Author: Hakim

This title may seem odd to folks at first glance, but let me elaborate for a moment. I’m constructing it for the purpose of showing how easily deception enters into our mindset. How often have you had a great idea in your mind that became an all consuming, salient, dominant thought? I know I have…

Proverb 6: 6-11 6Go to the ant, you  sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! 7It has no  commander, no overseer or ruler, 8yet it stores its  provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest. 9How long will you lie  there, you sluggard? When will you get up from your sleep? 10 A little…

1 Corinthians 14:33 33For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints. And so we stumble upon a timeless truth of scripture that applies to our personal lives. “God is not the author of confusion…” So where does that leave us when we are in this…

Election In Scripture Epheshians 1: 4-6 4For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love 5hec predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will— 6to the praise of his glorious grace, which…

By Charles Holmes John 16:12-15 12 I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear. 13   But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you…

By Hakim Hazim “Leadership is internal elicitation. Authority is external imposition.” Hakim Hazim A Mother’s Request for Authority Matthew 20: 20-28 20Then the mother of  Zebedee’s sons came to Jesus with her sons and, kneeling down, asked a favor of him. 21“What is it you  want?” he asked. She said, “Grant that one of these…

“The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?” Jeremiah 17:9 Man, above all else, is a delusional creature, bound in self deception. We tend to believe things that fuel our self-interests. It is difficult to be balanced and sober without the right people around us. A true friend offers…

Ephesians 4:31 “All bitterness, anger and wrath, insult and slander must be removed from you, along with all wickedness.” Hebrews 12:15 “See to it that no one misses the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many.” We have all been warned about anger and bitterness and the…

I have often thought about why people’s hearts seem so open or closed at times. It’s easy to blame them for their rejection of what we say, but more often than not it may be our fault, especially when it comes to other believers. We often believe that our doctrine and interpretations of scripture are superior…

“The paradox of time is this, it is the most valuable thing we have, yet we can render it valueless. In short, time can be both valuable and valueless.”  Hakim Never before has time been under siege like today. Our most valuable resource has to be balanced and divided among innumerable competitors. Someone will always be left out and feel…