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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...

Hi, a beautiful day it is, yeah? February's gradually wrapping up.  On today's theme, I'll like to ask you a question: What would it cost you to show love? Money may not buy love, but it does have a price. In Luke 10:30-37, The Priest and a Levite passed through the same way but didn't have what it took to show love. But the Samaritan had a compassionate heart.  All it cost him at first was 2 denarii. Here's a story of Mother Teresa. 'People often ask me what Mother Teresa was like,’ writes Shane Claiborne in his book "The Irresistible Revolution" . ‘Sometimes it’s like they wonder if she glowed in the dark or had a halo. She was short, wrinkled, and precious, maybe even a little ornery, like a beautiful, wise old granny. But there is one thing I will never forget – her feet. Her feet were deformed. Each morning I would stare at them. I wondered if she had contracted leprosy. One day a Sister explained, “Her feet are deformed because we get just enough...

Hello Sunshine☀️! Howdy-doody? Happy Sunday. Join me as I unravel today's word. How many times has the expression - "It is well'' - been uttered to you while in distress? Did it salvage anything? When you hear this, does it trigger your emotions or soften them? Has it also become a cliche to you? Have you ever wondered how the psalmist was able to sing praises to God while amid uncertainties? Let's see what happened to the writer of this song. ********************************************* "It Is Well with My Soul” was composed by Philip Paul Bliss, with the lyrics by Horatio G. Spafford. Horatio Spafford knew something about life’s unexpected challenges. He was a successful attorney and real estate investor who lost a fortune in the great Chicago fire of 1871. Around the same time, his beloved four-year-old son died of scarlet fever. Thinking a vacation would do his family some good, he sent his wife and four daughters on a ship to England, planning to join ...

Hiya! How are you? How has it been at your end? Do you still smile? I have a story but first a question: Do you enjoy being carried? Whose arms are you most comfortable in? As last week began, I knew the week would be demanding so I did what I knew would yield a great result. I handed my life over to the Highest to be carried by Him. I didn't know how he would carry out my demands but I trusted his readily available strong arms and rested in there. At dawn each day, I reminded God of some of his promises and went about my day's activities in renewed vigor. As the human that I am, I kept on looking forward to the 'how' he would prove himself. Well, I'm glad that each day had its originality. As each day unwound, He reminded me of how he kept his promises. It reminded me of how jealous God can be over his own.  The way and manner in which God carries his own is beautiful. I encourage you to rest boldly in the strongest of arms to carry you through each day, month and ...