One of the greatest harms you can do yourself this era is to come on social media, see the 'glitz and glamour' posted by others, then beat yourself because you feel nothing much is happening in your own life. Truth is, things are not always the way they appear. So relax.
— Nathaniel Bassey (b. 1981), Gospelsänger, Trompeter, Songwriter und Pastor
Topics: Meaning & Identity, Peace & Rest, Freedom & Truth
Occasions: Encouragement, For Reflection
Nathaniel Bassey
Nathaniel Bassey (* 1981) ist ein nigerianischer Gospelsänger, Trompeter und pfingstlicher Pastor in Lagos. Bekannt wurde er international durch einflussreiche Lobpreislieder sowie als Initiator der virtuellen Gebets- und Anbetungsinitiative „Hallelujah Challenge“. Bibellesern begegnet er als prägende Stimme moderner afrikanischer Lobpreiskultur, deren Schwerpunkt auf geistliche Durchbrüche vereinzelt auch Kritik an einer möglichen Instrumentalisierung des Gebets hervorrief.
All quotes by Nathaniel Bassey (4)
You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.
Augustine of Hippo
Jesus calls us not to a new religion, but to life.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
I am the prodigal son every time I search for unconditional love where it cannot be found.
Henri Nouwen
To love a person means to see them as God meant them to be.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Inner dignity remains, even when performance capacity and social role decline.
Anselm Grün
There is a God, and I'm not him.
John Mark Comer
God has put eternity into our hearts and filled it with longing.
John Piper
Prayers are tools not for doing or getting, but for being and becoming.
Eugene Peterson