Tag: Emmanuel Acho

Mashup: Crab & Barrel

Source: Roland S. Martin When I starting going through mobbing at a job, my great aunt told me about the story of crabs in a barrel. She explained to me that the folks in current job didn’t want me to advance in a field they weren’t willing to put the work in, or didn’t have… Continue reading Mashup: Crab & Barrel

For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.~Hebrews 4:15–16 ESV


Source: I Am Second

Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever. Therefore I do not run like someone running aimlessly; I do not fight like a boxer beating the air. No, I strike a blow to my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.~1 Corinthians 9:24-27 NIV