One of the clearest places our Christianity is tested is not in church, online, or around people we want to impress. It is inside our own home, where the public image disappears and the people closest to us see what we are really like.
It is easy to speak graciously to strangers and then be harsh with a spouse. Easy to post Scripture while our children experience impatience, anger, or neglect. Easy to appear humble before the church while demanding our own way behind closed doors.
Jesus repeatedly condemned religion that looked righteous outwardly while concealing corruption within. “You clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside they are full of robbery and self indulgence” (Matthew 23:25).
The gospel must reach farther than our public reputation.
Paul tells husbands to “love your wives and do not be embittered against them” (Colossians 3:19). Women are called to godliness, kindness, purity, and love toward their husbands and children (Titus 2:3–5). Parents are warned not to provoke their children (Ephesians 6:4). Nobody in the home is exempt from the lordship of Christ.
None of this means genuine Christians never fail at home. We do. Sometimes terribly. But when the Holy Spirit exposes us, we repent. We confess. We ask forgiveness. We do not defend a double life as though public ministry somehow excuses private ungodliness.
Our family should not receive the worst version of us while everyone else receives the polished Christian.
The real test of godliness is often what happens when the Bible is closed, the church service is over, the phone camera is off, and nobody is watching except God and the people who live with us.
Christianity that exists everywhere except home deserves serious examination.
Kenya finally secures the much awaited Samurai Bond.
Details as below:
· It's a Kes 22.0 billion (JP¥ 25.0 billion) facility that is in three buckets
· The first Kes 13.1 billion (JP¥ 15.0 billion) targets Kenya's automotive sector & policy framework
· The second Kes 5.0 billion (JP¥ 5.5 billion) is earmarked for funding the Reduction of Energy Losses Programme
· The third Kes 4.0 billion (JP¥ 4.5 billion) will support
Kenya’s reform and development agenda.
Key things to have in mind:
· The CS National Treasury indicated that the pricing for the facility should play within the 4.0% - 5.0% p.a. range
· In a year where external financing has been relatively tight, the Exchequer must be heaving a sigh of relief with this development
· External financing stars aligning? World Bank is scheduled to meet on DPO VII before June 30th, it's a US$750.0 million credit line