One of my favorite activities is on Saturday morning right after I wake up and pray is to start cleaning my room as good as needed which usually takes about an hour to an hour and a half (yea, I know some people are slow!) Before I clean my room I open the curtains in the apartment and all doors so the apartmen... Read more…]]> http://www.inspiks.com/enjoying-the-simple-pleasures-of-praying/feed/ 0 http://www.inspiks.com/the-quality-of-honesty/ http://www.inspiks.com/the-quality-of-honesty/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:00:22 +0000 Fadi http://www.inspiks.com/?p=3158

I personally like when people are honest with me and point out my faults, so that I know my weaknesses and I can submit those weaknesses to Christ through prayer. That’s why I find the sermons of Dr. Charles Stanley, Paul Washer, and Billy Graham attractive, because they are effective. Of course I didn’t enjoy all honest and Biblical sermons because God used th... Read more…]]> http://www.inspiks.com/the-quality-of-honesty/feed/ 0 http://www.inspiks.com/idolatry-it-still-flourishes-even-without-statues/ http://www.inspiks.com/idolatry-it-still-flourishes-even-without-statues/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:00:59 +0000 Fadi http://www.inspiks.com/?p=3171

Suppose you found a friend carving a small statue out of a piece of wood. “What are you going to do with that?” you ask. “I’m going to worship it,” he says. “I’ve got a nice spot in my bedroom where I can kneel down and ask it for things.” Or imagine people on a suburban street pooling their wedding rings and other jewelry to make a statue they can put in the park. They plan... Read more…]]> http://www.inspiks.com/idolatry-it-still-flourishes-even-without-statues/feed/ 4 http://www.inspiks.com/love-waits-patiently/ http://www.inspiks.com/love-waits-patiently/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:00:57 +0000 Fadi http://www.inspiks.com/?p=3149

For a long time now it has been my heart’s desire to get married to the woman God has meant for me, according to His timing. Second to only knowing Jesus more and more and become more like Him and fulfilling His purpose for my life, having my own family has been my biggest dream. However, waiting has not been an easy task, especi... Read more…]]> http://www.inspiks.com/love-waits-patiently/feed/ 3 http://www.inspiks.com/idolatry-tearing-at-the-heart-of-god/ http://www.inspiks.com/idolatry-tearing-at-the-heart-of-god/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:00:59 +0000 Fadi http://www.inspiks.com/?p=3173

Hosea begins with a love story; a painful, personal love story, the prophet’s very own. Hosea had married a woman who acted like a prostitute. Yet the more she went out on him, the more Hosea loved her. He gave her everything a good wife deserved: his love, his home, his name, his reputation. She responded by sleeping around with other men. He warned her, he pleaded... Read more…]]> http://www.inspiks.com/idolatry-tearing-at-the-heart-of-god/feed/ 0 http://www.inspiks.com/idolatry-why-the-big-fuss/ http://www.inspiks.com/idolatry-why-the-big-fuss/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:00:03 +0000 Fadi http://www.inspiks.com/?p=3167

A few months ago before a test I saw a classmate holding the cross that hung around his neck and was praying in preparation for the test. Later I e-mailed him asking if he was a Christian and if it was OK with him to add his e-mail to my “Christian forwards/messages” list. He replied to my e-mail saying that he was not a Christian: he si... Read more…]]> http://www.inspiks.com/idolatry-why-the-big-fuss/feed/ 2 http://www.inspiks.com/the-narrow-road-and-gate/ http://www.inspiks.com/the-narrow-road-and-gate/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:00:28 +0000 Fadi http://www.inspiks.com/?p=3155

Deep snow is hard to walk in because it requires extra energy from us to move our feet in it, but it is very safe, snow is not slippery, and so it won’t cause you to fall and break your bones. Some pathways looks clear and safe, but if you examine it,  you will find that the clear path you see is not so “clear” because so many people walked on it, the snow has m... Read more…]]> http://www.inspiks.com/the-narrow-road-and-gate/feed/ 0 http://www.inspiks.com/my-worst-nightmare/ http://www.inspiks.com/my-worst-nightmare/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:00:21 +0000 Fadi http://www.inspiks.com/?p=3049

Two Thousand Seven was an extremely stressful year for me because I lost the friendship of someone I dearly loved with all my heart. I found myself depressed for a long time, and my eyes teared for no reason, I cried almost daily, and wrestled with God daily. To make things worse I started university in September of that year and the stress level... Read more…]]> http://www.inspiks.com/my-worst-nightmare/feed/ 0 http://www.inspiks.com/a-new-creation-in-christ/ http://www.inspiks.com/a-new-creation-in-christ/#comments Mon, 02 Jan 2012 10:00:10 +0000 Fadi http://www.inspiks.com/?p=3069

When I took this photo of the white flower I remembered how in Christ we are new creation. But here I would like to just talk about the joy of being new creation in Christ, because it seems that joy is the first gift Christ gives us through the Holy Spirit when we surrender our lives to Him. Here is a little story...

In the summer of 2003... Read more…]]> http://www.inspiks.com/a-new-creation-in-christ/feed/ 1 http://www.inspiks.com/a-faithful-man-who-can-find/ http://www.inspiks.com/a-faithful-man-who-can-find/#comments Fri, 30 Dec 2011 10:00:53 +0000 Fadi http://www.inspiks.com/?p=3152

When I was born my dad had already joined the Iraqi army so I really didn’t see him much. He actually joined the army one year after he got married at the age of twenty five and left the army in his late thirty's. Back home men are forced to join the army; they fought and died for a cause they didn’t believe in, against a neighboring country they did not consider an enemy, in suppor... Read more…]]> http://www.inspiks.com/a-faithful-man-who-can-find/feed/ 2 http://www.inspiks.com/struggling-with-maturity/ http://www.inspiks.com/struggling-with-maturity/#comments Mon, 26 Dec 2011 10:00:41 +0000 Fadi http://www.inspiks.com/?p=3058

One hot summer afternoon in Iraq I was walking with my best friend from the neighborhood; we were both in our early teens. He told me that he wants to be a doctor. I thought it was kind of an unrealistic goal since he wasn’t a straight A student so I asked him why he wanted to be a doctor. He told me that his dad was motivating him to finish scho... Read more…]]> http://www.inspiks.com/struggling-with-maturity/feed/ 3 http://www.inspiks.com/the-power-of-a-changed-person/ http://www.inspiks.com/the-power-of-a-changed-person/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:00:04 +0000 Fadi http://www.inspiks.com/?p=3037

There is something about Christmas colors that just cheer me up. This capture was taken at my youngest uncle’s house. He is married to this wonderful godly woman—the godliest person I know. It doesn’t take you long after you meet her to realize she is a very special person. When we have a family gathering she probably does 99% of the... Read more…]]> http://www.inspiks.com/the-power-of-a-changed-person/feed/ 1