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Contemplating Marriage? Here’s the First Step! (Video)
How do I know God's plan concerning my marriage? How do I know that the partner I selected is from Jesus? In this below video Derrick will encourage you to put first things first in seeking a partner for your life. Mind you, this is not an elaborate teaching on the...
4 Ways Mothers Can Bring Up Their Children
This guest post is by my friend Suzanne Karkada. A software engineer by profession she recently got married and resigned from her job in order to devote her full time towards her family. Suzanne loves singing and her deepest desire is to use her voice for God’s glory....
Anger in Marriage: When Demons Party!
Last week Derrick and I had an argument. While my husband, I feel, is the right candidate to win the 'Most Patient Man' tag, it doesn't take much time for my temper to flare up. In the end, a trivial issue just got the better of us and got blown out of proportion. At...
7 Dos and Don’ts of WhatsApp Group Chat
Group chats can be immensely annoying at times. And if you don’t take guard, they can drain you of your precious time and peace of mind.
A Love Much More Than You Could Ask For
(By Pastor Derrick D'souza) As a child I always used to love hearing my Mom tell me how much she loved me (I was the youngest sibling among five). I used to ask her the same question over and over again until I was confident she was not just saying it to make me...
Parenting Lessons From a Pastor’s Wife
Recently I happened to talk to Pratibha Kinkar, who co-pastors New life Fellowship, Nerul (Navi Mumbai) alongside her husband Pastor Daniel Kinkar. Our discussion revolved around pregnancy and parenting, and in this post, I thought of sharing excerpts from our...
Your Past – Once Buried, Always Buried?
We are excited to have our friend Melanie Philipnery write a guest post on Soargirls this week. Melanie grew up in church from age 5, got saved at 8 and stepped into ministry as a teen. She had two careers before settling for teaching in Adult Education. Melanie is a...
A Letter to the People Pleaser
Dear People Pleaser, I write this to you out of love and concern. Time is running out faster than you can imagine, and if you are using bulk of your time trying to please people around you – that’s a sheer waste! The very purpose you were created was to please your...
Why Every Woman Should Remember Anna
There was also a prophet, Anna, the daughter of Penuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was very old; she had lived with her husband seven years after her marriage, and then was a widow until she was eighty-four. She never left the temple but worshiped night and day,...
Hear From the Greatest Lover of All Times
(By Pastor Derrick D'souza) From the Father, To You… My love for you existed even before it could get conceived in your heart (1 John 4:19) My love for you is a fruit of my will and pleasure. (Ephesians 1: 5) My love for you made me give you all that I ever had...
The Incredible Power Behind Submission
I was following my daily bible reading planner for 2014, when I stumbled upon a very important principle which will help you to grow in every area of your life. I noticed that the word "Submit" was mentioned for the first time in the Bible in the story of Hagar and...
50 Years of Marriage & Selfless Love!
May be some of you have reached a point in your marriage where you are wondering, “What’s there in it for me?”
Fighting Depression – How My Friend Did It
I love visiting the house of this friend of mine for one reason. Everywhere you see you will find paper cuttings and scribbled notes of Scriptures from the Word of God stuck on her house walls. And not even the washroom is spared! The Scriptures also remind me of her...
Watch Out: 5 Signs of An Independent Spirit
An independent spirit is one that seeks self glory, operates in conceit and often is in rebellion to the authority established by God (and hence against the Word of God). People with independent spirits are barriers to the works of the kingdom of God and can...
Young Girl Overcomes Severe Bone Disorder to Release Worship Album
Your love, oh Lord shines so bright That no dark clouds, could ever fade away the light Even on my stormiest days, Your love will never be washed away… These are words of the title song of a recently released album ‘Washed Away’ and the powerful voice behind this is...
What Love Made 3 Men in the Bible do
When you are in love, it’s beautiful! Love fills your heart with unspeakable joy and stretches you beyond yourself. It makes you selfless and shameless, compelling you to do things which you wouldn’t have even dreamed of doing. There are no rules in love; in fact they...
How to run from God
LOL..Indeed, no point in running away from God because we really can't. As simple as that. I always remember that scene from my favourite Tom and Jerry cartoon, where Jerry is running hard to get away from Tom, but despite all his efforts Jerry finds himself in the...
Where is God when it hurts?
- Acquired as a slave - Forced to bear her master’s child - Ill-treated during pregnancy - Persecuted to run away - & finally abandoned! What the Egyptian girl Hagar went through is indeed disheartening. In the eyes of the world, she always was and will be the...