Sarah Okafor

The Lamb as Shepherd

I'm an oncology nurse, and I sit with people dying from cancer. The fear of being abandoned is sometimes as bad as the pain. They want someone to stay. Someone who won't leave when it gets too hard.

Neither Male nor Female in Christ

Paul announces: 'There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.' In Christ, divisions are erased. I'm a lesbian in the ch

Better to Enter Maimed

And if your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell. Jesus uses hyperbolic language about s

Sin Entered the World

Paul establishes: 'Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned.' This is the beginning of Paul's expla

Gratitude's Geography

Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. As he entered a village, ten men who had leprosy met him. They stood at a distance and called out in a loud vo

Not Us, Only Jesus

Peter and John healed a beggar, and immediately the crowd wanted to make them heroes. Peter's response is so refreshingly humble: 'Why does this surprise you? Why do you stare at us as if by our own p

Walking by faith - Nahum 2

God is faithful in every circumstance. God is faithful in every circumstance. God is faithful in every circumstance. God is faithful in every circumstance. God is faithful in every circumstance. God i

The meaning of sacrifice - Zechariah 7

My grandmother used to quote this verse every morning. His timing, His methods, His purposes - all beyond our comprehension, yet perfectly good. God is faithful in every circumstance. God is faithful

God's faithfulness through history - Nehemiah 7

God is faithful in every circumstance. His timing, His methods, His purposes - all beyond our comprehension, yet perfectly good. This is one of those passages that reads differently in every season of

The meaning of sacrifice - Amos 6

God is faithful in every circumstance. God is faithful in every circumstance. God is faithful in every circumstance. God is faithful in every circumstance. God is faithful in every circumstance. I no

Bearing fruit that lasts - Philemon 1

The thread of covenant runs through every book of the Bible. God is faithful in every circumstance. The early church would have heard this very differently than we do today. His timing, His methods, H

Redemption and restoration - James 3

The thread of covenant runs through every book of the Bible. I love how this passage doesn't shy away from the difficulty of obedience. When we read this alongside the surrounding chapters, the narrat

Rivers of living water - Habakkuk 2

There's something deeply comforting about knowing that the same God who spoke these words is the same yesterday, today, and forever. God is faithful in every circumstance. Their context of persecution

Transformation through the Word - Deuteronomy 12

We bring nothing; He provides everything. God is faithful in every circumstance. What a reminder that God's ways are not our ways. God is faithful in every circumstance. Following God is costly, but

Strength in weakness - John 2

God is faithful in every circumstance. God is faithful in every circumstance. God is faithful in every circumstance. The thread of covenant runs through every book of the Bible. God is faithful in ev

Strength in weakness - Acts 1

God is faithful in every circumstance. Today it speaks comfort; a year ago it spoke conviction. Reading the Psalms alongside this gives a fuller picture of what the author was experiencing - both the

Mercy and justice - Mark 12

God is faithful in every circumstance. God is faithful in every circumstance. It implies covenant loyalty, steadfast love that never wavers. The contrast between human weakness and divine strength is

The shepherd and the sheep - Ruth 4

The imagery here is agricultural - the original audience would have immediately understood the metaphor of sowing, waiting, and harvesting. It implies covenant loyalty, steadfast love that never waver

The meaning of sacrifice - 1 Timothy 6

It implies covenant loyalty, steadfast love that never wavers. The thread of covenant runs through every book of the Bible. What a reminder that God's ways are not our ways. God is faithful in every c

Wisdom for daily life - Daniel 11

God is faithful in every circumstance. God is faithful in every circumstance. God is faithful in every circumstance. Faith isn't the absence of doubt - it's choosing to believe despite it. God is fai