimes we just need to take a moment and realize that God blesses some people to teach us and make us understand the fruit of the spirits: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control.

We certainly cannot control what pops into our mind, however, we can choose what we feed our minds, and the thoughts we identify with and grant power. Find time to meditate upon God’s word and associate yourself with things that keep our conscience clean. I am not saying stay away from media but be careful how you allow it to use you or the content you attach yourself with. Allow God to transform and use you (Romans12:1). I hope you find time to work through your thoughts in self-discipline and the ability to tame the fruits of the spirit in you. (2Timothy 1:7)

This week’s challenge.

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1. Read your Bible daily to find means and scripture that keep your thoughts aligned with heavenly things
2. Pray every day and find a purpose in that scripture of the day that links you the fruits of the spirit.
3. Try to speak and associate yourself with biblical verses that set you on the right track and away from sin.

Sending love, prayers and blessings

Rutendo🥀

Weekly Devotion: Hope is Alive

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“And your life will be brighter than the noonday; its darkness will be like the morning. And you will feel secure because there is hope; you will look around and take your rest in security. “

Job 11:17–18

There are days when the heaviness in your chest feels like concrete; so heavy that words can’t flow and too massive to pretend or avoid their effect.

At first, you try to resist the load, but as time passes, it overflows, it burdens and suffocates you until you feel utterly consumed. You feel like shutting God out, you want to scream and beg him to take it all away but it’s like he is not listening. He is not even there. Sometimes it’s like you have run out of prayers and words to say to him…

At this point your hope is dead.

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You suddenly find yourself packing the Bible and turning on the panic mood. Your focus changes, your lane drives you back to square one instead of towards the right race.

I know I am speaking to somebody who is in trouble, who is emotionally and mentally tired of giving and asking from a God who seems silent. It’s like all hope is lost, your prayers are not being answered and it feels like he is not there.

But I am here to tell you that hope is still alive. But sometimes you just need to surrender and listen.

God’s ways are not your ways or my ways. He knows what’s best for you and he knows how best to handle it while offering it to you. God is never silent he is just waiting for the right moment to make his move.

How long are you going to hold on to thoughts & meanings that don’t serve you? How long will you expect life to serve your pudding each time you collect lemons?

Sometimes we need to learn faith the hard way to get closer to God.

You can’t change the past or the moves you made blaming God for your lack of belief, but you need to take a step of love and faith to create a meaningful relationship with God. Just don’t wait too long.

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Job 11: 17-18 depicts that darkness is Inevitable but so is light. Troubles will come but there is comfort and peace especially when we take that walk with the Lord. Sometimes we need to walk in the dark to see our light. Tough times can create the best of us.

Learning to live for Christ means making sacrifices to serve others and finding means to allow them to experience these beautiful moments.

Remember even when we lie in broken pieces, God has a way of turning things around. After all, he is the potter and we are just the clay. His hand reaches out to us full of mercy, love, restoration, and grace. He can uplift us in ways that when we look back we wonder,  how did I get through all that suffering. This is your testimony, hope is alive. Something not worth losing. Keep keeping on, for prayer is not an event it’s a process.

To appreciate the beauty of the moon we need to learn to understand and condemn the sun. You know every sunrise melts the frost to dew drops that dangle from a blade of grass or the tip of leaves, reflecting the sun through its rays. Now that’s love. Imagine yourself as this frosted blade of grass or tip of leaf and God is the sun. His love is great enough to warm us up in moments that we feel like there is nothing left. He turns that frosty moment into the most beautiful dew. Are we not blessed?

So dear reader be gentle, be honest,

Seeking and committing to Christ can be hard work as we are required to sacrifice and letting go of habits that block us from listening to him speak. But through the hard work comes the healing, comes understanding comes transformation. You have greatness within you. See it!
Remember you are the reason why God made grace🙏

More study texts: Proverbs 4: ,Psalm 42:11, Romans 15:13,


1. Read your Bible daily to find means and scripture that keep you in grace and hopeful.
2. Pray every day and find a purpose in that scripture of the day that links strength in finding hope in our darkest times
3. Try to speak bibical affirmations that feed the mind and soul in hope and love. Enabling us to share and speak of his love.



Sending love, prayers, and blessings – Rutendo🥀 

Famished but starved.

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us,

HEBREWS 12:1

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We are all afraid of something. This world is moving at a fast pace that’s forcing us to adjust and be part of a trend we are warned against. We are praised for cursing, encouraged to disrespect (it is expressing your mind), hurt or hate, or to be a Christian only once a week. All this in a ‘normal syndrome’.
We refuse to listen to the voice talking to us. We allow the people around us to feed us with words that make us want to belong to nothing, a system that makes you feel as if you are not good enough, a medium that sets standards that led us to suicide and feed us bread that starves us.

We are so far from God. We are tired, disheartened, and lost in hopelessness. Refusing to turn to God we allow the world to hurt us so that we can find a reason to blame him for misfortunes we invite, breed, and grow.
We have packed our identity. We refuse to be part of a movement for pleasure drips like honey. The path seems easy the rules well there are no rules to adhere to. But I have a question ‘why are you still starving when you are so famished?
Why do you refuse to endure or at least find a company in something that feeds the mind and body? Why are you in search of peace money cant buy but the bible can give? At this point in your life, you are finding every excuse not to go back to church after lockdown. I don’t blame you sometimes we feel like we are not getting enough. But there is a refugee in tangling yourself in commitments that are heaven-bound.
This normal syndrome ends in tears. We encourage depression, disappointments, hate, and master sin at our fingertips. Whatever God said is wrong, it is wrong. The trends of the world will come and go. If you are swept by them you shall starve yet famished. The pattern only imprints on the body but leaves the soul and mind bare. There is nothing wrong with wearing the full armor to protect yourself from the new normal that build us to turn from God. Hebrews 12:1 asks you today ‘ What is standing in your way from feeding yourself with something that won’t leave you starving while you are famished?

This week challenge

1. Read your Bible daily to find means and scripture that disentangle from sin or any temptation faced.
2. Pray every day and find a purpose in that scripture of the day that links strength in overcoming the trends that starve us from the word of God.
3. Try to speak affirmations that feed the mind and reflect your actions towards running the right race.
4. Sending love, prayers, and blessings – Rutendo🥀 

WEEKLY DEVOTION: Examining our ways.

Let us test and examine our ways, and return to the Lord ! Lamentations 3:40 ESV

Hello and welcome to our weekly devotion. This week we venture and mediate on lamentations 3:40. 

Examining our ways and how we speak is very important. As individuals, we should take the time to observe our words and reflections.

Turning to the lord means lifting our hearts. Having that honest, passionate, heart to heart conversation with our father. We cannot bring change if we are not changed.

  As we rush to judge, rebuke and correct others let us not forget to check and ask ourselves ‘how will I react or embrace such words?’ are you saying these words to better others or to remind others you are smarter and a better perfection? Do your words provide salvation, God’s love, or any benefit to change? If your answer is Yes, then great keep going. But if not its time you need reevaluates your choices, words, actions, and relations to do better. 

Times are trying and faith is tested. Many of us have been put in situations where we wonder should I do it or not? Let us not allow ourselves to be clouded in content, conversations, or relations that hinder us from the lord. As it might be hard and straining to depart from relations or habits that make us shun the lord and his word, let us be quick to retreat and return to him. The world comes with its pleasures that are vanity but the truth is it is not fulfilling and permanent. It is just a passing trend. But God, God is everlasting. In prayer and humility let us apply his word and try in every little way to apply purpose. 

This week challenge

1. Read your Bible daily to find means and scripture that bring you closer to him.
2. Pray every day and find a purpose in that scripture of the day that links gratitude or requests to God
3. Try to utter words and reflect actions that show love. Don’t be a trendsetter of hate and discrimination. Be that person you wish people could be to you.
4. Sending love, prayers, and blessings – Rutendo🥀