Harrizon Kasera

15/06/2026

30/04/2026

THE SECRET OF HAPPINESS: JOY FOUND IN UNSELFISH SERVICE

“It is more blessed to give than to receive.” — Acts 20:35

Many people today are searching for happiness. Some look for happiness in money. Others seek it in romance, comfort, possessions, or success. Many think that if they can just create a perfect little world for themselves, they will finally be happy.

But inspiration gives us this powerful truth:

“Remember that happiness will not be found in shutting yourselves up to yourselves… true joy can be found only in unselfish service.”

This is heaven’s wisdom. Happiness does not grow in selfish soil. Joy blooms when love is shared. Real happiness is not found in keeping life to ourselves, but in giving life away for others.

The world teaches us to focus only on ourselves:
Protect your own comfort
Seek your own pleasure
Think only of your own success
Care only for your own needs

But selfishness always leads to emptiness.

A person may live in a beautiful house and still feel lonely. A couple may have everything materially and still feel unsatisfied if their lives revolve only around each other.

Why? Because we were not created merely to receive. We were created to love, to bless, and to serve.

When water stops flowing, it becomes stagnant. When love stops flowing outward, joy dries up.

Jesus Himself said:
“It is more blessed to give than to receive.” — Acts 20:35

Notice He did not say giving is only a duty. He said giving is a blessing.

There is joy in:
encouraging the discouraged
feeding the hungry
visiting the lonely
helping the sick
lifting someone who has fallen

When you wipe another person’s tears, God often wipes your own.

When you become an answer to someone else’s prayer, God becomes the answer to yours.

Look at Jesus Christ. He came not to be served, but to serve (Mark 10:45).

He touched lepers.
He healed the sick.
He fed the hungry.
He welcomed children.
He forgave sinners.
He carried our cross.

The happiest life ever lived on earth was the life of Jesus—yet it was also the most sacrificial life.

Why? Because joy is found not in selfish gain, but in self-giving love.

The quotation warns couples not to shut themselves up to themselves.

Why is this important?
Because even love relationships become weak when they exist only for personal enjoyment. Families become stronger when they serve together.

Imagine a husband and wife who:
pray for neighbors together
help the poor together
welcome guests together
support ministry together
encourage others together

Their love deepens because they are united in purpose.

Homes become happier when they become channels of blessing.

The enemy whispers:
“Just think about yourself.”
“Ignore others.”
“You deserve everything.”
“Let someone else help.”

But God says:
Love one another (John 13:34)
Bear one another’s burdens (Galatians 6:2)
Encourage one another (1 Thessalonians 5:11)
Serve one another (Galatians 5:13)

Selfishness isolates. Service connects.

Pride builds walls. Love opens doors.

Have you noticed this truth?
When you make someone smile, your heart smiles too.

When you comfort another, peace enters your own soul.

When you give generously, your spirit feels lighter.

This is one of God’s beautiful laws: joy multiplies when shared.

The world says, “Keep more to be happy.”

Jesus says, “Give more to be blessed.”

You do not need to be rich or famous to serve.

You can serve by:
speaking kind words
cooking for someone in need
visiting the elderly
helping a struggling family
praying for others daily
listening to someone in pain
giving Bible studies
sharing your resources
smiling at the discouraged

Small acts of love create great joy.

Why do we prepare for service now?

Because heaven itself is built on love. In heaven, no one lives selfishly. All rejoice in blessing others.

If we dislike serving now, heaven would not feel natural to us.

God is preparing our hearts for eternity by teaching us the joy of unselfish living today.

If you are chasing happiness only for yourself, you will never fully catch it.

But if you forget yourself in loving others, happiness will quietly walk beside you.

The happiest people are not always the richest, strongest, or most admired.

Often they are the ones who serve quietly, give generously, pray faithfully, and love deeply.

So today, ask yourself:
Whom can I encourage?
Whom can I help?
Whom can I bless?
How can my home become a center of kindness?

Because true joy can be found only in unselfish service.

28/04/2026

MANY PLANS, ONE PURPOSE

Proverbs 19:21
"Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails."

We live in a world full of plans. We plan our future, our finances, our families, our careers, and even our ministry. Planning is not wrong. In fact, wisdom teaches us to prepare and think ahead. But Bible 19:21 reminds us of a greater truth: no matter how many plans we make, it is the purpose of God that will stand forever.

This verse teaches us humility, trust, surrender, and confidence in God’s sovereignty.

The verse begins by acknowledging reality: people make plans.

We all have dreams. We have timelines. We have expectations. Some plan success, others plan security, others plan revenge, and some plan escape.

Even good people make plans:
We plan to serve God.
We plan to help others.
We plan our next step.

But human plans are limited because:
We do not know tomorrow.
We do not control every circumstance.
We cannot see what God sees.

Bible 4:14 says, “You do not know what tomorrow will bring.”

So planning is natural, but trusting our plans above God is dangerous.

This is the powerful turning point of the verse.

Our plans may change, fail, delay, or collapse—but God’s purpose cannot be stopped.

When God purposes something:
No enemy can cancel it.
No delay can destroy it.
No mistake can erase it.
No human opinion can block it.

What prevails? Not fear. Not confusion. Not man’s will. God’s purpose.

Bible 46:10 says, “My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please.”

That means when life feels uncertain, heaven is not confused.

There are times we feel disappointed because our plans failed.

The job did not happen.
The relationship ended.
The opportunity closed.
The move was delayed.

But what if the closed door was mercy?
What if the delay was protection?
What if the failure of your plan was the success of God’s purpose?

Bible 8:28 says, “In all things God works for the good of those who love Him.”

Sometimes what hurts now will make sense later.

Our plans are often based on comfort. God’s purpose is based on calling.

We ask:
“What do I want?”
God asks:
“What will glorify Me?”
“What will grow you?”
“What will bless others through you?”

Bible 29:11 says, “For I know the plans I have for you…”

His plans are higher, wiser, deeper, and eternal.

Do not make plans without inviting God.

Be willing for God to redirect you.

Delay is not always denial.

Even when things change, God has not changed.

Even Jesus Christ in the garden prayed, “Not my will, but Yours be done.” (Bible 22:42)

The cross looked like defeat, but it was God’s prevailing purpose for salvation.

Sometimes what looks like loss is actually victory in disguise.

Bible 19:21 reminds us:

You may have many plans, but God has one perfect purpose.

Your plans may shift, but His purpose stands.
Your path may twist, but His hand guides.
Your heart may worry, but His will prevails.

So today:
Plan wisely.
Pray deeply.
Trust fully.
Surrender gladly.

Because when God’s purpose prevails, it always leads to something better than we imagined.

28/04/2026

FAITHFULNESS IN GIVING TITHES AND OFFERINGS

Malachi 3:10
"Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this," says the Lord Almighty..."

We will talk about faithfulness in giving tithes and offerings. Giving is not just about money—it is about the condition of our heart. When we give faithfully, we show that we trust God as our Provider, our Source, and our Sustainer.

Many people give when it is easy, but faithfulness means giving consistently, obediently, and joyfully whether in abundance or in little.

The tithe is the first portion given to God, while offerings are gifts given beyond the tithe out of love and gratitude.

Proverbs 3:9 says:
"Honor the Lord with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops."

When we give, we declare that God comes first in our lives. Our wallet often reveals where our heart is.

Giving says:
Lord, I honor You.
Lord, I trust You.
Lord, You are first in my life.

God is pleased not by occasional generosity but by steady obedience.

Some people give only when they feel emotional or when they have extra money. But faithful giving means making God a priority regularly.

Luke 16:10 says:
"Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much."

If we are faithful in small amounts, God sees it. Even if your gift seems little, consistency matters to Heaven.

Sometimes giving requires faith. Bills are many, needs are real, and resources may feel limited. But when we give to God first, we are saying, “Lord, I believe You will take care of me.”

Philippians 4:19 says:
"And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of His glory in Christ Jesus."

Giving is planting seed in faith. God is never indebted to a faithful giver.

Faithful giving should never be forced or bitter.

2 Corinthians 9:7 says:
"God loves a cheerful giver."

Do not give with complaint. Do not give to impress people. Give with joy because everything we have already came from God.

When you give cheerfully, your offering becomes worship.

Your tithe and offering help the work of God continue—church ministry, missions, helping the poor, supporting servants of God, and spreading the Gospel.

What may seem small in your hand becomes powerful in God's hand.

Like the boy who gave five loaves and two fish to Jesus Christ, when surrendered to God, it became enough to feed thousands.

God blesses faithful givers—not always only financially, but through peace, provision, open doors, favor, and spiritual growth.

Acts 20:35 says:
"It is more blessed to give than to receive."

Giving frees us from greed and teaches us dependence on God.

Tithes and offerings are not a burden—they are a privilege. We do not give because God needs our money. We give because He desires our heart.

Be faithful whether your income is large or small. God sees every sincere seed you sow.

When you give faithfully:
You honor God
You trust God
You support God's work
You grow spiritually
You open the door for blessing

Ask yourself today:
Am I faithful in giving to God, or only giving when convenient?

Let us become believers who do not just sing about trust—but prove trust through faithful giving.

22/04/2026

Martha is not just a woman in Luke 10.

She is this generation.

She is the exhausted believer with five tabs open, three unread devotionals, a prayer list saved somewhere, and a soul too distracted to sit at the feet of Jesus.

Busy.
Useful.
Needed.
Applauded.

But empty.

Read that again.

Martha reflects what much of today’s era celebrates: motion over communion, productivity over presence, service over surrender. She welcomed Jesus into the house, yet somehow still missed the weight of the moment. The Son of God was near, and anxiety still took the throne.

That should shake us.

Because you can be near church and far from Christ.
Near ministry and far from intimacy.
Near Christian language and far from true repentance.

But here’s what most people don’t realize…

Martha’s problem was not work by itself. Her problem was being “worried and troubled about many things” while neglecting the one thing that mattered most—Jesus Himself. In this age, many are flooded with schedules, content, obligations, platforms, hustle, ministry assignments, and endless noise. We are surrounded by activity, yet starving for holy stillness.

And the tragedy deepens.

Because busyness can become a respectable disguise for spiritual distance.

You can call it responsibility.
You can call it purpose.
You can call it serving God.

But if it pulls your heart away from listening to Christ, it is not harmless. It is revealing something deeper. Sin does not always enter loudly. Sometimes it enters dressed as urgency, self-importance, distraction, or control. Sometimes it sounds like, “I’ll sit with Jesus later.”

Later becomes never.

Originally written by Gospel Warrior, this is the warning many need in this hour: not every full calendar means a fruitful soul. Some people are drowning in tasks because they have never learned to rest in grace. Some are serving to avoid surrender. Some stay busy because silence would expose what has been neglected before God.

And that is where the Gospel confronts us.

Jesus did not come merely to make us efficient.
He came to save sinners.

He came for the restless.
For the self-driven.
For the anxious.
For the ones trying to prove their worth through performance.

Martha’s spirit lives on in all of us apart from grace.

We are not saved by doing more.
We are not accepted by Christ because we stayed active.
We are not redeemed by religious productivity.

We are saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ alone.

That means the answer to modern busyness is not better time management first. It is repentance. It is turning from self-made importance, from distraction, from the idol of constant activity, and returning to the feet of Jesus. The cross exposes our sin, and the empty tomb announces our hope. Christ died for our guilt, rose for our justification, and calls us not just to work for Him—but to abide in Him.

If this found you, it’s not by accident.

Maybe you have been everywhere except His presence.
Maybe your hands are full, but your heart is dry.
Maybe you have built a life that looks faithful from the outside while your soul quietly withers within.

Jesus still calls.
Jesus still receives.
Jesus still restores.

And the beautiful thing?

He does not say, “Clean yourself up and then come sit with Me.”
He says, in mercy, come.

Come burdened.
Come distracted.
Come convicted.
Come needy.

Then let His grace reorder everything.