https://www.geaklabs.uk/faith Faith writing by Olugbenga Akinduko, a Christian and Principal Engineer — notes on scripture, prayer and following Jesus in ordinary working life. en https://www.geaklabs.uk/faith/when-god-does-not-answer-the-way-we-expected https://www.geaklabs.uk/faith/when-god-does-not-answer-the-way-we-expected Faith is not proved by always receiving the outcome we asked for. Sometimes faith is continuing to trust God when His answer differs from our expectation. Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:12:27 GMT Faith https://www.geaklabs.uk/faith/ask-seek-knock https://www.geaklabs.uk/faith/ask-seek-knock Persistence is not trying to exhaust a reluctant God. It is continuing to trust a willing Father. Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:11:27 GMT Faith https://www.geaklabs.uk/faith/pray-and-watch https://www.geaklabs.uk/faith/pray-and-watch Faith does not force a choice between prayer and responsibility. Nehemiah prayed—and set a watch. Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:10:27 GMT Faith https://www.geaklabs.uk/faith/to-the-father-through-the-son-in-the-spirit https://www.geaklabs.uk/faith/to-the-father-through-the-son-in-the-spirit Christian prayer is not vague spirituality: we come to the Father through the Son, helped by the Holy Spirit. Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:09:27 GMT Faith https://www.geaklabs.uk/faith/if-god-already-knows-why-pray https://www.geaklabs.uk/faith/if-god-already-knows-why-pray Prayer does not update God. It changes our posture and draws us into what He is doing. Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:08:27 GMT Faith https://www.geaklabs.uk/faith/when-the-word-becomes-a-burden https://www.geaklabs.uk/faith/when-the-word-becomes-a-burden Some prayers begin as information. Deeper prayers begin when the Word of God becomes a burden in the heart. Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:07:27 GMT Faith https://www.geaklabs.uk/faith/prayer-is-more-than-asking https://www.geaklabs.uk/faith/prayer-is-more-than-asking Prayer begins not with what we need from God, but with the fact that we belong to Him. Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:06:27 GMT Faith https://www.geaklabs.uk/faith/authority-without-ownership https://www.geaklabs.uk/faith/authority-without-ownership A Kingdom view of leadership, submission, responsibility and accountability. Authority is stewardship, not ownership: leaders answer to God for the people entrusted to them, and followers can honour authority without surrendering conscience. Tue, 06 Oct 2026 23:21:12 GMT Faith https://www.geaklabs.uk/faith/the-bible-begins-and-ends-with-a-wedding https://www.geaklabs.uk/faith/the-bible-begins-and-ends-with-a-wedding Scripture begins with a bride and bridegroom in a garden and ends with the Lamb and His Bride in the new creation. Tue, 06 Oct 2026 23:03:41 GMT Faith https://www.geaklabs.uk/faith/be-fruitful-and-multiply-again https://www.geaklabs.uk/faith/be-fruitful-and-multiply-again The first family filled the earth through natural birth. The new family multiplies as the Spirit gives new birth and Christ is formed in disciples. Tue, 06 Oct 2026 23:03:19 GMT Faith https://www.geaklabs.uk/faith/the-church-is-a-household-not-an-audience https://www.geaklabs.uk/faith/the-church-is-a-household-not-an-audience Church was never intended to be a weekly audience gathered around a programme. In Christ, strangers become household. Tue, 06 Oct 2026 23:02:15 GMT Faith https://www.geaklabs.uk/faith/a-family-should-look-like-its-father https://www.geaklabs.uk/faith/a-family-should-look-like-its-father Christ is the perfect Image of the Father, and the new family is being formed to carry His resemblance. Tue, 06 Oct 2026 23:02:00 GMT Faith https://www.geaklabs.uk/faith/born-into-another-family https://www.geaklabs.uk/faith/born-into-another-family The new family does not grow through biology. It grows through new birth by the Spirit. Tue, 06 Oct 2026 23:01:09 GMT Faith https://www.geaklabs.uk/faith/the-last-adam-and-his-bride https://www.geaklabs.uk/faith/the-last-adam-and-his-bride The first Adam received a bride after deep sleep. The Last Adam gave Himself in death and rose to receive a redeemed Bride. Tue, 06 Oct 2026 23:00:31 GMT Faith https://www.geaklabs.uk/faith/every-family-bears-the-image-of-its-head https://www.geaklabs.uk/faith/every-family-bears-the-image-of-its-head Every humanity carries the likeness of its source. In Adam we bear the earthly image; in Christ we are being formed into the image of the heavenly Man. Tue, 06 Oct 2026 22:59:14 GMT Faith https://www.geaklabs.uk/faith/god-is-not-fixing-the-old-man https://www.geaklabs.uk/faith/god-is-not-fixing-the-old-man The gospel is not God's renovation project for the old humanity. In Christ, something genuinely new has begun. Tue, 06 Oct 2026 22:58:56 GMT Faith https://www.geaklabs.uk/faith/one-spirit-many-members https://www.geaklabs.uk/faith/one-spirit-many-members Why spiritual gifts were never meant to make us superheroes. One Spirit, many members, one Head: gifts point outward, maturity shows in fruit, and no believer was designed to be everything. Tue, 06 Oct 2026 22:50:33 GMT Faith https://www.geaklabs.uk/faith/the-rope-the-cliff-and-learning-to-recognise-gods-leading https://www.geaklabs.uk/faith/the-rope-the-cliff-and-learning-to-recognise-gods-leading Sometimes the rope in your hand isn't an idol — it's God's provision. So how do you know when He is asking you to hold it, climb with it, or let it go? Tue, 06 Oct 2026 20:59:53 GMT Faith https://www.geaklabs.uk/faith/the-god-who-comes-looking-for-the-lost https://www.geaklabs.uk/faith/the-god-who-comes-looking-for-the-lost Understanding mercy and grace through Luke 15. A sheep wanders, a coin does nothing, a son walks away — three kinds of lostness, and one Father who goes out looking for every one of them. Sun, 23 Jun 2024 08:00:00 GMT Faith https://www.geaklabs.uk/faith/you-were-born-to-grow https://www.geaklabs.uk/faith/you-were-born-to-grow Lessons about spiritual maturity from creation. Seeds, roots, pruning and seasons: living things are expected to grow, and the Christian life is a life we were born into, not a moment we once believed. Wed, 12 Jun 2024 08:00:00 GMT Faith https://www.geaklabs.uk/faith/when-desire-becomes-a-master https://www.geaklabs.uk/faith/when-desire-becomes-a-master Understanding addiction through Scripture. Something doesn't have to be evil to master us — the question is what has acquired power over me, and how the gospel addresses captivity, not just guilt. Sun, 09 Jun 2024 08:00:00 GMT Faith https://www.geaklabs.uk/faith/knowing-the-god-who-cannot-be-reduced-to-one-experience https://www.geaklabs.uk/faith/knowing-the-god-who-cannot-be-reduced-to-one-experience We meet God as Provider, Healer, Father or Judge — and quietly assume the way we first met Him is the whole of Him. He is greater than any one encounter. Fri, 26 Apr 2024 08:00:00 GMT Faith