Month: February 2026

Restored to Your True Identity

I was reading the passage of the Prodigal Son today – how the father welcomed back his youngest son who squandered his inheritance after demanding it from his father. Usually, I would relate to the elder son who felt indignant that his father celebrated and welcomed back his prodigal son. Today, I had an epiphany – like the younger son, I too had squandered the many blessings God had given me.

WEEK 7 Theme: Restored to Your True Identity

The younger son had sought freedom, pleasure and fulfilment outside of his father’s house – and ended up losing all his money and starving in a pigsty in a foreign land. In shame, he wanted to return back to his father’s house as a servant. But his father ran towards him from afar, welcomed him back and restored him as his heir. The father celebrated his son’s return by getting his servant to fetch him his robe, ring, and sandals. And on top of that, he slaughtered the fatted calf to have a feast for him.

What a wonderful imagery of restoration – being reinstated and celebrated as a beloved child.

Weekly Intention

In our lives, we neglect the many blessings that Our Father has given us. We squander our time, opportunities, and calling. We run away to find pleasure. We distract ourselves with social media scrolling or food/wine or other self-indulgences. We strive for performance and perfection. All in futility…

This week, we will set our intention to live as a Child of God, and not as servant. Hence, we will need to change our mindsets:

  1. Stop performing for Approval – I don’t need to do/achieve more to please God, but to know that I am already deeply loved. I serve from love, not for love.
  2. Replace fear with Security – replace punishment and shame with security in God’s love. God is always waiting for us, even when we have squandered His treasures.
  3. Make decisions from Identity, not insecurity – stop chasing validation and needing to prove our worthiness, but be secure in our identity as a Child of God and in His love and grace.

Question: Where have I been living like a servant instead of a Child of God?

From Redemption to Restoration

Redemption is where God starts – how He gave His Son to pay the price for our sin. After we are redeemed by Jesus, He continues to restore our lives, so that we don’t live as damaged goods, but wine in new wineskin.

WEEK 6 Theme: From Redemption to Restoration

In the story of Ruth – she lost her husband and had no future. Boaz stepped in as her kinsman-redeemer. He paid the price to legally restore her inheritance.

Ultimately, redemption points to Jesus, who paid for the debt of our sin on the cross. Fully. This redemption means that sin has no authority over us, shame has no hold over us, and our past does not own our future. We are no longer condemned by our sin. We are fully redeemed.

Redemption settles our position before God. Restoration transforms our condition.

Restoration looks like: courage replacing fear, wisdom replacing regret, peace replacing chaos. Hence purpose emerges from our pain and redemption.

Redemption happens in a moment. Restoration unfolds over a lifetime.

Some believers stay mentally stuck at redemption – knowing that we are saved and forgiven, yet living like broken and stuck in life.

The same God who redeemed you is committed to restoring – your character, your calling, your confidence – and this will lead to increasing your capacity to influence and empower others.

Weekly Intention

He redeems what was lost.

He restores what was broken.

And He often gives you something better than what you thought you needed.

This week, instead of simply asking God to fix things, ask Him to transform you through them:

  1. Write down something in your life that you want God to redeem and restore
  2. Pray and place it in God’s hands
  3. Release it and trust that God will redeem and restore it in His amazing way

Question: What part of my story do I need to release so God can redeem and restore it?

Allowing God to Restore Our Souls

Restoration is God’s work of making us whole after we have been slowly drained, neglected or wounded – often without us even noticing.

WEEK 5 Theme: Allowing God to Restore Our Souls

This week is about permission – permission to slow down, to stop pretending we’re fine, and to let God heal our soul. For God is our creator – He understands us like no one else. He knows our secret thoughts , our deepest longing, and our hidden desires. He is aware of our years of carrying, coping, striving, and staying strong. And He grasps that we are tired, exhausted, and muted – for He realizes that many of us have been surviving on an empty tank or low fuel.

He restores my soul – Psalm 23:3

Weekly Intention

This week, let us do a contemplative practice of allowing God to restore our soul (5 minutes):

  1. Settle Down (1 minute) – sit comfortably, take a slow breath in and an even slower breath out. Let us create a space to enter God’s presence.
  2. Become Aware (1 minute) – gentle ask yourself, “What feels most tired in me right now?”. It could be your body, your emotions, your mind, or your spirit. Whatever comes up – just notice it. No judgement.
  3. Turn Toward God (2 minutes) – simple pray this simple sentence: “Lord, I allow You to restore my soul”. Just sit with the words, and gently return to this sentence if your mind wanders.
  4. Rest (1 minute) – stop the words, sit quietly and breathe. Let God do what only He can do – restore what you cannot fix by trying harder.

Weekly Reflection Question:

Let God heal and restore your weary soul – to bring joy that has gone quiet, to give hope that has been postponed, and to revive dreams that have been buried. God restores us by aligning our soul with His still water, where clarity returns.

Question: Where do I need to allow God to restore me, instead of trying harder?

Listening To Your Younger Self

Today, my friend talked about seeking the wisdom of your younger self, starting from 5 years old, up to your current age, in increment of 5 years. I thought he was referring to imagining what my younger self would say, but he wasn’t referring to that. It is to listen to your younger self “speak” to you.

WEEK 3 Theme: Listening to Your Younger Self

Reawakening isn’t about becoming someone new. It’s about remember who you were – before fear learned to speak louder than your faith, or setbacks kept you from moving forward, or tragedies broke your heart.

It is not about fixing your past. It’s about letting the past speak life into your present.

Weekly Intention:

Sit down in a quiet place and allocate a time where you won’t be disturbed or distracted. Ask yourself this question:

Imagine I am 5 years old, and knowing what I know now, what would my younger self share with me? (Do this for the next 5 years – 10 years old, 15 years old, 20 years old, etc)

After this reflection, very importantly, you must say this to yourself:

Thank you for serving me. I can now take it from here.

Do not judge or beat yourself up. Do not allow shame or guilt to overwhelm you. Do not scold your younger self.

Be compassionate. Be kind. Be forgiving.

Honour yourself and be proud of how far you’ve come. Appreciate and thank yourself for the person you are today. Do not be ashamed of your battle scars, because those scars are evidence of the battles you have fought and won. Do not be ashamed of your brokenness, because they show how God has saved you and made you whole again.

God can use the wisdom of your younger self to transform you – to remind you of His grace, mercy and compassion. Whether you see it or not, God has redeemed, restored and protected you in miraculous ways.

Remember: you are God’s masterpiece.

Weekly Reflection Question:

If you feel stuck or restless, then listening to the wisdom of your younger self might bring invaluable insights. Seek the truth from your younger selves – to claim their wisdom and to transform your life today.

Question: What truth from my younger self am I ready to claim?