My Story
In the year 2021, my family and I undertook a very risky endeavor. There were several things we had been praying about and trusting the Lord to help us breakthrough in, but nothing much seemed to be happening. This prompted us to make a few decisions in faith, believing that the Lord would see our steps and help us. I was afraid because I wasn’t sure whether things would eventually work out, or if it was even the will of God for us to proceed.
This uncertainty pushed me into prayer, because honestly, I had been a lukewarm Christian just perambulating through life.
As I began praying more, I realized my prayers lacked substance beyond asking God for help. I noticed I had little knowledge of God’s Word apart from a few familiar verses. Most of the time I would simply google, “Bible verses for fear” or “Bible verses for encouragement,” and then declare and decree those verses. But soon, I felt empty — and the fear only grew stronger.
One day, I decided to engage my mind with something other than worrying. As a coping mechanism, I made a decision to actually read the Bible — book after book. This time, I wasn’t looking for verses to comfort me. I was reading to know what was truly written in this big book.
It was during this reading that I realized I didn’t know the Bible at all. There were so many stories I was encountering for the first time. Apart from the very common ones — David and Goliath, Moses parting the Red Sea, Jesus dying on the cross — I knew practically nothing else. Yet by God’s help, my interest grew with every book.
I was fascinated by the stories in the Old Testament. I often stayed up late scrolling through Scripture on the YouVersion Bible App. At mealtimes, all I could talk about with my family were the stories I was discovering. Sometimes my husband was shocked to learn I didn’t know these things. He would ask, “Didn’t you learn that in Sunday School?” And I would honestly answer, “No.”
By the end of that year — and spilling into 2022 — I had gone through most of the Bible, except for a few chapters in Psalms. One of the first changes I noticed was that I stopped worrying so much. Not because our prayers had been answered yet, but because my mind was deeply engaged with Scripture. Whenever my problems came to mind, I would say a prayer and then bury myself in reading. It began as a coping strategy, but I didn’t realize how deeply it was affecting my heart and mind.
Romans 12:2 instructs us to be transformed by the renewal of our minds. And truly, as I read God’s Word, my mind was being renewed. My thinking, my worldview, my relationships — everything was changing.
In the process, I began noticing major discrepancies between what I previously believed and what the Bible actually taught. For instance, I had believed that if I wanted anything to happen in my life, I just needed to declare and decree it in prayer. I also thought that as a Christian, I shouldn’t confess anything negative — even sickness — because that would be a sign of little faith. If I was sick, I would still declare, “I am not sick,” even while clearly unwell.
But Scripture opened my eyes. I learned that suffering and sickness are realities of living in a fallen world. Jesus came to save us from sin and God’s eternal wrath — not necessarily to remove us from earthly trials. He Himself told us in John 16:33 that in this world we will face troubles — but not to despair, because He has overcome the world.
Realizing this, I became concerned. The Christianity I had held was not biblical Christianity. It had a religious appearance but lacked the true teachings of Christ. This realization fueled a new hunger in me — to understand sound doctrine and to help others do the same.
I felt a burden to speak up about the dangers of drifting from sound teaching, as warned in 1 Timothy 4:16:
“Watch your life and doctrine closely. Persevere in them, because if you do, you will save both yourself and your hearers.”
Sound doctrine matters because it communicates God’s true message of salvation to a sinful world. We should desire to learn God’s Word without alterations, shouldn’t we?
This is why I started this blog — to shine a light, in my small way, on the truth of the gospel of Jesus Christ, especially for those who may have unknowingly drifted.
However, I give this disclaimer: I do not have any theological training, and I do not speak as someone with ministerial authority. This is simply my way of serving the Lord by sharing what I am learning from His Word. My prayer is that you find the content here useful, fruitful, and edifying.
Happy reading!