ROYAL RUBIES

Hi there!  How have you been?  Welcome to a new week. God has been incredible, yeah! As today's theme is presented, take out some time and probe your heart. “…Remember Lot’s wife...” Luke 17:32 My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, one thing we all agree on is that the ongoing work of the Holy Spirit in our lives involves a daily war against the flesh. In perspective, it is a battle between the life we want and the life God wants. I have found these three words from our LORD as a graceful warning that every believer needs to be wary of. First, let us build the context: The context of this warning comes when Jesus is asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come. In the process of explaining, Jesus makes six points, the latter three give context for the lesson to be learned from Lot’s wife (Luke 17:20-31) The  kingdom is not coming as we anticipate. The kingdom is already here (established by Jesus Himself in fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies). There wi...

Hello, Howdy, do? Hope you still remember to inhale and exhale? 😊  Today's post would require a moment of quiet introspection. I have a story but first a question: Are you a true friend of God or a user? I used to have this little girl who loved to be around me, at least that's what I thought because the times she would come to my house, it seemed like she wanted to be with me and to be honest I felt important. I felt like I was special to her, for a while anyway, until I realized it wasn't me she liked, it's not that she disliked me, but she liked what she could get from me more.  Ok let me explain better, at the time, she was quite young so she had no smartphone at her disposal because her parents hadn't bought her one yet, she was still relatively young so whenever she would come to the house, she would run to me, shouting my name, making my insides as a human being feel so important, she would play with me for a bit and then she would ask for my phone and I...

Hey there, how are you? Hope your day has been going beautifully? Welcome to June! Has it dawned on you that we've come to the sixth month of the year? Do you still recall the high hopes and plans you had at the beginning of the year? I know you had envisaged some challenges but by now, you believed you'd have surmounted them all. Well, that's why this piece is for you. Yes, you.  To remind you that you are an overcomer. Regardless of whatever you're passing through.  Did you know that there had been a prediction for this year? In fact, things are happening faster than was predicted.  Take a peek at the following predictions: Fuel scarcity (energy, fuel, power) -March  Food scarcity (agriculture & commerce affect) - May/June Job insecurities (inflation & economic triggers)  Governance tensions  Civil unrest. It had also been predicted our local currency would experience a plunge when compared to the dollar. Have I just added to your fears?...

  3, 2, 1. . . Blast off! Welcome to the sixth month of the year. Forgive my delay in reaching out. However, I trust you've been in good health. In 2 Kings 2, the story is told of sons of the prophets who stood afar off in their place of comfort. They were only eyewitnesses of what was transpiring between Elisha and Elijah. They were satisfied with watching Elisha move from Gilgal to Bethel to Jordan in a bid to receive from Elijah what he had in store. It's at this juncture, I'd ask,  "What is your level of hunger? Does your hunger only allow you to view from afar? Or are you willing to move?" The fourth beatitude has this: 'Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.' —Matthew 5:6.  In this dispensation that we are, we cannot afford to take our fellowship with God with levity. We must  not let theoretical talks hinder us from gaining what Heaven has in store for us. Recall that when there was water pollution (vs 19...