Category: Art

There are 1,000 hearts in the artwork -they represent King Solomon’s 700 wives and 300 concubines (1 Kings 11). When Solomon became King, God gave him great wisdom, insight and tasked him to build God’s Temple. However, as he grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods and he did evil in the…

Daniel was put into a den of lions left to die but he was unhurt as God sent His angel to shut the mouths of the lions! (Daniel 6) This story reminds us that danger and harm may be very real in our midst but God can cause them to be powerless; so that “a…

It seemed like the end when the Israelites were stuck between the Red Sea and the Egyptian army. But God showed up in a most dramatic way! Exodus 14. There’s a song* that goes “Cause if I never had a problem, I wouldn’t know that He could solve them. I wouldn’t know what faith in…

When a spark of light is present in a dark room, the darkness disappears. Similarly, Christians should not be intimidated by darkness as we embrace Jesus, the Light of the world (John 8:12).  And we can make an impact on people and places facing darkness when we carry God’s presence and bring in the Light!

One cannot easily see Adam & Eve in the artwork (take a closer look!) – very much like Adam & Eve in Genesis 3 who went into hiding after they disobeyed God. Though the serpent seemed to be the bad guy who’d first tempted Eve but to God, Adam and Eve were personally responsible for…

“Look up at the sky and count the stars—so shall your offspring be.” Gen 15:5  At 100 years old, Abraham who was ‘as good as dead’ had Isaac after a 25 years’ wait. He died without seeing Gen 15:5 fulfilled but every day since, his offspring are still being added! God always keeps His promise.

God’s faithfulness is often featured in Noah’s story. But it is also about a man’s great faithfulness to God’s word. Imagine the ridicule and criticism Noah endured for 100 years! Sometimes when others do not understand what you are doing, it doesn’t mean you are wrong. Persevere and hold on to God’s word to you. Noah…

David did not always have it easy in his walk with God and he often brought his difficulties and distress to Him. In Psalms 22:6, he declared “I am a worm”, expressing his sense of abandonment, helplessness and pain. Some Christians feel it is not right to say “unpleasant” things to God. We just accept…

Sometimes, our Christian life is becoming dry, even dying. But the thing is, unlike the tree, one can’t really know or tell. Let us be like a tree planted by streams of water which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither – whatever they do prospers. Psalm 1

Authentic Christianity is about the ‘crown’ and the ‘cross’. However, Christians often seek after the ‘crown’ which represents blessings and do not embrace the ‘cross’ which is associated with hardship.  Like the artwork, we tend to focus on the ‘crown’ and push the ‘cross’ to the background. The ‘cross’ is not just about suffering and…

When God seems far and the Christian community not close by, a Christian will feel like a sheep that has wandered off  – alone, unloved, even helpless. You may be the one who has walked away but you are precious to God. The parable in Matthew 18:10-14, Luke 15:1-7 reminds us that Jesus is our…