T he only good news that we ought to know and remember is that Jesus Christ had already won the war against sin and death. He has made it possible for us to join Him in the afterlife. All we need now to do is accept Him as He is. God is alive today and it may be sometimes be difficult to see this. The world and its demonic nature has still made it look like that only worldly things matter and that the ultimate goal of each one is to achieve their own personal happiness. This is the biggest lie of all, that we should do all to make us happy. Individual happiness at the expense of someone else is the biggest deception of all. The truth is, our lives are never really about us. It is ultimately about God and about others. It is about how you can provide and give joy even at our own expense. This is the model of ultimate and genuine love that Jesus shown us at the cross. "Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s frie...
What good books to read growing up?
I will share with you a list of books that I think will help you a lot in life. Well, it has helped me a lot and if I religiously took everything that were suggested, I believed that I probably would be significantly better off.
Growing up and when I was in my late teens or early twenties, I read a three of Joshua Harris' books: I Kissed Dating Goodbye , Boy Meets Girl and Not Even A Hint. All books were interesting because they uphold Christian values whilst going about dating and courtship practices. I reckon, even if you look at it from from a non-believer perspective, you'd still probably agree at some of the pros that the author mentioned here about the methodologies he adopted in the world of relationships.
Next book I would like to recommend is Stephen Covey's 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. This is primarily about developing habits that will help you maximize your time and efforts. Stephen had follow-up books but I didn't get the opportunity to read them. This one though helped me a lot in life even though I haven't really adopted all the 7 habits in this book.
As an adult, I started to read business-related books like Robert Kiyosaki's Rich Dad, Poor Dad which is one controversial and thought provoking book. He mentions here about school not being too helpful in getting wealthy as lots of the principles he advocates aren't taught in school and we are actually being brainwashed in school to stay poor. I've read one other book of his called Cashflow Quadrant and is a more detailed, deep dive of one of the principles discussed in Rich Dad, Poor Dad book.
The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren is also one of my favorites as it enhanced my beliefs in God and reminded me that the purpose of life is know and serve God and my fellow man.
Jordan Peterson's 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos (click here for Kindle version) is the most recent one that I've finished. I have learnt a lot more after finishing the book and I am thinking about purchasing his new one which is titled Beyond Order: 12 more rules for life (click here for Kindle version).
That's my list for now but before I go, I just want to say that today's generation is very fortunate because of the current technology. If you want to buy any books, you can buy them off the internet and if you want an instant copy, you can opt to buy the kindle version of it and if you are to lazy to read, then you can also opt to buy their audio book versions.
Keep safe and take care y'all.
