The PENTSOS Education Unit demonstrated substantial progress during the reporting period, specifically advancing Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4)—ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education and promoting lifelong learning for all.
Currently, the Secretariat oversees a robust network of 108 educational institutions, comprising 104 basic schools, two Senior High Schools, and two vocational training institutes. This expansive network serves a total enrolment of 39,356 learners, supported by a dedicated workforce of 1,795 teaching and 564 non-teaching staff.
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Easter hope isn’t about having all the answers or immediately getting everything we want, but placing our confidence in Jesus victory, and experiencing a foretaste of that victory in our lives today
This is what the phrase "The letter killeth, but the Spirit maketh alive" means
You managed to completely miss the whole point of the story
The point was never the logistics of how Goliath died. Jonathan himself is recorded to have killed a giant in 1 Samuel, if I remember correctly.
The whole point was that the entire army of Israel was scared, no, petrified by Goliath.
And in that world, that was normal.
When the Israelites wanted to enter Canaan, they saw Giants, the sons of Anak, and were petrified, saying "We were like Grasshoppers before them"
It's the same situation here.
However, just like Caleb and Joshua, who saw the Giants but still said "We are able to go up and possess the land".
Not because of the size of the giants, but because of the size of the God who they believed gave them the instruction to go ahead.
And so, the most crucial part of David's story, is that when Goliath says "I come before you with a mighty sword, but you come before me with a stick"
David's response in that moment was "I come before you in the name of the Lord of Hosts"
It didn't matter to David that Goliath had a huge sword or was a giant.
It mattered that He believed that His God was bigger than Goliath.
No man is unkillable, but where the whole army of Isreal, including their king saw a giant and thought "we are like grasshoppers", David saw a God that was willing and able to deliver a great victory for his people.
And this is the proper, in context, interpretation of the story for any believer.
You will face challenges, many of which seem impossible. But it is expected as a believer that you learn to say "I am willing and able to overcome this, because I go in the name of a God that is bigger than this situation"
Anybody could have killed Goliath, but only the one who had faith enough to see their God as bigger than Goliath would have dared.
That was the miracle.
That a young boy knew his God and had enough faith to stand in front of his entire nation, including a cowardly king and declare
"I COME IN THE NAME OF THE LORD"
Selah